Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
All tagged CMP5
Acute Heart Failure is a serious condition with a mortality rate of up to 50% within a year of hospital discharge. Learn the symptoms; what questions to ask; and where to look on their CXR.
Intestinal ischaemia presents as poorly localised abdominal pain and is the result of decreased blood flow to the GI tract.
AAA is the enlargement of the aortic diameter >1.5 times normal and often an incidental finding. But there's an 85-99% mortality rate!
An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilised egg implants and begins developing outside the uterus, affecting 1-in-80 pregnancies.
An introduction to the aspects of End of Life Care in the ED using the End of Life Jigsaw from Northampton General Hospital.
A 2-year-old with a 7-day history of fever. Today he has stopped eating and drinking.
57-year-old with collapse following an episode of haematemesis. Hypotensive pre-hospital despite 1500mls IV fluids."
Sepsis kills. We simulated how to identify and manage a child presenting with Sepsis.
