Pulmonary embolism should be regarded as a complication of underlying venous thrombosis.…
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Embolism…
Just another panic attack?
Palpitations in a young woman for the last week. Her GP says probably a panic attack. Can you stream her to the in-house GP?…
It ain’t easy bein’ wheezy
Asthma is a common condition. In the UK, over 8 million people, or approximately 12% of the population, have been diagnosed with asthma (NICE CKS, 2018)…
A stuffy situation
An 83 year old gentleman is brought to the emergency department with acute dyspnoea, marked hypoxia and drowsiness.…
Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
This session will cover how to diagnose, assess and manage a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Respiratory disease is the second commonest cause of illness leading to emergency admission to hospital. And accounts for 1 in 5 deaths in the UK.…
My patient has a pulmonary embolism (PE) – can I still send them home?
You may or not be aware of the new BTS guideline outlining recommendations for the outpatient management of PE. As with all new guidelines, it takes time for the content to be disseminated and for its…
October 2018
The October 2018 podcast…
Air in the Chest
Shortness of breath is a common occurance for COPD patients, and were used to putting them on non invasive ventilation. What happens when we cant?…
Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
This session is about the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department…
Induction Book 2: Palliative Care in the ED
A patient attends majors, with sepsis. You overhear someone saying theyre palliative care, so we dont need to do anything…
Induction SOB
Its 5am, the pre-alert phone rings. The ambulance service are bringing in a patient with acute difficulty in breathing…
February 2018
The February Podcast from the Team…
Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an elevation in pulmonary vascular pressure that can be caused by an isolated increase in pulmonary arterial pressure.…
Pulmonary Hypertension
Patients with known pulmonary hypertension may present to the emergency department with a variety of acute problems related to this disease such as pulmonary embolism…
Spontaneous Pneumothorax
This session covers the assessment and management of primary, secondary and tension pneumothoraces. It includes the use of radiograph investigations, needle aspiration and chest drain insertion…
Spontaneous Pneumothorax
A pneumothorax is a collection of gas in the pleural space that results in a variable amount of lung collapse on the affected side…
Breathlessness
This session is about the assessment and management of patients presenting with breathlessness to the emergency department…
Breathlessness
Dyspnoea is an overall term used to describe an unpleasant awareness of increased respiratory effort and will be used synonymously with “breathlessness” in this session.…