This module will discuss the causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in children. It will consider how the causes can be differentiated by age, when to perform further investigations and basic manag…
Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Children
This module will discuss the causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in children. It will consider how the causes can be differentiated by age, when to perform further investigations and basic manag…
Ultrasound: Skills of carrying out Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST)
FAST involves assessment of the peritoneal cavity, pleural cavity and pericardial space. Learning that free fluid is present facilitates the most appropriate management plan…
Epistaxis on Warfarin
A bleeding patient on anticoagulation…
Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
Patients who suffer from an acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) haemorrhage are a common reason for presentation to the ED in the UK…
Acute Liver Failure
Paracetamol overdose accounts for in excess of 70% of cases in the UK whereas worldwide viral hepatitis is the commonest cause.…
Time for PIMS-TS
Understanding paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (PIMS-TS)…
Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS-TS)
Understanding paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (PIMS-TS).…
Blast Injuries
This session covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to the emergency department with primary blast injuries…
Not So Hip
A 6 year old boy with a background of sickle cell disease presents to the emergency department with two days of worsening right hip pain and unable to weight bear…
Epistaxis in a child
A 7 year old girl is brought into the emergency department by her mother on a busy Saturday afternoon after experiencing several nose bleeds at home over the preceding few hours…
The ALS Algorithm
This session covers the Advanced Life Support (ALS) algorithm (2010), which provides an evidence-based template for your clinical skills…
Lower Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
Acute lower GI haemorrhage accounts for approximately 20% of all cases of GI haemorrhage and is a frequent cause of hospital admission…
Paediatric Trauma – Minor head injury…..probably
For those of you who weren’t able to attend and for those of you who want to listen again to some of the great talks, this month we’ll be bringing you some of the superb plenary sessions on the podcas…
EM in the military
Interview with Prof Col Russell, Defence Consultant Advisor for EM, on EM in the military.…
Absolute Risk Reduction
A paper about the effect of tranexamic acid for patients who have suffered major trauma…