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