In the UK approximately 4 million adults have asthma. In 2004, over 1200 adults died from asthma in the UK…
Sedation is a routine aspect of emergency care. The aim is clear: make the procedural experience as comfortable as possible for your patient, whilst ensuring that your practice is safe.…
Dyspnoea is an overall term used to describe an unpleasant awareness of increased respiratory effort and will be used synonymously with “breathlessness” in this session.…
Intubation forms an integral role in the treatment of the critically ill or injured patients presenting to the ED with a failed or at-risk airway.…
This module focuses on community acquired pneumonia (CAP) which is by far the commonest form of pneumonia seen in the Emergency Department.…
Respiratory disease is the second commonest cause of illness leading to emergency admission to hospital. And accounts for 1 in 5 deaths in the UK.…
Sore throat accounted for 1.9% of all visits to emergency departments in the USA in 2006…
Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening, generalised or systemic hypersensitivity reaction characterised by rapidly developing life threatening airway, breathing and/or circulation problems usually …
The relative incidence and mortality of shock varies greatly depending on the population and the cause.…
Patients with airway compromise need prompt recognition and correction using basic airway techniques.…
