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Ultrasound: Indications for Ultrasound

Emergency medicine ultrasound has been steadily developing over the last two decades, and courses have run in the UK since the late 1990s. Since ultrasound is rapid and involves no radiation, it is an excellent clinical tool, often referred to as the modern stethoscope
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Assessment of Dementia in the ED

Dementia is a common disease within the elderly population. The care of these patients poses challenges for clinicians and carers alike
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Cranial Nerves Seven to Twelve

Cranial nerve injuries are important clinical signs, which alert the examiner to intracranial pathology. This session will look at the more common traumatic and medical causes of cranial nerve injury to cranial nerves
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Needlestick Injury

Needlestick injuries occur in healthcare workers and members of the public. Although transmission of blood borne viruses is unlikely, they cause considerable concern.
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More Dental Emergencies

This session aims to give a brief overview of dental emergencies that may present in A&E, including aetiology, diagnosis and management
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Triage in Mass Casualty Situations

This session covers the importance of, and methods of performing triage in mass casualty situations.
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Intracranial Infections

Intracranial infections (also called central nervous system infections or CNS infections) are relatively rare, but form a very important differential diagnosis in the unwell patient
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Psychiatric Emergencies for the Adult Patient

Patients with mental health problems often present to the Emergency Department (ED). They will commonly be assessed and then treated, initially, by junior doctors.
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Alcoholic Liver Disease

This session will deal with the assessment and management of alcoholic liver disease.
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Adult Cystic Fibrosis

Describing the pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis
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Anaphylaxis

This session covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to an emergency department with anaphylaxis
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Bleeding in Pregnancy

This session covers the emergency management of both bleeding in early pregnancy and antepartum haemorrhage (APH) Appropriate investigation and initial emergency interventions are considered including rhesus status and the administration of anti-D immunioglobulin.
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Safe Sedation Procedures in Adults

This session focuses on the knowledge, skills, facilities and equipment required to perform safe emergency department procedural sedation. Commonly used sedation agents and some of their qualities are described
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Thyroid Storm

Thyroid storm is a rare but life-threatening endocrine condition that should be considered, recognised and treated quickly
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Acute Alcohol Withdrawal

Alcohol withdrawal is a common presentation to UK EDs and patients can present significant management challenges to clinicians.
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The Mental Health Act and Emergency Medicine

Approximately 10% of all admissions to the Emergency Department (ED) are related to patients having a mental health crisis. With the ever increasing numbers of patients requiring mental health input, it is important that we understand the law that underpins our treatment (RCEM, 2018)
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Valvular Heart Disease

This session deals with the important presentations of valvular heart disease in adults and the early management in the emergency department
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Management of the Anticoagulated Patient

With the possibility of catastrophic bleeding seen in the over-anticoagulated patient, be it spontaneous or following trauma.
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Paediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis

This session will explore the management of diabetic ketoacidosis in young people with relevance to the published evidence and national guidelines
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Stroke in the ED

Outlining the epidemiology and pathophysiology of stroke
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Oxygen in Human Physiology

This session reviews the transfer of oxygen from the atmosphere to the body's tissues.
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Critical Appraisal: Appraising a Diagnostic Test: D-Dimer

Critical Appraisal: Appraising a Diagnostic Test: D-Dimer
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Chest Pain Syndromes

This session is about achieving a diagnosis in a patient presenting with chest pain