This session covers the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department.
This session covers the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department.
This module covers the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the ED.
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.
An 18-month old boy is brought in to the ED with a cough, mild constitutional upset and increasing stridor for approximately 12 hours. He is previously well and immunised up to date.
This module provides an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology and causative agents, discusses how to identify and assess the patient with methaemoglobinaemia, and provides an evidence-based guide to treatment.
This session provides an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology and causative agents, discusses how to identify and assess the patient with methaemoglobinaemia, and provides an evidence-based guide to treatment.
A case of a 3-year-old child brought in to the ED by their mum, blue and breathless.
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.
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.
Understanding paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (PIMS-TS).
A 45-year-old male, with unresolved cyanosis despite oxygen, presents with pleuritic chest pain and recent PE history. Arterial blood gas was performed to assess underlying hypoxemia.
The session covers important aspects of the transport and exchange of carbon dioxide.
The module covers important aspects of the transport and exchange of carbon dioxide.
This module discusses cardiogenic pulmonary oedema, covering its causes, clinical assessment, management and long-term outcomes.
A 21-day-old term baby presents to your emergency department in respiratory distress and appears dusky blue.
A 22-year-old lady delivers a 36-week-old baby unexpectedly at home. The baby was initially pink with an Apgar of 9, and a birth weight of 7lbs.
An 83-year-old gentleman is brought to the ED by ambulance with acute dyspnoea at rest.