Emergency medicine

Education for GPs on emergency medicine.

Acute pelvic pain - red flag symptoms

16 Oct 2020 CPD
When contacting the emergency services, remember ‘ETHANE’ (Photograph: SPL)

Emergency medicine - Pre-hospital trauma care

26 Oct 2016 CPD

Choking in adults and children

2 Aug 2016 CPD

Sepsis case study

27 Jul 2016 CPD

Emergency medicine: Acute coronary syndromes

6 Oct 2015 CPD
Patients should be trained in the use of adrenaline autoinjectors (Photograph: SPL)

Managing anaphylaxis during an emergency

30 Jun 2015 CPD
Pancreatitis (blue) is most often caused by gallstones or alcohol abuse (Photograph: SPL)

Acute pancreatitis

27 Oct 2011 CPD
Metered dose inhalers with spacer chambers can be used in the presence of a less severe exacerbation (Photograph: SPL)

Emergency treatment of asthma

31 Mar 2011
MRI scans showing abnormal and asymmetrical hippocampal regions in the brain of a patient with epilepsy (Photograph: SPL)

Emergency medicine - Managing seizures in epilepsy

17 Mar 2011
Lean the patient forward and give up to five blows between the shoulder blades with the heel of your other hand

Emergency medicine - Treating airway obstruction

3 Mar 2011
De-escalation techniques, for example using body language, can be used to calm aggressive patients

Emergency medicine - Managing the disturbed patient

17 Feb 2011
The emphasis remains on good quality chest compressions (Photograph: Istock)

Resuscitation update - the latest advice

13 Jan 2011
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