This session covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to an emergency department with anaphylaxis…
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 …
Emergency treatment of anaphylaxis – what’s new in 2021?
1 in 300 people will experience anaphylaxis at some point in their lives. The 2021 anaphylaxis guidelines provide an updated consensus for the recognition and management of anaphylaxis in all age grou…
Refractory Anaphylaxis – new concepts, new definitions and new protocols for 2021
A third of deaths from food anaphylaxis occur despite appropriate early management. Consequently, the RCUK have recognised a need for standardised algorithms for ongoing resuscitation in cases of refr…
Common Childhood Exanthems
Children commonly present to the emergency department with a febrile illness and a rash…
Hereditary Angioedema
Patients frequently attend the emergency department (ED) with episodes of cutaneous and mucosal swelling.…
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.…
Breathlessness
This session is about the assessment and management of patients presenting with breathlessness to the emergency department…
Local Anaesthetics
Local anaesthetics are amongst the most widely used drugs in any emergency department. It is, therefore, essential that doctors from emergency medicine are able to use these drugs safely and effective…
RCEM Leeds Day 2
The second day in Leeds had a presidential opening by RCEM’s very own Cliff Mann, who gave a very reassuring talk about the pressures we are all facing in the emergency department…
Angioedema
Urticaria (hives) and angioedema are part of a spectrum of allergic symptoms and occasionally have a non-allergic aetiology.…