Before 1922, and the work of Nobel Prize winning Canadian medics Dr Frederick Banting and Charles Best (still a medical student at the time), developing diabetes in childhood was akin to a death...
Common heart conditions can be separated into two main categories: structural, which are detectable both in life and post-mortem, and chemical, which are detectable only in life. Examples of heart...
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Tension pneumothorax is a build up of air between the lung and the pleura lining the chest wall. It occurs when a defect in the lung, chest wall or airways operates as a one-way valve, allowing air...
Haemoptysis is a commonly reported manifestation within the CF population its incidence increasing with greater life expectancy (Flume et al, 2005). The most common causes of haemoptysis include...
Although a form of group work, the focus of action learning is the individual. The individual brings a real-life problem to the group known as the ‘set’ and receives the full attention of the set as...
Paramedics in an urban and urban/rural area of Ontario were recruited to participate in focus group sessions after ethics approval was obtained from the University of Toronto. Participant and focus...
It is of paramount importance that surgical teams are involved early in cases where the situation can progress and rapidly deteriorate (e.g. intussusception or appendicitis) (UK Ambulance Service...
In the case of an embolic cause, which creates an ischaemic stroke, alteplase (Actilyse® manufactured by Boehringen Ingelheim) can be used—this is a drug developed to break down clots. Although...
The data from the word map (Figure 3) were grouped to develop the interview proforma (Table 1) for the second stage of data collection. The interview data were analysed to identify common themes for...
