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Colles’ fracture

Colles' fractures are a common presentation to emergency departments across the globe. The eponymous fracture is a dorsally angulated extra-articular distal radial metaphyseal single segment fracture. Everything else is a distal radial fracture or a Smiths or a Bartons or a Chauffeur fracture or Galeazzi.
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Reflections from Online Education

A review of current practise and reflections from DFTB Illness and Injuries 2020
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Sun, Sea and Altitude Emergencies – Part 2

You move to your second base as some divers have surfaced and are getting ready to pack up. You notice one of them is swaying left and right and stops due to complaints of pain in his back. He has started to feel out of breath.
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Sun, Sea and Altitude Emergencies – Part 1

Big city medicine can sometimes be tricky to tick the box that says "Environmental Emergencies" in the RCEM curriculum. But a day in the life of a doctor living in more "outdoor" or seaside settings can help you get the mindset that is needed for these sort of pre-hospital jobs.
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An Incidentally Major Event – Memories of a Sleepy Mind

I was on a night shift, in a major trauma centre, still an ST3 at the time. We were actually having a nice night shift in not so cold weather. There was still a little flow of patients, we had some room in resus and our minors area was pretty empty. Some may even brave the "Q" word.
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Limited English Proficiency in the ED

It wasn't until I spent some time working in France and in the DRCongo that I really developed an understanding of communicating in a second (or third) language, or not being able to communicate with someone at all
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Ear Disease

To the ENT novice there are a baffling number of terms that refer to problems with the ear... "otitis media" is that acute? Or suppurative? Or secretory? And where does glue ear fit into all of this and what are grommets anyway?!
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Leadership and Trust

Trust lies at the foundation of any relationship. A relationship without trust is never going to be long-lasting, or at least, a positive one. The same applies with the leader-follower relationship in the workplace. But what is it what makes one human-being trust another human-being?
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The Droopy Dribbler: Paediatric Presentations of Bells Palsy

Paediatric cases of Bell's Palsy are relatively uncommon (6.1/100000 in the age range 1-15 (1)); 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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Trainee Teaching Sessions in the COVID outbreak Part 1

Welcome to the first of our virtual monthly teaching sessions. This is something we have organised in the North West for higher trainees who all get a teaching day a month to cover some curriculum topics, and we thought we'd share what we've done with the RCEM Community
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Dying Matters in the ED

Working in the ED probably exposes us to a considerable amount of death and dying. From the unexpected cardiac arrest or trauma patient, through to the expected death of a patient with a terminal prognosis
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Coronavirus, (COVID19) tips and resources

RCEMLearning Coronavirus, COVID19, tips and resources