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Anti-Obesity Drugs: What EM Physicians Need to Know

GLP-1 agonists, hailed as “wonder drugs,” help shed weight rapidly. But how do they work and what risks lurk beneath? What do we need to know about them in the emergency department?
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Emergency Treatment of Anaphylaxis

1 in 300 people will experience anaphylaxis at some point in their lives. RCUK anaphylaxis guidelines provide an updated consensus for the recognition and management of anaphylaxis in all age groups.
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Methaemoglobinaemia

This module provides an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology and causative agents, discusses how to identify and assess the patient with methaemoglobinaemia, and provides an evidence-based guide to treatment.
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Methaemoglobinaemia

This session provides an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology and causative agents, discusses how to identify and assess the patient with methaemoglobinaemia, and provides an evidence-based guide to treatment.
  • Clinical Case

When a Rash Turns Dangerous

A 10-year-old boy presents with fever, malaise, and rapidly spreading painful skin lesions with oral and eye involvement, following a recent course of antibiotics.
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Common Childhood Exanthems

This session describes the most common childhood exanthems that present to emergency departments.
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Common Childhood Exanthems

This module describes the most common childhood exanthems that present to emergency departments.
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Anaphylaxis

Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening, generalised or systemic hypersensitivity reaction characterised by rapidly developing life threatening airway, breathing and/or circulation problems usually associated with skin and mucosal changes
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Anaphylaxis

This module covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to the ED with anaphylaxis.
  • Clinical Case

The Great Imitator: Presenting in Urgent Care

A 38-year-old male presents with fever and a rash and concerns about what he believes are infected haemorrhoids. He has no past medical history.
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That’s a Yellow Card! Risks and Regulation

A female in her 60s attends with tongue swelling.
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Cardiac Arrest in Special Circumstances: Anaphylaxis

Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening, multi-organ hypersensitivity reaction, typically of rapid onset.

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