A 62-year-old patient presents to the ED complaining of shortness of breath. You are asked to prescribe their oxygen.
A 62-year-old patient presents to the ED complaining of shortness of breath. You are asked to prescribe their oxygen.
Cloudy Hypoxia after foreign travel; a flashback of a pandemic or a rare home-grown complication of a childhood illness in an adult.
A 52-year-old male electrician presents in the ED with a complaint of abdominal pain.
How does POCUS help in evaluation of pneumonia?
A 36-year-old male presents in respiratory distress.
NIV – not indicated for every situation.
Many of your patients are at risk of aspiration pneumonia. This SBA explains when you should think about it, and how to implement preventative measures.
This session discusses cardiogenic pulmonary oedema, covering its causes, clinical assessment, management and long-term outcomes.
A 31-year-old woman presents with a one-day history of sudden onset of the left shoulder pain and shortness of breath.
In the UK approximately 4 million adults have asthma. In 2004, over 1200 adults died from asthma in the UK
This module focuses on the treatment of adult patients with previously diagnosed asthma that present to the ED with an acute episode of breathlessness.
At the 8am departmental handover, you discuss a 69-year-old man with COPD who presented two hours earlier with SOB.
This module discusses cardiogenic pulmonary oedema, covering its causes, clinical assessment, management and long-term outcomes.
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
You are called by a resident doctor to help manage a 22-year-old male brought into the ED resuscitation area, presenting with wheeze, cough and shortness of breath.
This month we have 1. NIV for RSI Preoxygenation (PreOxy Trial), 2. NICE Guidelines for Meningitis, 3. TERN SHED Study and 4. New Online.
Refresh your knowledge on this latest outbreak.
How to manage acute sickle cell disease. Focus on early analgesia, warmth, hydration, and oxygenation. Recognition and management of specific complications. Criteria for admission and discharge.
An update on the 2023 guidelines for management of pneumothorax.
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.