In the Emergency Department (ED) lower leg immobilisation after injury is a necessary treatment but is also a known risk factor for the development of… Read more

Save the Children, have published a used full guide on management on blast injuries in children. Taking you through pre-hospital, ED and inpatient care. Although… Read more

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

There is currently a national shortage of Intranasal Diamorphine therefore we are using Intranasal Fentanyl as a replacement. Dose is 1.5micrograms/Kg for the initial dose… Read more

Pregnant patients with Severe Life threatening conditions e.g serious trauma, cardiac arrest, serious medical condition Manage as per ALS/ATLS/MOET guidance (Don’t forget uterine displacement manually).… Read more

Penthrox is an inhaled, patient controlled analgesic for use with moderate to severe acute pain associated with trauma.  Not to be used in atraumatic pain,… Read more

The Paediatric Liaison Form (PLF is now part of EPR – how to guide) This form alerts the Paediatric Liaison Team to your concerns so that… Read more

When a patients with a PEG/PEJ/RIG that has come out attends the ED its important that we can either replace it or insert an EN-Plug OR… Read more