Emergency Physicians must be confident managing the post-cardiac arrest patient with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) to continue high quality care once initial resuscitation succeeds.
Transfusion reactions range from mild to life threatening, and it is, therefore, important for clinicians to be able to assess, investigate and manage these presentations.
Sedation is a routine aspect of emergency care. The aim is clear: make the procedural experience as comfortable as possible for your patient, whilst ensuring that your practice is safe.
Children commonly present in the ED with stridor. Stridor is a sign of upper airway obstruction. An ED physician must be able to diagnose, initiate treatment, appropriately investigate, anticipate and manage complications.
This session covers indications for Propofol sedation identifying suitable patients and those at higher risk of adverse events, a standardised procedure for Propofol sedation (protocol), strategies for addressing adverse events and all relevant governance issues.
This session encompasses the evaluation and treatment of individuals who are either identified as having or presenting to the ED with signs and symptoms of Immune Thrombocytopenia.
This session provides training in chest drain insertion. It looks at the indications for carrying out this procedure, as well as how to prepare for it, and shows a chest drain being inserted. Post-procedure management and complex cases are also covered
Serratus anterior plane block can be used as multimodal analgesia for rib fractures in the trauma patient. This session outlines the ultrasound guided technique.
This session describes the processes around Information Sharing to Tackle Community Violence. It also describes some of the responsibilities of emergency clinicians around confidentiality when looking after victims of violence.
This session provides an introduction to Brief Unexplained Resolved Events. It covers the definition, differential diagnoses, how to stratify patients into low or high risk and the subsequent management.
This session identifies the clinical features of acute behavioural disturbance (ABD) and covers the initial assessment and management of patients with ABD in the ED.
This session discusses the pathophysiology that leads to the clinical manifestations of Sickle Cell disease and outline the assessment and management of the patients.
