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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 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 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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This session provides an introduction to Brief Unexplained Resolved Events. It covers the definition, differential diagnoses, how to stratify patients into low or high risk and the subsequent management.
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Dyspnoea is an overall term used to describe an unpleasant awareness of increased respiratory effort and will be used synonymously with "breathlessness" in this session.
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This session concentrates on patients with actual or impending cardiopulmonary arrest.
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This session covers the diagnosis and initial management of a patient with acute aortic dissection.
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Angioedema and Urticaria (hives) are part of a spectrum of allergic symptoms and occasionally have a non-allergic aetiology.