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Referrals

Mind The Bleep

Hospital/NHS number is 1234. Often one of the scariest things you can do as you will most likely be speaking to a more senior colleague in an unfamiliar speciality. However, as an F1, you may well know the patient best and therefore you may be best placed to refer the patient.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport

EMDocs

How do we manage the agitated child in the pre-hospital environment? After listening to this episode you will be able to: Identify unique aspects of the pre-hospital environment that impact assessment and treatment of agitated children Describe the role of EMS personnel and EMS director in the care of agitated children. mg/kg IN; 0.1-0.15

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

With elimination of CME funding in many of our hospitals and groups, it is crucial to continue to add value and communicate that value to residents before graduation. While some issues are handled locally, many issues cannot be solved in our emergency department or hospital. If ACEP is already doing this, why be a member?

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 2: Non-Pharmacologic Management

EMDocs

Patients may be brought to hospital by police under restraint (e.g. Conversely they may need to be present for patient and staff safety What if a patient arrives in handcuffs in police custody? Restraints should not be applied indefinitely, and multiple reevaluations should be done to determine when it is safe to remove restraints.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 3: Pharmacologic Management

EMDocs

Document what you gave and why, as well as the impact. The articles included a prospective observational study, three retrospective observational studies, and two case reports. Let’s look at management based on etiology: As always follow local procedures and recommendations. Summary All right, so that’s it for this episode.

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The resurgence of vaccine preventable infections: Measles and Pertussis

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Manual for the laboratory diagnosis of measles and rubella infection Geneva: WHO Documents Production Services, 2007 Available from: [link] [Accessed 4 Oct 2024] Government of the United Kingdom. JOINT committee on vaccination and immunisation code of practice June. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Epidemiol Infect.

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Medicolegal Essentials

Mind The Bleep

Good Medical Practice is the GMC’s core guidance document (a new version is out this year) and there are supporting documents covering important areas like consent , confidentiality , prescribing and treating children. Take care to document these discussions in the records. Most employers will have a chaperones policy too.