FOAMdation

Gareth speak with Dr Sarah White, anaesthetic registrar, about how to assess an acutely unwell patient. The case chosen was deliberately the kind of patient that would make anyone scared in assessing them; they will always have the potential to continue getting worse despite whatever you do and you should always be reassessing the patient to be sure your treatments are effective. At all times remember to ask yourself: do I need help?

There are plenty of resources you can look at to gain a better understanding of this, however one definite one to get your hands on is Essentials of Acute Care 2nd Edition.

Gareth introduces Dr Scott Williams, a current ICU clincal fellow andprevious Core Medical Trainee. Together they discuss aspects of life working on a ward that can help junior doctors when working in a wrd environment.

Visit the website www.foamdation.com for an exmple of a ward list and the "box system" for guiding how completed your jobs are.

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Gareth meet Dr Santokh Singh, Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist at the Countess of Chester Hopital. Santokh is also the Sepsis lead for the hospital and currently developing new hospital protocols for the dingosis and mngement of sepsis.

The discussion focuses on recent changes to the definitions of sepsis, the use of lactate in sepsis and a way of thinking about the approach to fluid resuscitation of patients with sepsis. The purpose of this episode is to provide basic level advice and guidnce for Foundation Doctors deling with sepsis in the initial stges.

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Greth and Scott discuss the things they feel can help Foundation Doctors thrive in an on call shift. If you have any further suggestions about what can help then please get in touch by commenting, visitiing the website www.foamdation.com, twitter @foamdation or find us on Facebook. You can email us at [email protected]. All feedback is welcome and we would like to hear about things that can help us improve and develop the project.

Greth and Scott discuss the things they feel can help Foundation Doctors thrive in an on call shift. If you have any further suggestions about what can help then please get in touch by commenting, visitiing the website www.foamdation.com, twitter @foamdation or find us on Facebook. You can email us at [email protected]. All feedback is welcome and we would like to hear about things that can help us improve and develop the project.

Dr Gareth Thomas describes briefly the reasons why FOAMdation has been established and what it all means.

 

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