RMO Guide

Here is a suggested reading guide during your attachment with the ED.  Mastery of these topics would be considered a necessary pre-requisite for a person of your level.

RESUSCITATION

• Cardiac Arrest algorithm
• Anaphylaxis

ANAESTHESIA

• Drager CPAP
• Opiates (including equinanalgesic doses)

GENERAL MEDICINE

• Myocardial Infarction
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Atrial Fibrillation
• SVT  
• Pulmonary Oedema  
• CPAP
• Seizure Management
• CSF Shunt Complications
• Migraine
• Pre-renal failure versus ATN
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Warfarin over-anticoagulation
• Reversal of enoxaparin (Clexane)

SURGERY

• Cold leg
• Foreign Body Ingestion

• Trauma team
• Basic trauma Management
• Facio-Maxillary Fractures
• Clearing The Cervical Spine

• Fever in children
• Asthma
• Stridor
• Croup
• Paediatric Gastroenteritis
• Seizures
• Febrile Seizures
• Paediatric fluid management

BIOCHEMISTRY

• Hyperkalaemia (Emergency Treatment)

DENTAL

• Dental trauma
• Dental infections
• Toothache
• Post-op complications

EYES

• Eye burns
• Eye trauma

MENTAL HEALTH

• Recurrent Attenders
• 'Medical Clearance'
• Terminology used in the MSE
• MANAGING THE AGITATED PATIENT

TOXICOLOGY

• Snake Bite
• Blue Ring Octopus Envenomation

• Fitness to Drive Statements
• Psychiatric patient wishing to leave
• Detaining a patient
• Detention versus Duty of care
• Consent issues in psychiatric patients
• Chemical and Physical Restraint