Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
A 58-year-old lady presents by ambulance to the ER. She was discharged the previous day having undergone day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
A selection of #smaccBYTE submissions summarising talks from SMACC.
Video demonstration on how to prescribe and administer Meropenem using an aseptic non-touch technique (ANTT®).
This week's sim was a little like the Kobayashi Maru Test... sometimes the outcome is never going to be good.
Frailty is a clinical syndrome. It can be defined. It can even be measured. Most importantly, it can be prevented and even reversed.
86 y/o female. Fall from standing hitting her chest against a set of drawers. Has been on the floor for 24 hrs.
Stealth Trauma is when a low impact mechanism can cause severe injuries in frail older people.
