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Adult Emergency Medicine
30.11.2022
A Taser Two weighted barbs attached to long insulated wires They fire at 180 feet / second Deliver 50 000 volts of electricity, in pulses ...
B12 deficiency, cobalamin deficiency or pernicious anaemia is also knon as Biermer's anaemia, Addison's or Addison-Biermer anaemia. It's one...
We think of spondaneous coronary artery dissection as being a cause of peripartum myocardial infarction - but about 90% of cases are not pr...
Portal vein problems might be caused by portal hypertension - cirrhosis, malignancy or hypercoagulable - prothrombotic conditions, malignan...
Renal vein thrombosis in adults is normally triggered by infection (glomerulonephritis, renal sepsis), amyloidosis, SLE, diabetes, urinary...
AMTS (Abbreviated mental test score) 1. How old are you? 2. What’s your date of birth? 3. What is the year? 4. What is the time of t...
A few good guides on stroke territories & associated findings #FOAMems #FOAMed pic.twitter.com/XYt56AYtUg — Brad Gander (@para_Brad) Fe...
Symptoms Hypercoagulation Symptoms: MI, stroke, limb and organ ischaemia, DVT, PE Bleeding Complications Fever, chills, flushing or the s...
Mostly from non UK sources, with incubation 5-30 days, but maybe up to 6 months. Comes from unpasteurised dairy products - eating or inhal...
Also called beauty parlor syndrome. Transient ischaemia of the basilar circulation system. Dizziness, vertigo, headaches, vomit, diplopia,...
Possible PE in pregnancy is a nightmare to investigate and to manage. There are several flowcharts...but lets look at the evidence. 1. Is t...
As a presentation to ED, I don't think sexual assault is that common, and the brief mention in the curriculum probably supports that. Sexua...
BNP is produced by cardiac myocytes in response to stretch which occurs in impaired diastolic or systolic function. BNP may play an importan...
I wrote a summary of what each common competency involved to make sure I linked properly. Here's my summary: CC1 - History Taking - Risk F...
A tear in the vertebral artery, is a common cause of stroke in young people. The tear has a clot and causes a false blockage - causing an is...
<23 Weeks - Early Pregnancy This has been covered here: https://www.rcemlearning.co.uk/foamed/induction-bleeding-in-early-pregnancy/ La...
There are many causes of hypoglycaemia. Contrary to popular belief, hypoglycaemia is not caused by diabetes- hypoglycaemia is caused by t...
Clinical Features Coffee is protective against gout, but intense exercise and microtrauma can precipitate For rheumatoid rather than reac...
Physical Exam Cardiac - murmur, AD Extremity - look for signs of chronic peripheral vascular disease Neurological - sensory and motor los...
HAP28 - rash - only really covers erythroderma! Erythroderma is skin redness over lots of the body. It could be caused by anything but is ...
Avoid "blind placement" of NG tubes Avoid NSAIDs, ASA, plavix, steroids Remember thiamine deficiency Avoid overload of oral fluids Cons...
Part of a spectrum of infection. 1 . Impetigo - see http://adultemergencymedicine.blogspot.com/2018/08/rashes-impetigo.html 2 . Erysipe...
Awake and Conscious Patient Assess symptoms: With the temperature dropping recently I thought it might be a good time to retweet the fi...
These guidelines from NHS England are excellent and cover triage, METHANE, blast injury and more. They say everything you need to know in ...
Pain management is something we're really bad at doing, and even worse at documenting! Assessment Use a pain scale, or a pain ruler R...