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This month, Aintree University Hospital's Director of Communications & ex-journalist Fin McNicol talks to us about how our online interactions may be picked up by the mainstream press and what to do if they are
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This blog is something a bit different. Based on real Coroners cases, weve pulled out some critical decision moments so you can work your way through the patient journey and decide what you would do
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This 32 year old has fallen off a ladder, and has hip pain. Their x-rays show a pubic ramus fracture, theyre able to mobilise, so can I send them home?
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This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as Flashes, Floaters and Double Vision.
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This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as Sudden Vision Loss.
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There are many components of looking after overseas doctors. Many of them are intuitive and seem common sense, but our experience suggests the basics are often done poorly. We define an overseas doctors as a doctor who has trained, and probably worked, abroad who is embarking on a new healthcare career in the NHS.
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This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as Swollen Lids and Ocular Trauma.
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A person's mindset is a very powerful thing. The state in which our mindset is in can have a huge impact on the way we approach tasks and the chances of us completing a task successfully.
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This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as the acute red eye.
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In this blog we discuss some aspects of EM and offspring. And we look forward to hearing your suggestions and tips too.
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Was it the consultant who was wrong? Were the supervisors unsupportive? Worse still: was I really that bad?
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We're great at getting access in the ED - we've got our ultrasound to help and when that doesn't work, we might insert a central line (only takes 30 seconds, right?), or an intraosseous device
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Every patient has the right to be involved in decisions about their treatment and care. Informed consent ensures that patients have all the necessary information to make free and informed decisions about their medical care.
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It's a common card to pick up in some paeds EDs - the yellow newborn. But whilst this can be an 'easy' one, such tiny babies can strike fear into the hearts of some!
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Amy is a girl who has Down syndrome. She is not a Down's girl, or even a Down's
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It's a phrase you'll come to know well. Especially, you'll find, if you're sitting at a certain desk or in a certain area.
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This is the third in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department
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This blog will serve to explore what we can do, within ED, to help ensure good patient flow, reduce overcrowding and improve patient experience.
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In healthcare, we do love a label, and we rush to find one as soon as we possibly can.
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Children (mainly), and even some adults, like to put a range of objects in any orifice they can find. Once they're in, they come to us in the ED to sort out whether they're really there, and how best to extract them.
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This blog discusses why reflection is at the core of our learning.