Sessions & Pretests

Our regional training program in EM consists of a cycle of 20 half-day sessions. For each training session, we aim to provide a document with links to a selection of articles, podcasts and other educational resources. The links are intended to loosely correspond to items in the Swedish Core Curriculum for Emergency Medicine and the European Core Curriculum for Emergency Medicine. Suggestions for additions are welcome; please e-mail love.lindauliljekvist@skane.se

 

01-ORGANIZATION & COMMUNICATION

• Leadership, organization and communication in the Emergency Department and in the prehospital arena, during normal circumstances and in the setting of major events

Pretest 01 organisation & kommunikation 230116

 

02-CARDIAC ARREST & ARRHYTHMIAS

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for all age groups

• Management of tachy- & bradyarrhythmias

02-Cardiac Arrest & Arrhythmias—Articles & FOAM 241213

Pretest 02 hjärtstopp & arytmier 231106

Pretest 02 hjärtstopp & arytmier appendix 160429

 

03-AIRWAY

• Basic and advanced airway management for all age groups

• Procedural sedation

03-Airway—Articles & FOAM 241216

Pretest 03 luftväg 210401

 

04-BREATHING & PROCEDURAL SEDATION

• Investigation and treatment of patients with dyspnea

04-Breathing & PSA—Articles & FOAM 241216

Pretest 04 andning & procedursedering 210401

Pretest 04 andning & procedursedering appendix current

 

05-SHOCK & CHEST PAIN

• Recognition and management of patients with shock

• Investigation and treatment of patients with chest pain

Pretest 05 chock & bröstsmärta 160325

Pretest 05 chock & bröstsmärta appendix 160325

 

06-ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS & HEADACHE

• Investigation and treatment of patients with altered consciousness, including temporary loss of consciousness (syncope, seizure)

• Investigation and treatment of patients with headache

06 Altered Consciousness and Headache—Articles & FOAM 241118

Pretest 06 medvetanderubbning & huvudvärk 220118

Pretest 06 medvetanderubbning & huvudvärk appendix 171001

 

07-NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS & OPHTHALMOLOGY

• Investigation & management of patients with neurological deficits

• Lumbar puncture

• Ophthalmology in the Emergency Department

07 Neurological Deficits and Ophthalmology—Articles & FOAM 241118

07 neurobortfall & oftalmologi—Pretest 200830

 

08-EXPOSURE & ABNORMAL BLOOD TEST RESULTS

• Dermatology, management of burns, hyper- and hypothermia

• Hypo- and hypernatremia, -kalemia, renal failure, abnormal liver function tests, anemia, thrombocytopenia, febrile neutropenia

Pretest 08 Exposure & blodprovsrubbningar 210210

 

09-TRAUMA & ABDOMINAL PAIN

• Management of trauma patients

• Investigation & management of patients with abdominal or testicular pain

Pretest 09 trauma & buksmärta 190908

 

10-IV/IO ACCESS, DRAINS & WOUNDS

• Chest tube, intraosseous needle, generic Seldinger technique, wound assessment, suturing, suprapubic catheterization

Pretest 10 infarter, drän & sårskadehantering 210316

 

11-UPPER EXTREMITY

• Investigation & management of patients with shoulder, elbow and wrist pain

• Joint examination, arthrocentesis, reduction. Management of upper extremity fractures

11-Upper Extremity—Articles & FOAM 241215

Pretest under development

 

12-LOWER EXTREMITY, PELVIS & BACK

• Investigation & management of patients with back, hip, thigh, knee, calf and foot pain

• Pelvic girdle, femur traction, spinal immobilization, arthrocentesis

• Management of lower extremity fractures

12-Lower Extremity, Pelvis & Back—Articles & FOAM 241213

Pretest 12 rygg nedre extremitet 230903

 

13-INTOXICATION

• Investigation and management of patients with suspected intoxication

• Recognition and treatment of toxidromes

13-Poisoning—Articles & FOAM 241216

Pretest 13 intoxikation 190930

Pretest 13 intoxikation appendix 190930

 

14-PEDIATRICS

• Resuscitation of critically ill children

• Investigation and treatment of children with fever, rash, diarrhea, fatigue, breathing problems etc.

Pretest under development

 

15-PREGNANCY, DELIVERY & NEONATAL RESUSCITATION

• Investigation and treatment of pregnant women with vaginal bleeding, breathing problems, chest or abdominal pain

• Delivery: normal, shoulder dystocia, breech

• Neonatal resuscitation

Pretest 15 graviditet, förlossning & nyfödd resuscitering 160829

 

16-PSYCHIATRY, MEDICOLEGAL & PHARMACOLOGY

• Mental Status Examination, management of patients with depression & psychosis

• Medicolegal: LPT, LVM etc.

Pretest 16 psykiatrik & lagstiftning 230116

 

17-EKG & ACID-BASE DISTURBANCES

• Systematic EKG and blood gas interpretation

• Differential diagnosis of abnormal EKG components, metabolic or respiratory disorders

17-EKG & Acid-Base—Articles & FOAM 241213

Pretest 17 EKG & blodgas 210108

Pretest 17 EKG & blodgas appendix 210108

 

18-ULTRASOUND

• Basic knowledge and skills of point-of-care ultrasound focusing on examination of the heart, inferior vena cava, perihepatic/perisplenic & suprapubic areas, abdominal aorta, apical pleura, lung and lower extremity DVT examination

18-Ultraljud—Articles & FOAM 241215

Pretest 18 ultraljud 181103

 

19-RADIOLOGY

• Choice of imaging, adverse events (e.g. contrast nephropathy, radiation injury)

• Basic image interpretation: chest X-ray, head CT, spine, extremities

19-Radiology—Articles & FOAM 241213

Pretest 19 röntgen 200930

 

20-DIAGNOSIS, DECISION-MAKING & MENTORING

• Bayes theorem and likelihood ratios, dual process theory, medical decision-making, ethics, mentoring

20-Diagnosis & Decision-Making—Articles & FOAM 241213

Pretest 20 diagnostik & beslutsfattande 160423