This module covers the recognition and management of potentially difficult airway scenarios, including appropriate equipment preparation and strategy development for failed intubation.
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a common presentation to the Emergency Department (ED)
This module covers the anatomy, common pathology and the clinical and radiological assessment of the shoulder and brachial plexus.
This module is a summary on notifiable diseases aiming to put the notification process in context of the wider public health implications.
This module aims to provide an overview of FGM/C and provide a framework for its management in ED.
This module focuses on the knowledge, skills, facilities and equipment required to perform safe procedural sedation. Commonly used sedation agents and some of their qualities are described.
This module explores the management of diabetic ketoacidosis in young people with relevance to the published evidence and national guidelines.
Hypercalcaemia is commonly seen in patients with malignant disease. This module explains the assessment and management of the problem in the ED.
This session covers the assessment and management of upper gastrointestinal (GI) haemorrhage.
This module covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to the ED with anaphylaxis.
This module aims to improve the standard of concussion care. It covers how to recognise a concussion, and provide appropriate management and discharge advice consistent with new national and international guidance.
This module focuses on the assessment and initial management of psychiatric patients in the emergency department.
This module covers the management of Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy, across the spectrum from mild symptoms to Hyperemesis Gravidarum.
Alcohol withdrawal is a common presentation to UK EDs and patients can present significant management challenges to clinicians.
This module covers the assessment, investigation and management of injuries to the bones of the midface; the zygoma, zygomatic arch, maxilla, orbit and nose.
This module describes focused ultrasound for suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm.
FAST involves assessment of the peritoneal cavity, pleural cavity and pericardial space. Learning that free fluid is present facilitates the most appropriate management plan.
Tracheostomy emergencies are rare in the ED but are associated with high mortality and morbidity. It is therefore essential that ED practitioners are competent in assessing and stabilising patients with complications arising from tracheostomies.
This module focuses on the treatment of adult patients with previously diagnosed asthma that present to the ED with an acute episode of breathlessness.
This module covers the initial assessment of eye and visual problems in the Emergency Department.
This module covers Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), which is an iatrogenic complication of fertility treatment.
This module covers the assessment and management of shock in the emergency department.
The module covers important aspects of the transport and exchange of carbon dioxide.
A systematic approach to the interpretation of the spinal radiograph can help to identify potentially devastating though fortunately uncommon serious injuries.