Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
Distraught parents, paramedics on the edge, sick neonates, oversized teenage trauma victims…our latest paediatric simulation day had it all!
4-month-old unsettled over the afternoon then found unresponsive in cot. Mum out shopping, baby being looked after by her new partner.
15-year-old, self-presentation. 1-week history of vomiting and lethargy, feeling worse overnight, receptionist concerned patient looks unwell.
14-year-old pedestrian hit by a van in hit & run incident at at least 40mph. Loss of consciousness at scene. Scooped & ran as felt too unstable for transfer to Major Trauma Centre (MTC).
9-month-old unwell & febrile at 39deg , HR 190, peripherally shut down & lethargic.
3-week-old baby. Cough & cold symptoms for a few days, worsening breathing over last 48 hours.
A 61-year-old male is brought to the ER by paramedics with a history of 3 episodes of fresh haematemesis over the preceding 3 hours.
25-year-old female is red-called to Resus after developing difficulty in breathing. Her symptoms started soon after a meal at a local restaurant.
