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Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Vertebral Artery Dissection

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...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: BNP

BNP is produced by cardiac myocytes in response to stretch which occurs in impaired diastolic or systolic function. BNP may play an importan...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: VBI

Also called beauty parlor syndrome. Transient ischaemia of the basilar circulation system. Dizziness, vertigo, headaches, vomit, diplopia,...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Complications of Bariatric Surgery

Avoid "blind placement" of NG tubes Avoid NSAIDs, ASA, plavix, steroids Remember thiamine deficiency Avoid overload of oral fluids Cons...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Vascular Ischaemia

Physical Exam Cardiac - murmur, AD Extremity - look for signs of chronic peripheral vascular disease Neurological - sensory and motor los...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Pain

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...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Stroke and TIAs

A few good guides on stroke territories & associated findings #FOAMems #FOAMed pic.twitter.com/XYt56AYtUg — Brad Gander (@para_Brad) Fe...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Tasers

A Taser Two weighted barbs attached to long insulated wires They fire at 180 feet / second Deliver 50 000 volts of electricity, in pulses ...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia

Symptoms Hypercoagulation Symptoms: MI, stroke, limb and organ ischaemia, DVT, PE Bleeding Complications Fever, chills, flushing or the s...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: SCAD

We think of spondaneous coronary artery dissection as being a cause of peripartum myocardial infarction - but about 90% of cases are not pr...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Common Competencies

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...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Portal Vein Thrombosis

Portal vein problems might be caused by portal hypertension - cirrhosis, malignancy or hypercoagulable - prothrombotic conditions, malignan...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Major Incident

These guidelines from NHS England are excellent and cover triage, METHANE, blast injury and more. They say everything you need to know in ...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Brucellosis

Mostly from non UK sources, with incubation 5-30 days, but maybe up to 6 months. Comes from unpasteurised dairy products - eating or inhal...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Erysipelas

Part of a spectrum of infection. 1 . Impetigo - see http://adultemergencymedicine.blogspot.com/2018/08/rashes-impetigo.html 2 . Erysipe...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Sexual Assault and STIs

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...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: B12 Anaemia

B12 deficiency, cobalamin deficiency or pernicious anaemia is also knon as Biermer's anaemia, Addison's or Addison-Biermer anaemia. It's one...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Hypoglycaemia

There are many causes of hypoglycaemia. Contrary to popular belief, hypoglycaemia is not caused by diabetes- hypoglycaemia is caused by t...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Possible PE in pregnancy

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...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Hypothermia

Awake and Conscious Patient Assess symptoms: With the temperature dropping recently I thought it might be a good time to retweet the fi...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Bleeding in Pregnancy

<23 Weeks - Early Pregnancy This has been covered here: https://www.rcemlearning.co.uk/foamed/induction-bleeding-in-early-pregnancy/ La...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Gout, Pseudogout

Clinical Features Coffee is protective against gout, but intense exercise and microtrauma can precipitate For rheumatoid rather than reac...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Mental Health Presentations

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...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Renal Vein Thrombosis

Renal vein thrombosis in adults is normally triggered by infection (glomerulonephritis, renal sepsis), amyloidosis, SLE, diabetes, urinary...

Adult Emergency Medicine

30.11.2022

Adult Emergency Medicine: Rash

HAP28 - rash - only really covers erythroderma! Erythroderma is skin redness over lots of the body. It could be caused by anything but is ...

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Adult Emergency Medicine - Health

Adult Emergency Medicine: Vertebral Artery Dissection

Adult Emergency Medicine: BNP

Adult Emergency Medicine: VBI

Adult Emergency Medicine: Complications of Bariatric Surgery

Adult Emergency Medicine: Vascular Ischaemia

Adult Emergency Medicine: Pain

Adult Emergency Medicine: Stroke and TIAs

Adult Emergency Medicine: Tasers

Adult Emergency Medicine: Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia

Adult Emergency Medicine: SCAD

Adult Emergency Medicine: Common Competencies

Adult Emergency Medicine: Portal Vein Thrombosis

Adult Emergency Medicine: Major Incident

Adult Emergency Medicine: Brucellosis

Adult Emergency Medicine: Erysipelas

Adult Emergency Medicine: Sexual Assault and STIs

Adult Emergency Medicine: B12 Anaemia

Adult Emergency Medicine: Hypoglycaemia

Adult Emergency Medicine: Possible PE in pregnancy

Adult Emergency Medicine: Hypothermia

Adult Emergency Medicine: Bleeding in Pregnancy

Adult Emergency Medicine: Gout, Pseudogout

Adult Emergency Medicine: Mental Health Presentations

Adult Emergency Medicine: Renal Vein Thrombosis

Adult Emergency Medicine: Rash

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