Emergencies

A brief explanation of tumor lysis syndrome and it's treatment.  

A brief introduction to the pathophysiology of spinal cord compression.  

A brief introduction to neutropenic fevers. They are a common cause of mortality in cancer patients. Quick and appropriate treatment can reduce mortality.  

A brief introduction to the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade as an oncologic emergency, including a discussion of Beck's triad and pulsus paradoxus.  

Explanation of the pathophysiology of hypercalcemia in cancer patients, and a description of common signs and symptoms. Includes a quick overview of common t...  

An overview of how to approach calls regarding elevated blood pressure while cross-covering on inpatient medicine. The distinction between hypertensive emerg...  

Paediatric BLS aimed at healthcare professionals with a duty to respond to emergencies More details on the Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines on this can ...  

 

It was the unanimous view of the Committee that the conditions for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) have been met.  

It might seem odd for the spread of polio to be declared an international public health emergency. There have been 68 recorded cases of wild poliovirus so far in 2014. Contrast that with the one million children under five who die from pneumonia each year or the 750,000 who die from diarrhoeal disease.  

The World Health Organization declares the recent spread of polio an international public health emergency.  

The World Health Organization has declared the spread of polio a global public health emergency, which, if left unchecked, could derail efforts to eradicate the disease.1  

From the antiseptic routine of the wards to the thrill of a roadside rescue, we can't seem to get enough of medical documentaries. Andrew Collins dissects our enduring fascination  

The non-emergency medical helpline NHS 24 has a new 111 freephone number  

Patients who are terminally ill with cancer who have chemotherapy in the last months of life are more likely to undergo resuscitation and die in an intensive care unit than in a hospice or at home, a study has found.  

It’s nearly 30 years since Eric Chivian and three other Harvard faculty members won the Nobel peace prize for their work as founders of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. At its height IPPNW had a membership of 250 000 doctors from 80 countries. Its leaders spoke directly to the world’s leaders and to the public, helping them to understand the terrible things that happen to people’s bodies and lives when nuclear bombs explode. As Chivian says in a BMJ essay this week, the aim was to help people grasp what a nuclear war would really be like, so that politicians and the public would do everything in their power to prevent such a war from happening (doi:10.1136/bmj.g2407).  

Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies. In this tutorial, Danny takes you through the salient clinical aspects, including history-taking, eponymous signs on clinical examination, choices of imaging, and how we decide on whether a patient has an open or laparoscopic appendicectomy.  

Chlamydia Trachomatis (CT) The most common bacterial STI.   Like gonorrhoea, this can also be spread vertically, and can result in aconjunctivitis in the neonate. However, unlike gonorrhoea, the conjunctivitis is not a medical emergency, and will noly very rarely result in blindness.   Epidemiology It is the most common bacterial STD  

Nicholson calls for centralisation of hospital services to improve quality of care and rationalisation of emergency centres'Health service will not survive after 2015 if austerity continues'  

Ned joined the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme straight after completing a Maths Degree at the University of Nottingham. Hear him talk about a career in emergency medicine.