The Medical Take

Dr Pauline Grose (Lead Consultant for Medical HDU at Glasgow Royal Infirmary) joins us to talk about the exciting and intimidating topic of HDU. What makes a unit an HDU? How can we best decide which patients will benefit from transfer to HDU? And what are the challenges?The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine websitehttps://www.ficm.ac.uk/ Intensive Care Society websitehttps://ics.ac.uk/ Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Grouphttps://www.sicsag.scot.nhs.uk/index.htmlThe Society ...

Dr David Gray (Consultant in Palliative Care) chats to us about his approach to palliative care, and gives tips and tricks on best management for patients who might be nearing the end of life.Scottish Palliative Care Guidelineshttps://www.palliativecareguidelines.scot.nhs.uk/Guidance At End Of Life (GAEL) for Health Care Professionalshttps://clinicalguidelines.nhsggc.org.uk/palliative-care/guidance-at-end-of-life-gael-for-health-care-professionals-543/Macmillan Cancer Support – Difficult conv...

Join the CollegeArrianne and Daniel discuss pulmonary embolism.Edited by Ryan Norrie

Join the CollegeDaniel and Arrianne are joined by Kirsty Crowe to talk about care of the renal transplant patient.Edited by Ryan Norrie

Join the CollegeDr Robert Docking (Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia) in conversation with Arrianne about difficult conversations: what are they and how can we make them less difficult for all involved.NHS GG&C Guidance At End Of Life (GAEL) for Health Care Professionalshttps://www.palliativecareggc.org.uk/?page_id=66Macmillan Difficult conversations https://www.macmillan.org.uk/coronavirus/healthcare-professionals/difficult-conversations Cruse Scotland https://ww...

Join the CollegeNicola Cooper Consultant Physician & Clinical Associate Professor in Medical Education at Nottingham University joins the team to talk about how we make decisions and how we can make better ones. ABC of Clinical Reasoning (2nd edition), edited Nicola Cooper and John Frain.Edited by Ryan Norrie

Join the CollegeBeth Routledge (Consultant in Acute Medicine) brings us a case to discuss of a pregnant patient with chest pain and teaches us what is the same in the investigation and management of the pregnant and non-pregnant patient, and where we need to think differently.Show notes: Acute care toolkit 15 Managing acute medical problems in pregnancy Nov 2019https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy/acute-care-toolkit-15-managing-acute-medical-problems-pregnancyBritish Thoracic So...

Join the CollegeDaniel speaks to David Hunter, Specialty Registrar in Cardiology, about the approach to tachy- and bradyarrhythmias covering their initial treatment in the hospital environment and when to phone your local friendly cardiologist.Edited by Ryan Norrie

Join the CollegeOur guest for this episode on frailty in older people is Dr Jenni Burton, NES/CSO Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Specialist Registrar at the University of Glasgow and ST6 in Geriatric & General Internal Medicine, discussing what frailty is, what effects it can have, and what we can do about it.BGS Silver Book 2: https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/resource-series/silver-book-iiRCP & SAM Acute Care Toolkit: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/file/26896/download4AT: https://www....

Join the CollegeHello and welcome to episode 1 of the second series of The Medical Take, a podcast from Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow. I’m Arrianne Laws and I’m Daniel Lynagh and this time we’re talking about the assessment of a patient who has presented with a LOC.Case history - patient in their 20s found collapsed, awake but confused on a Friday night in town. Was out with friends but got separated, What are the things that are immediately going through your hea...