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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.
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Our general suggestions are written with the aim of reducing moral injury, compassion fatigue and burnout three different but linked conditions.
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In this blog weve collated a few of our favourite EM-specific teaching ideas.
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Here is a brief overview of three of our favourite and most satisfying PEM procedures. They epitomise ED practice - but can seem tricky to the PEM naive practitioner.
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Its probably fair to say that few of us give any great thought on how a temperature is measured.
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When I was asked to talk about assessment of (de)hydration in children, I accepted without a second thought. "How hard could it be?", I guessed, "I do this every single day".
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The social context is central to learning from an EM perspective, and how trainees feel in that community is a vital part of their education.
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Unfortunately, getting an Emergency Medicine consultant job is not quite as easy as just nailing an interview. In reality, the preparation starts way earlier, so really this blog should be called, how to get the consultant job of your dreams.
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Inequalities in health are nothing new... Whilst many things have improved with time, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown some of the most stark differences in to light.
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This blog isnt an all-encompassing guide, but suggestions of some of the more common considerations about managing pregnant patients in the ED.
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It can be easy to be overwhelmed initially by the fact that you have now become the clinician who the buck stops with