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Acute Medical Emergencies
A very comprehensive two days, delivered using a variety of teaching styles, by professionals who manage medical emergencies on a day-to-day basis. A number of the more common presenting conditions are covered providing a structured approach to the pathophysiology, initial assessment and management of the acutely ill medical patient.
A must for nurses and junior doctors who are likely to encounter this category of patient.
Course Content
Systematic approach in the medically ill patient
ABC focussed approach to medical emergencies
Cardiac emergencies
Cardiac failure; Acute Myocardial Infarction; Unstable angina
Acute upper Gastro-intestinal haemorrhage
Risk assessment and management of massive gastro-intestinal bleeding
Poisoning by paracetamol; opiate; benzodiazepine; TCAD's
Diabetes, DKA; HONK
Emergency treatment of Anaphylaxis
Respiratory emergencies - Asthma; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD); pneumonia; pneumothorax
Acute renal failure - hyperkalaemia; pulmonary oedema; sepsis
Thrombo-embolism, DVT ; Pulmonary embolism
Neurological stroke; meningism; fits
Aims/Outcomes
- Develop an understanding of a systematic approach to the medically ill patient
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Enhanced understanding of common medical conditions their presentation, assessment and management
This course will be attended by
- Nurses
- Physiotherapists
- Allied Health Professionals
- Paramedics and Ambulance Technicians
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