INTRODUCTION Overview Breakdown Practical x Theory Breakdown 6 modules roughly 5 minutes each Take Notes if possible Add questions to chat box 0. GROUNDWORK Before In Hospital BEFORE Apps: BNF, Accurx Switch Nhs.net email Download Hospital Sitemap pdf Switchboard number x 3 Call Parking – Payment after or Pay on display Buy Cloggs IN […]
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Topics Workplace Etiquette Clinical Notes: The CHERIAN System Early Warning Score (EWS) Blood Tests & Results Prescribing Venepuncture Interpreting X-rays Consent Operating Theatre Etiquette Scrubbing, Gowning & Gloving Common Instruments & Handling The On-Call Masterplan INTRODUCTION Overview Breakdown Practical x Theory Breakdown 12 modules 12 Modules – roughly 10 minutes each Last module roughly 40
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Topics Regions Organs Diseases Diagnosis: Symptoms/Signs/Tests Management Notes Practical – not full Theory Write Notes Part of body most commonly dealt with by a Surgeon 9 Regions two vertical midclavicular lines (left and right) two horizontal: subcostal (through lower edge of 10th costal cartilage) and transtubercular (through tubercles of iliac crests) One disease at
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Topics 6 parameters 123 1 – Temperature 2 – Cardiac – HR & Systolic Blood Pressure – Former most importatnt 3 – Respiratory – RR, Saturation & O2 requirement Know what counts as Zero (0) for each parameter Images
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Topics Continuation Sheet Patient Label If no label – 3 demographics – Name, DOB, Hospital Number Date, Time Charts EWS, I/O, Antibiotics – Start/End date History – Diagnosis Examination – Chaperone Results – Bloods, Imaging, Urine, Swabs Plan Sign, Name, Bleep, GMC Number If Med Student – needs countersigning Document everything you do – if
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Topics Reach 30 mts early esp first week – early bird – Parking sweet spot 7.30-7.45 night shift finish Change into scrubs Theatre locker Switch on PC (Sign-out after use on each ward) Print patient list Get Consultant, Registrar, SHO name & numbers Lunch from 11am Chase results by 2pm – update sho Bleep/SMS/Theatre Handover
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