COPD is a terminal condition believed to affect as much as 4% of the UK populace. These patients often present to ambulance crews with an exacerbation in symptoms.

In this episode, we look at the pathophysiology of COPD, causes and diagnosis as well as the assessment of acute shortness of breath in these patients.

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When you think of Paediatrics medicine, the presentation of fever is probably not far behind. This is a common finding by paramedics and ambulance staff need to be confident in their assessment and management of this patient group.

Thats why this month we're tackling paediatric fever, with the help from paediatrics consultant Dr Wajeeh Khattam.

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Whilst Aortic Pathologies may not be the most common emergency condition paramedics are presented with, they are most definitely among the most devastating. Atherosclerotic degenerative aneurysms and aortic dissection are often misunderstood and misdiagnosed and they can present a number of challenges to clinicians in the pre-hospital arena. So, this month, we're looking at some Aortic disease pathologies and everything you aorta know about them.

Discharging a patient is one of the riskier areas of practice for paramedics and ambulance clinicians, so it is essential that we appropriately safety net our patients and do this well, to protect them and ourselves. In This months podcast we look at how we can make discharging out patients safer.

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This month we take a look at a paediatric condition...Bronchiolitis. We discuss the pathophysiology of the disease, how paramedics and ambulance staff can assess and manage these children and what the evidence suggests are the most appropriate treatment plans.

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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are an extremely common presentation to both primary and secondary care services. The term UTI encompasses a wide range of clinical conditions so we need to be confident in assessing and diagnosing them. This month we look at UTIs!

This month we're tackling Failure: the difficult decisions, the awkward conversations but also the improvement and learning that can come out of it.

Becoming a mentor can be a bit of a mixed bag. Some trusts may insist their mentors sit a module on the topic at level 6 or higher, where as others may not even require them to have passed their NQP stage.

Thats why this month we’re examining mentorship, we’re looking at what things you can do to get you and your new student off to a good start and sharing some of our experiences of being both mentors and mentees.

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Cocaine might be a drug you associate with the 1980s, however, a 2018 audit found that it was still the 2nd most used recreational drug within the UK. Deaths associated with cocaine doubled between 2015 and 2018. 2019 marks the highest deaths on record linked to cocaine use after 8 years of successive increase.

This month we’re looking at the pathophysiology of cocaine, the symptoms involved with toxicity and what we need to do to manage these patients.

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Affecting an estimated 80% of the population at some time in their lives, Lower back pain is a common presentation to ambulance crews. Often this will be muscular in origin, however there are many serious conditions that is im portant ambulance staff are able to recognise and diagnose. This month we’re looking at the assessment and managment of these varied differential diagnoses from Cauda Equina Syndrome to Discitis.

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