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 in Sim Blog
31 y/o female, found unresponsive by her housemates. Empty packets of tablets in the room. She smells of alcohol.
15 y/o found unresponsive by his father. Has been struggling at school. Left a suicide note and was found next to some empty packets of his mother's tablets.
27-year-old female. 33/40 primigravida, brought in by ambulance. She has been fitting for 10 mins.
21-year-old female, self-presented to ED with a 6-hour history of abdo pain and vomiting. She's had 2 loose stools.
79-year-old man from a nursing home found unresponsive by staff this morning. Off his food yesterday.
53-year-old presented after an episode of collapse whilst trying to stand up from sofa. He had D&V for 2 days and hasn’t been eating or drinking well.
Distraught parents, paramedics on the edge, sick neonates, oversized teenage trauma victims…our latest paediatric simulation day had it all!
4-month-old unsettled over the afternoon then found unresponsive in cot. Mum out shopping, baby being looked after by her new partner.
15-year-old, self-presentation. 1-week history of vomiting and lethargy, feeling worse overnight, receptionist concerned patient looks unwell.
14-year-old pedestrian hit by a van in hit & run incident at at least 40mph. Loss of consciousness at scene. Scooped & ran as felt too unstable for transfer to Major Trauma Centre (MTC).
