by Helen | Nov 5, 2020 | Blog, Covid-19, Guidelines and Standards
Image is from the Resus Council UK and this is the link to their resources on Covid Resuscitation Guidelines due to Covid-19 in Primary Care This blog details the key issues relating to Resuscitation and covid-19 in primary care settings. There has understandably...
by Helen | Mar 19, 2019 | Assessing a sick patient, Blog, Guidelines and Standards
Sepsis is continuing to kill 1000s of people and many deaths could be avoided with improved recognition. The difficulty is that people may present with a range of symptoms. Also two people may have the same infection and one could develop Sepsis and one won’t....
by Helen | Nov 29, 2016 | Blog, Emergency equipment, Guidelines and Standards
Which Adrenaline should be stocked in Dental and GP Practices? Recently when one of my Practices had their Denplan inspection the Adrenaline they stock was discussed. There appeared to be some confusion so I thought it would be useful to answer the question here. ...
by Helen | Feb 12, 2016 | Blog, Guidelines and Standards, Training
Combined ILS and PILS course for Sedationists The Standards for Sedation were updated in December 2015 and various aspects were clarified. One of these was around what Life support training the team require. In the FAQs point 16 details what level of life support...
by Helen | Feb 5, 2016 | Blog, Guidelines and Standards
What happens when you call 999? I was recently involved in a discussion within a forum about what happens when you call the Emergency Services. It became apparent that not everyone’s understanding and expectations are the same and it didn’t match what is...
by Helen | Dec 3, 2015 | Assessing a sick patient, Blog, Defibrillators, Emergency equipment, Events, Guidelines and Standards
My highlights from the Scientific Symposium 2015 On the 26th November I attended the Resuscitation Council’s Scientific Symposium where the new guidelines were discussed. There are no new numbers to remember but there has been some clarification and terminology...
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