Dealing with Emergencies in the GP Setting

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Ray Power
Thu, Dec 14, 2023 3:32 PM

Thank you to our colleagues in Meadow Springs Medical Centre in Limerick - Omar and Claire our GP registrars, Criona  our GP Partner and Matthew who is a 3rd Year Med student at U.L.
They have just published a review of the management of medical emergencies in their practice published in the December edition of Forum - the ICGP journal.

It flags how well prepared are we to treat the common medical emergencies we encounter in our practices -

  • Acute coronary Syndrome
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Cardiac Arrest
  • Convulsions
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Overdose
  • Psychiatric
  • Respiratory Failure

I am sending this as an excellent reminder to our GP and Nurse discussion groups and can I ask please for us to plan an audit after we re-group in the New Year and to discuss at our next practice meeting to insure we can "attend to emergencies in a timely, specific and competent manner".

With kind regards
ray

Thank you to our colleagues in Meadow Springs Medical Centre in Limerick - Omar and Claire our GP registrars, Criona our GP Partner and Matthew who is a 3rd Year Med student at U.L. They have just published a review of the management of medical emergencies in their practice published in the December edition of Forum - the ICGP journal. It flags how well prepared are we to treat the common medical emergencies we encounter in our practices - * Acute coronary Syndrome * Anaphylaxis * Cardiac Arrest * Convulsions * Hypoglycaemia * Overdose * Psychiatric * Respiratory Failure I am sending this as an excellent reminder to our GP and Nurse discussion groups and can I ask please for us to plan an audit after we re-group in the New Year and to discuss at our next practice meeting to insure we can "attend to emergencies in a timely, specific and competent manner". With kind regards ray
RP
Ray Power
Thu, Dec 14, 2023 5:28 PM
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Jean Gallagher
Fri, Dec 15, 2023 8:11 AM

Love the idea of the packs for each condition- this ws suggested at a recent Cardiac care course I was on and so simple and effective.
Jean

From: Ray Power raypower@centrichealth.ie
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2023 5:29 PM
To: Centric GP Forum gpdiscussion@centricgpforum.com; Aine Donovan adonovan@centrichealth.ie; Marian Mulcahy mmulcahy@centrichealth.ie; Edyta Fraczek efraczek@centrichealth.ie; Jean Gallagher jgallagher@ranelaghmedical.ie
Cc: #DL-Nurses nursesdl@centrichealth.ie
Subject: Forum December 2023 - Dealing with Emergencies in the GP Setting - 2

Love the idea of the packs for each condition- this ws suggested at a recent Cardiac care course I was on and so simple and effective. Jean From: Ray Power <raypower@centrichealth.ie> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2023 5:29 PM To: Centric GP Forum <gpdiscussion@centricgpforum.com>; Aine Donovan <adonovan@centrichealth.ie>; Marian Mulcahy <mmulcahy@centrichealth.ie>; Edyta Fraczek <efraczek@centrichealth.ie>; Jean Gallagher <jgallagher@ranelaghmedical.ie> Cc: #DL-Nurses <nursesdl@centrichealth.ie> Subject: Forum December 2023 - Dealing with Emergencies in the GP Setting - 2