Imagine it’s 2am and the Red Phone rings…. “A 26-year-old male, fallen off motorcycle, in traumatic cardiac arrest”. Your heart races, you’re excited, but you feel way out of your depth. You know there’s loads to prepare and often there isn’t much notice. What do you do?
This session explores how to use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to assess patients presenting with shock to the ED .
Our curriculum mentions pacing, and we all think that we know all about that as we’ve got ALS… right? Some of our brief discussions on twitter highlighted that pacing can be more complicated than ALS implies, and actually isn’t very common in ED.
This session will explain what is meant by the term Human Factors and describe how Human Factors affect Patient Safety.
This session will explain what is meant by the term Human Factors and describe how Human Factors affect Patient Safety.
Understanding the use of Echo in Life Support (ELS)
Intubation forms an integral role in the treatment of the critically ill or injured patients presenting to the ED with a failed or at-risk airway.
This module is about the assessment and management of a deteriorating airway in the emergency department.
Evaluate various patient entry methods.
This learning module covers the basics of what an LVAD is, the common complications an emergency medical team may have to deal with, and the management of a collapsed LVAD patient.
This learning module covers the basics of what an LVAD is, the common complications an emergency medical team may have to deal with, and the management of a collapsed LVAD patient.
DNA CPR or “do not attempt resuscitation” decisions are confusing to many. If discussed sensitively and correctly, they make a huge huge huge immeasurable difference to the hospital stay of the patient, and their relatives.
A patient arrives in resus following an out of hospital cardiac arrest. He had a background of obesity and type II diabetes.
This document covers FAST, Assessment of the Abdominal Aorta and IVC, Vascular Access and Echocardiography in Life Support.
Mark has a recap of some of the 2020 highlights
Susie and Raj discuss CPR
You move to your second base as some divers have surfaced and are getting ready to pack up. You notice one of them is swaying left and right and stops due to complaints of pain in his back. He has started to feel out of breath.
Big city medicine can sometimes be tricky to tick the box that says “Environmental Emergencies” in the RCEM curriculum. But a day in the life of a doctor living in more “outdoor” or seaside settings can help you get the mindset that is needed for these sort of pre-hospital jobs.
This month we have split the podcast into two sections. The first has New in EM WBCT for cardiac arrest and Critical care update Part 1. The 2nd part is a complete feature on COVID19
A patient books in stating that his “heart is beating fast”. Your receptionist thinks he ‘doesn’t look right’ and brings him through to you in the main department.