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- How long do you asses a casualties breathing for?
- What is the rate of chest compressions that should be given to an adult?
- Severe and uncommon features of hypoglycaemia include:
- If a casualty is breathing but unconscious what position should you put them in?
- How many fingers should you use when giving CPR to an infant?
- How to open airway when a spinal injury is not suspected?
- How many minutes does it take for brain damage to occur?
- What type of examination would you perform of an unconscious casualty?
- What is the most appropriate antithyroid medication to prescribe in pregnancy for thyrotoxic storm?
- How to open the airway when a spinal injury is suspected.
- Investigation for cerebral oedema
- Features of hypoglycaemia: blood glucose concentrations <3.3 mmol/L (cause autonomic symptoms due to the release of glucagon and adrenaline)
- Ongoing confusion/reduced GCS in a paediatric patient who has been treated for DKA is concerning for the development of what?
- What is the ratio of compressions for an adult?
- Features of hypoglycaemia: blood glucose concentrations below <2.8 mmol/L (cause neuroglycopenic symptoms due to inadequate glucose supply to the brain)
- If both ketonaemia and acidosis is resolved within 24 hrs and the patient is eating and drinking, switch insulin to watch?
- the patient should be reviewed by a what, prior to discharge?
- what type of hernia:through hesselbach triangle
- what are the two most common causes of acute mesenteric ischemia?
- what type of hernia:lateral to inferior epigastric artery