Use the following chart as a quick checklist to review what’s normal and what’s not in a paediatric ECG.  Remember: Lead V4R in under5’s Manually… Read more

The ingestion of a foreign body or multiple foreign bodies (FB) is a common presenting complaint in paediatric surgery, with a peak incidence from 12-24… Read more

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Wear Gloves & Wash Your Hands!!! There have been >100 patients identified as having Mpox in the UK during the current outbreak. Most of these… Read more

Things to remember Give 0.9%NaCl Actrapid “Fixed Rate” 0.1unit/kg/hr Basal Insulin e.g. Levemir, Lantus, Semglee, Abasaglar, Toujeo, Tresiba, please continue this at usual dose and times… Read more

CHFT Case of the Week 10 – Pulmonary oedema     This weeks case features a 75 year old lady presenting with acute breathlessness and… Read more

We have seen multiple incidence where clinicians of ALL grades have assessed patients with falls and examined hips and even mobilised patients Evidence shows (and… Read more

CHFT Case of the Week 9 – Spontaneous Pneumothorax     This weeks case features a young man presenting with a spontaneous pneumothorax and discusses… Read more