Acute Medicine Course

ACUTE MEDICINE: INTERACTIVE TRAINING ON EMERGENCY MEDICINE CARE

Acute Medicine online medical course features scenario-based exercises involving patients with a range of symptoms from cardio-respiratory arrest through to breathlessness and chest pain.Using scenario-based exercises, you can practise your skills in managing various emergency medical situations in the safety of a virtual ward, with ‘patients’ experiencing symptoms from cardio-respiratory arrest through to breathlessness and chest pain. You can learn how to:

• review a medical history
• perform a virtual examination
• create a management plan
• review the patient outcomes

You can compare your performance with that of an expert clinician, helping you to identify any knowledge gaps.

Acute Course Content

ACUMEN online medical course includes e-learning sessions on the following subjects:

Emergency

The emergency presentation module covers subjects such cardiorespiratory arrest, unconscious patients, shocked patients and anaphylaxis.

• Abdominal Pain
• Anaphylaxis
• Cardio-respiratory?Arrest
• Shocked Patient
• Unconscious Patient

Main Conditions

Main presentations including acute kidney injury, breathlessness, chest Pain, fits & seizures, haematemesis and melaena, poisoning and vomiting & nausea (to name a few). Full list below:

• Acute Back Pain
• Acute Confusion
• Acute Kidney Injury
• Blackout/Collapse
• Breathlessness
• Chest Pain
• Cough
• Diarrhoea
• Falls
• Fever
• Fits/Seizure
• Haematemesis and Melaena
• Headache
• Jaundice
• Limb Pain and Swelling
• Palpitation
• Poisoning
• Rash
• Vomiting and Nausea
• Weakness and Paralysis

Other Topic Covered

Other topics covered include haemoptysis, hypothermia, immobility, medical complications following surgery and in pregnancy, head injury, polydipsia and lymphadenopathy.

• Haemoptysis
• Hoarseness and Stridor
• Hypothermia
• Immobility
• Joint Swelling
• Medical Complications Following Surgery
• Medical Problems in Pregnancy
• Micturition
• Speech Disturbance
• Syncope/Pre-syncope
• Unsteadiness

Certificate

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