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Give high concentration oxygen (Photograph: SPL)

Emergency medicine - The management of shock in primary care

Aside from rapid transfer to hospital, some interventions can be life-saving....

Blood film showing ovalomacrocytes (large oval red cells) and hypersegmented neutrophils (Photograph: SPL)

Management of pernicious anaemia

This condition predominantly affects the elderly. By Dr Anicee Danaee and Dr Deepti Radia....

Paediatric modifiers to adult basic life support will provide necessary skills for an emergency situation (Photograph: Istock)

Emergency medicine - Paediatric basic life support update

The guidelines for resuscitation and choking in children have been updated. Dr Kathryn Deakin explai...

Subarachnoid haemorrhage (Photograph: SPL)

Study sets out rules for urgent headache referral

New clinical decision rules for investigating headaches could cut referrals for suspected subarachno...

A psychiatric assessment will be necessary after deliberate overdose (Photograph: Jason Heath Lancy)

Emergency Medicine - Management of the poisoned patient

Try to establish exactly what has been taken and when, write Dr Andrew Goddard and Dr James Dear....

Coloured angiogram: DVT causing blood to pool beneath it (Photograph: SPL)

Diagnosing venous thromboembolism

One of the most challenging aspects is knowing which patients to investigate, explains Dr Kerstin Ho...

Urgent care 111 line launched in County Durham

A urgent care phone service, available by calling 111, has been launched in County Durham and Darlin...

Open the airway by tipping the head back and lifting the chin; the chin should be perpendicular to the floor (Photograph: Istock)

Refresh your life support skills

Resuscitation guidelines now focus on chest compressions before rescue breaths. In the first of a ne...

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