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This aims to provide the learner with an overview of common types of skin and soft tissue injuries, how best to accurately describe these, and considers the mechanism most likely to be responsible.
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This learning session focuses on improving the practitioners' skills and knowledge of wound management in an emergency department setting
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In undertaking emergency medical or rescue work the helicopter and its crew may operate under difficult conditions but safety must underpin all missions. This session covers aspects of helicopter safety, in particular the dangers associated with working with rotary-winged aircraft.
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Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening, multi-organ hypersensitivity reaction, typically of rapid onset.
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This session covers the principal modalities used in pre-hospital communication.
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Most external eye infections pose little risk to life or vision. Orbital cellulitis is the exception
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This session describes the natural history and aetiology of paediatric gastroenteritis.
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Emergency Physicians must be confident managing the post-cardiac arrest patient with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) to continue high quality care once initial resuscitation succeeds.
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An overview of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy with cases concentrating on Emergency Department management.
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Transfusion reactions range from mild to life threatening, and it is, therefore, important for clinicians to be able to assess, investigate and manage these presentations.
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Sedation is a routine aspect of emergency care. The aim is clear: make the procedural experience as comfortable as possible for your patient, whilst ensuring that your practice is safe.
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Children commonly present in the ED with stridor. Stridor is a sign of upper airway obstruction. An ED physician must be able to diagnose, initiate treatment, appropriately investigate, anticipate and manage complications.
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Patients with airway compromise need prompt recognition and correction using basic airway techniques.
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This session covers indications for Propofol sedation identifying suitable patients and those at higher risk of adverse events, a standardised procedure for Propofol sedation (protocol), strategies for addressing adverse events and all relevant governance issues.
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This session covers fibrillation, the most common form of cardiac dysrhythmia.
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This session covers the assessment and management of patients with acute liver failure.
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This session covers key points in common ocular trauma scenarios that the emergency physician may encounter.
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This session is based upon the RCEM College Best Practice guideline on Ketamine Procedural Sedation for Children in the Emergency Department.
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This session encompasses the evaluation and treatment of individuals who are either identified as having or presenting to the ED with signs and symptoms of Immune Thrombocytopenia.
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This session focusses on the emergency department care of patients post-cardiac arrest i.e. after the return of spontaneous circulation.
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This session covers the assessment and management of epistaxis in the emergency department.
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This session provides training in chest drain insertion. It looks at the indications for carrying out this procedure, as well as how to prepare for it, and shows a chest drain being inserted. Post-procedure management and complex cases are also covered
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Serratus anterior plane block can be used as multimodal analgesia for rib fractures in the trauma patient. This session outlines the ultrasound guided technique.