HMP4: Shocked Patient

The trainee will be able to identify a shocked patient, assess their clinical state, produce a list of appropriate differential diagnoses and initiate immediate management.

 
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Time-Critical Infusions for Children (#1): Peripheral Adrenaline
Time-Critical Infusions for Children (#1): Peripheral Adrenaline

The first of four new simulation drills based on delivering time-critical infusions to children in the ED. This week’s drill is about correctly administering peripheral adrenaline.

Lightning Learning: Intestinal Ischaemia
Lightning Learning: Intestinal Ischaemia

Intestinal ischaemia presents as poorly localised abdominal pain and is the result of decreased blood flow to the GI tract.

Lightning Learning: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Lightning Learning: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

AAA is the enlargement of the aortic diameter >1.5 times normal and often an incidental finding. But there's an 85-99% mortality rate!

Lightning Learning: Ectopic Pregnancy
Lightning Learning: Ectopic Pregnancy

An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilised egg implants and begins developing outside the uterus, affecting 1-in-80 pregnancies.

#SimBlog: Major Haemorrhage
#SimBlog: Major Haemorrhage

57-year-old with collapse following an episode of haematemesis. Hypotensive pre-hospital despite 1500mls IV fluids."

#SimBlog: Ruptured AAA
#SimBlog: Ruptured AAA

This week's sim was a little like the Kobayashi Maru Test... sometimes the outcome is never going to be good.

 

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