Case of the Week 7 – Femoral fracture
July 12, 2024CHFT Case of the Week 7 – download for links This weeks case features a young man presenting to CRH with a femur… Read more
Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
July 10, 2024New onset hypertension after 20 weeks of gestation (systolic blood pressure > 140 and/or diastolic blood pressure > 90) And either Proteinuria (urine protein:creatinine ratio… Read more
Opioid Toxicity
July 10, 2024Opioid Toxicity causes: Drowsiness Respiratory Depression – Hypo-ventilation and decreased respiratory rate Pupillary Miosis Other Symptoms may include (but are not diagnostic or opioid toxicity):… Read more
Neuro-Obs
July 5, 2024Neurological Observations MUST include the following: A full set of NEWS2 observations ACVPU assessment (alert, new confusion, voice, pain, unresponsive) GCS (Glasgow coma scale) Pupillary… Read more
Major Trauma: STOP>SORT>GO
July 4, 2024YAS crews may on occasions (rarely) bring us a Major Trauma patient that meets the criteria for bypass to the MTC because they have a… Read more
Paediatric Surgical Pathway – PROVISIONAL
June 27, 2024As there are now no longer a paediatric clinical team at HRI, the paediatric surgical pathway is up-dating, this is the current provisional pathway, to… Read more
Case of the Week 6 – Back pain and Cauda Equina Syndrome
June 17, 2024CHFT Case of the Week 6 – Download for links This weeks case of the week discusses a patient who presented to ED… Read more
SEPSIS
June 13, 2024Three large scale multi-centre trials into Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: ProCESS (USA), ARISE(Aus), ProMISe(UK), all showed the same thing. What works is good early… Read more