A 32-year-old type 1 diabetic female presents at 30/40 gestation of her first pregnancy feeling generally unwell.…
Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy… HELLP!
Know the clinical presentation of pre-eclampsia, recognise the risk factors for pre-eclampsia, describe the initial investigations for the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia & much more…
Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy… HELLP!
An overview of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy with cases concentrating on ED management…
What To Expect When You Are Expecting
When I found out I was pregnant, the aspect I was most surprised about was how tired I was. At 6 weeks growing something the size of a blackcurrant inside of me I would come home from every shift exha…
When thunder roars, go indoors!
Learning about lightning injuries…
Gynae – Induction
Gynae presentations to the emergency department are fairly common, yet fill everyone with dread. The management is similar to any other medical problem…
Bleeding in Early Pregnancy – Induction
The nurse at triage comes to speak to you: “There’s a pregnant 28year old with vaginal bleeding in the waiting room. She’s been here nearly four hours – can you go and sort her out quickly pleas…
What a headache?!
A 38-year-old fit and well female who is 29 weeks pregnant attends with a sudden onset of worsening, retro-orbital headache…
I can’t be pregnant…can I?
A 27-year-old lady presents to the Emergency Department complaining of non-specific abdominal pain which came on 4 hours ago…
February 2020
This month we have Belfast CPD 2019 Tracheostomy | NICE Pneumonia | New in EM YEARS in pregnancy…
Paracetamol: family friend or secret killer?
A pregnant female accidentally takes an excess of paracetamol. This SAQ explores the important considerations taken when managing acute paracetamol poisoning during pregnancy.…
Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy
Management of Cardiac arrest in advanced pregnancy…
Get a Grip!
“Why can’t I write anymore?”…
All day (morning) sickness
Nausea and vomiting affects approximately 80% of women during early pregnancy…
Bleeding in Pregnancy
This session covers the emergency management of both bleeding in early pregnancy and antepartum haemorrhage (APH) Appropriate investigation and initial emergency interventions are considered including…
Call The Midwife! (…and other tips on ED deliveries)
It started as a normal nightshift full of the usual head injuries, drink and drugs. I’d gone to through to the eye room to remove a piece of metal from a cornea, when I heard the tannoy…. ‘…
December 2017
The December 2017 Podcast…
October 2017
The new podcast for October 2017…
London CPD Conference 2017
The 2017 RCEM CPD conference was held in central London in April 2017. There was a great selection of speakers and we had the good fortune to capture a few interviews with some of the speakers…
Ovarian HyperStimulation Syndrome
In this podcast we cover something fairly rare that if all goes well shouldn’t even present to the ED…