Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
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The first of four new simulation drills based on delivering time-critical infusions to children in the ED. This week’s drill is about correctly administering peripheral adrenaline.
Whilst TAPVD is rare (8 in 100,000 live births) it is an important cause of cyanotic congenital heart disease. In A&E consider it in cases of collapsed cyanotic neonates and infants with mild cyanosis.
A 2-year-old with a 7-day history of fever. Today he has stopped eating and drinking.
A six-month-old boy is brought to the ED by mum after screaming continuously for half an hour with no apparent cause.
A 6-month-old child is brought to the ED by her mum with a 3-day history of diarrhoea and vomiting.
A 5-day-old baby girl is brought to ED by mum with poor feeding, sleepiness and fast breathing.
Sepsis kills. We simulated how to identify and manage a child presenting with Sepsis.
