This module covers common mental health challenges faced by children and how they often manifest in the Emergency Department ED setting.
This module covers common mental health challenges faced by children and how they often manifest in the Emergency Department ED setting.
This session covers common mental health challenges faced by children and how they often manifest in the Emergency Department ED setting.
It’s Friday evening and you’re at work in the ED (where else would you rather be??). Jack is a 15-year-old boy who has taken an overdose of paracetamol a couple of hours ago. He texted his girlfriend soon after and she called an ambulance.
A 16-year-old is brought in by ambulance to your resuscitation room with a reduced level of consciousness and then starts to see monkeys everywhere. What’s going on?
This blog presents a whistle stop tour of adolescent medicine as it applies to the ED. It discusses some hints and tips on how to improve the ED experience for adolescents whilst also increasing your confidence in supporting the needs of this sometimes tricky age group.
With a huge burden of mental and physical health needs carried by patients with eating disorders, ED clinicians need to be aware of how they can give the care needed.
A 13-year-old female collapses whilst running. How will you assess and manage this?
A 45-year-old female attended the ED after taking an intentional antifreeze overdose.
With potential to wreak systemic havoc for years following initial infection, Group A beta-haemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes (or, far more conveniently, ‘GAS’) are organisms truly worthy of our inner nerd.
Why is this a hot topic? It is a sign of serious distress. It is common. It is strongly associated with suicide. Suicide is one of commonest causes death in young people. 200% increase in self harm 1985-1995.
If ever you have the opportunity to save a young persons life – it is now.