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What is the management of paracetamol overdose?

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  • Activated charcol if <1 hour ago
  • N-acetylcysteine
  • liver transplant
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What is the management of an opioid overdose?

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Naloxone

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What is the managment of a tricyclic antidepressant overdose?

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  • IV bicarbonate
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What is the managment of a lithium overdose?

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  • normal saline fluid resus
  • haemodialysis if severe
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What is the management of a warfarin overdose?

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  • vitamin K
  • prothrombin complex
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What is the management of a heparin overdose?

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Protamine sulphate

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What is the management of lead toxicity?

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  • Dimercaprol
  • calcium edetate
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What is the management of carbon monoxide poisoning?

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  • 100% oxygen
  • hyperbaric oxygen
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What are the features of a salicylate overdose?

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  • hyperventilation
  • tinnitus
  • lethargy
  • sweating, pyrexia
  • nausea/vomiting
  • hyper and hypo glycaemia
  • seizure
  • coma
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What is the presentation of anaphylaxis?

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  • swelling of the throat and tongue causing hoarse voice and stridor
  • respiratory wheeze
  • dyspnoea
  • hypotension
  • tachycardia
  • pruritis, widespread erythematous or urticarial rash
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MAnagement of anaphylaxis in under 6 months

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Adrenaline 100-150 micrograms (1 in 1000)

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12
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Management of anaphylaxis in 6 month to 6 year olds

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150 micrograms (0.15ml of 1 in 1000)

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Management of anaphylaxis in 6-12 year olds

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300 micrograms (0.3ml 1 in 1000)

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Management of anaphylaxis in >12

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500 micrograms (0.5ml 1in 1000)

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Where is the best site for IM adrenaline injection?

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Anterolateral aspect of the middle third of the thigh

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What is refractory anaphylaxis?

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  • respiratory and/or cardiovascular problems persist despite 2 doses of IM adrenaline
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What are the causes of syncope?

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Reflex:
- vasovagal: emotion, pain, stress
- situational
- carotid sinus syncope

Orthostatic
- Primary: parkinsons, lewy body dementia
- Secondary: diabetic neuropathy, amyloidosis, uraemia
- drug induced
- volume depletion: diarrhoea, haemorrhage

Cardiac:
- arrhythmia
- structural
- PE

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What are the primary autonomic failure causes of syncope?

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  • Parkinsons
  • Lewy body dementia
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What are the secondary autonomic failure causes of syncope?

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  • diabetic neuropathy
  • amyloidosis
  • uraemia
20
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What are the drug induced causes of syncope?

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  • diuretics
  • alcohol
  • vasodilators
21
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What is the evaluation of syncope?

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  • Cardiovascular examination
  • postural BP reading
  • ECG
  • carotid sinus massage
  • tilt table test
  • 24 hour ECG
22
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Post fall

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  • history
  • collateral history
  • underlying cause: postural hypo, med review, infection
23
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Define a fall

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Sudden, unintentional change in position from a higher surface to a lower surface coming to rest on the floor, an object, or the ground.

24
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Define a fall with harm

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Any fall needing radiological intervention or resulting in harm

25
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What are the types of continence?

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Stress or urge

26
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What is stress incontinence?

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Cough/sneeze/laugh/increased pressure, are not able to control the bladder, weak pelvic floor and sphincter muscles

27
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What is urge incontinence?

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Feel the need to go to the toilet but cannot make it on time. over activity of the detrusor muscle

28
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What are the risk factors for incontinence?

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  • age
  • bmi
  • cognitiive impairment
  • neurological impairement
  • pregnancy
  • pelvic floor prolapse
  • post-menopausal
29
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How to you assess continency?

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  • bi manual exam
  • urine dipstick - no acute cause
  • bladder scan: post void residual volume
  • urodynamic test - catheter
30
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What is the management of stress continency

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  • Avoid triggers
  • weight loss
  • reduced fluid intake
  • supervised pelvic floor exercise
31
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What is the management of urge continence?

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  • anticholinergics - oxybutynin
  • bladder retraining
32
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What is the treatment of alzheimers

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Donepezil

33
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What is delerium?

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An acute transient state of confusion

34
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Anticipatory care plan

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Dynamic record developed over time through evolving conversations, collaborative actions and shared decision making.
- level of intervention preferred
- resus status
- preferred place of care
- post death wishes

35
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Just in case meds

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  • pain relief morphine
  • breathlessness and agitation medazolam
  • anti emetic: based on cause (brain mets: dex cyclozine)
  • hyoscine bromide for secretion
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What are the types of pain?

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  • nociecptive: injury, pressure, inflammation
    *somatic: skin muscle tendon bone
    *Visceral: pain arising from infiltration or compression of the viscera (liver capsule pain)
  • Neuropathic pain: damage to the central or peripheral nervous system
37
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Symptoms of dying phase

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  • reduced GCS
  • low mood
  • withdrawn
  • profound weakness
  • poor appetite
  • difficulty swallowing
  • temperature change at extremities
  • terminal restlessness
38
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What is palliative care

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An approach that improves the quality of life of patients and families facing problems associated with life threatening illness through prevention and relief of suffering

39
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chemo

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Ondansetron

40
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Brain mets

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cyclozine or dex

41
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Hypercalcaemia

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Halliperidol

42
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Constipation related nausea

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metoclopramide

43
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What makes you feel sick

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  • vestibulocochlear
  • chemotactic: chemical or biochemical
  • gut
  • limbic
44
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Anterior artery stroke

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lower more than upper

45
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Middle artery stroke

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upper more than lower

46
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Anterior inferior cerebellar stroke

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ipsillateral facial paralysis and deafness

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Nephrotic sydrome complications

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  • infection: immunoglobulin
  • VTE: antithrombin III,
  • hyperlipidaemia
  • CKD
  • hypocalcaemia

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