Emergencies
Sharps injuries happen when you least expect them. You can’t always prevent them...
Sickle cell diseases are a disorder of haemoglobin affecting red blood cells. This...
As a doctor, you may come across patients with complex airways. They should be found...
Cortisol is the body’s natural steroid (glucocorticoid) which helps maintain blood...
In the webinar below, Dr Henry de Boer (radiology registrar) provides a structured...
In the webinar below, Dr Joe Kang (radiology registrar) provides a structured approach...
Wounds are a very common presentation to A&E and minor injuries departments....
In the webinar below, Dr Sam Kular (interventional radiology fellow) provides a structured...
In the webinars below, Dr June Lau & Dr Henry de Boer (radiology registrars)...
In the webinar below, Dr Dexter Valencia (interventional radiology registrar) provides...
There are certain situations where you need to prescribe IV fluids which vary from...
Almost every patient admitted to hospital receives IV fluids at some point in their...
As a doctor, you will frequently be called for a drowsy patient. They can vary from...
Requesting scans can be a scary daily occurrence for new doctors. It is one of few...
Hyperglycaemia is something you will encounter frequently. In this article, we focus...
The deteriorating patient is often the worst nightmare for new FY1s. I remember...
Scenario: You are bleeped by one of the staff nurses to review a patient on the orthopaedic...
Hyponatraemia (serum Sodium <135 mmol/L) is one of the most common electrolyte...
In this article, we will look at more practical aspects of how to read an ABG and...
Femoral puncture is typically used to acquire blood from a patient in an emergency...
As a junior doctor, you will also often assess patients complaining of chest pain...
Expect many bleeps about hypotension from concerned nursing staff. It is a useful...
Management of low blood sugar in conscious & unconscious patients, finding common...
As an FY1, you will be called to review patients who are hypoxic. Here we will discuss...
The first thing when called is to identify whether the bleeding is truly a lower...
AF is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia you will encounter. In this article,...
In this article, we cover the main ENT situations you are likely to encounter either...
Sepsis is an infection with evidence of organ dysfunction. Septic shock is when a...
You will regularly see patients with blood in their urine, most often picked up incidentally...
Heart Failure is not a diagnosis in itself, rather a collection of symptoms that...
Acute confusion, otherwise known as delirium, is very common in hospitals: 20-30%...
Whilst on call or in A&E you may be asked to assess somebody who is suspected...
Non-invasive ventilation is a way of providing ventilatory support to patients in...
RCEMÂ has published some clear and comprehensive information which is well worth a...
A CNS infection is one that involves the central nervous system in some way. This...
As an FY1, you are unlikely to be expected to make decisions about long term COPD...
Hyperkalaemia can cause life-threatening emergencies particularly cardiac arrhythmias....
These patients have the potential to become haemodynamically unstable extremely quickly;...
You will likely encounter an opiate overdose due to the prevalence of opiates for...
Bradyarrhythmias are abnormal heart rhythms with a pulse rate of <60 beats per...
A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blocked blood vessel in your lungs, most often due...
A pneumothorax is defined as the abnormal collection of air between the visceral...
In this article, we give an overview of the most important and serious haematological...
Please read an overview of the management of sepsis before reading this article.
Neutropenic...
You are unlikely to be expected to make decisions about long term asthma management,...
Tachyarrhythmias are abnormal heart rhythms with a pulse rate of >100 beats per...
In this article, we will present several common scenarios involving Parkinson’s disease...
Suddenly stopping alcohol intake in patients who have been drinking heavily for prolonged...
Acute Compartment Syndrome is one of the few orthopaedic emergencies. If missed,...
Anaphylaxis is a serious, life-threatening allergic reaction. Features include airway...
Red eye is one of the most common eye presentations you will encounter. Whilst many...
Spinal cord compression occurs when there is compression of the spinal cord or cauda...
This article aims to give basic information on the assessment of dental trauma to...
Hypothermia, whilst an infrequently encountered issue during foundation, is a high-risk...
As doctors, you will frequently see patients with opiate dependence. It isn’t...
Introduction
Patients with liver disease are common in the UK. Since 1970, mortality...
