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Its 4:00 AM. Youve just managed to find a working ophthalmoscope and after wrestling with it and staring through the gloom, you spot the optic disc
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This blog will focus on some of the finer details in bite management, or complications that may be seen. (Apologies in advance for any itching caused by this blog).
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GLP-1 agonists, hailed as wonder drugs, help shed weight rapidly. But how do they work and what risks lurk beneath? What do we need to know about them in the emergency department?
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Paediatric cases of Bells Palsy are relatively uncommon. Understandably, witnessing a rapidly developing facial asymmetry in a child will cause worried parents/guardians to rush to see a doctor.
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As the days get shorter, the leaves fall from the trees, and winter draws nearer, so does the surge of bronchiolitis begin its annual descent upon paediatric emergency departments across the country.
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This blog looks at the challenges that patients with Autism face in the emergency setting.
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ECGs can be challenging, right? And so can children. Add the two together and..arrghh - Paediatric ECGs!!
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The relative tranquility of the night shift thus was about to be broken. I swallowed my apprehension and walked outside.
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The idea of normalisation of deviance is the brainchild of an American sociologist, Diane Vaughan, who thought that essentially people become used to accepting deviant behaviour as normal practice, the more it occurs.
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Its Friday evening and youre 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.
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This blog is to convince you why the conversation about our breaks, our sleep and our rest is one to start having, keep having and not stop having.
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Most patients arrive with c-spine immobilisation, now called "restriction of c-spine movement or ROCSM", in situ. If they haven't, and they need it, there's a few steps to take.
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Education is not a new thing. That is not to say it is completely understood, but there are many theories behind good and bad education.
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Concussion. It's hard to believe we didn't used to care much about it, and if your CT was normal, we were happy.
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You pick up the next patient to be seen. It's a 25-year-old who has neck stiffness, and a headache, and a sore throat. The GP has sent them in as a possible meningitis patient. Where do you go from there?
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This blog looks at the key components of the curriculum, making it easier to navigate your journey from novice to proficient practitioner. Lets break it down!
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Type A personality, adrenaline junkie, calm in a crisis yet high performer under pressure, adept at multitasking, an ability to stay awake 24/7, survives on a diet of red bull and coffee. Does this sound like you?
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It started as a normal nightshift full of the usual head injuries, drink and drugs. I'd gone to through to the eye room to remove a piece of metal from a cornea, when I heard the tannoy. 'Dr Bell to Resus..IMMEDIATELY'
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'I'm thinking of doing a CESR' is a statement that I think is heard more and more in the corridors and dark places of UK Emergency Departments
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Medical cannabis refers to cannabis-derived pharmacological products prescribed by qualified healthcare professionals for the treatment of specific medical conditions.
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Prolonged jaundice persists for 14 days in a baby born at term (37 weeks or more gestation), or to 21 days in a pre-term baby born before 37 weeks gestation.
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It can be useful to have a structure to our decision making whilst also being aware of how we think.
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Do you know what is going on with you, and around you? Have you been in a situation where there are nine poorly patients in the resuscitation room, and you are the only clinician looking after them?
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I consider myself lucky - Ive had some excellent supervisors. So good, that they made the bad ones feel even worse.