Sepsis – Click Here
Suspected Covid-19 – Click Here
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Paediatric – Click Here
Can’t find it in our drug cupboard
try the Emergency Drug Cupboard
Category: Sepsis
COVID-19 (Doning/Doffing Video)
2 video links to PHE how to Don and Doff your PPE
Pneumonia – Paeds
CAP is far less common than URTI’s, however, it needs to be considered within your differentials. Depending on severity there is a guide to investigation and treatment.
Clinical Features Typically
- Cough
- Fever
- Breathing difficulties
- Tachypnoea Read more
Sex, Bites, and Needle Sticks
First Aid (ALL)
- Encourage bleeding
- Wash with copious amounts of water or saline
- Don’t Suck
- Don’t use Caustic agents
Gentamicin – Prescribing on EPR
Do NOT use this regime for:
- Pregnant women
- Children under 16 years
- Urology surgery prophylaxis patients
- ANY patient who has ascites, limb amputation, cystic fibrosis, endocarditis, major burns, Cisplatin Chemotherapy, renal transplant.
MERS Standard Operating Procedure
Please see the updated SOP for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Make sure you are familiar with this protocol and for anymore information please contact the Infection Control Team.
MERS SOP – Click Here
Be #urosceptical
Ditch the Dipstick – for patients >65Yrs or Catheterised!
Approx. 50% of over 65’s and most of those with catheters have asymptomatic bacteriuria. The patient will not benefit from treatment and often gives us premature closure (i.e. we blame a fictitious UTI for the patients symptoms and stop thinking). Read more
Notifiable Diseases
Registered Medical Practitioners in England and Wales have a statutory duty to notify Public Health about the following diseases. To facilitate rapid treatment and control of outbreaks. (Links to Wikipedia for illustrative purposes) Read more
