Outputs (4)

Acute Care Toolkit 15: Managing Acute Medical Problems in Pregnancy (2019)
Other
Banerjee, A., Neuberger, F., Paarul, P., & Cooper, N. (2019). Acute Care Toolkit 15: Managing Acute Medical Problems in Pregnancy. London

The toolkit contains:

Practical guidance on managing women with acute medical problems in pregnancy
Red flags to watch out for in pregnant patients
Advice to healthcare staff to ask about a woman’s mental wellbeing when she comes to hospital for... Read More about Acute Care Toolkit 15: Managing Acute Medical Problems in Pregnancy.

Lumbar puncture (2011)
Journal Article
Cooper, N. (2011). Lumbar puncture. Acute Medicine, 10(4), 173-232. https://doi.org/10.52964/AMJA.0508

Most junior doctors learn common practical procedures, like lumbar puncture, on the job. This usually involves unstructured observation, demonstration and then supervised practice. Thus, most doctors have learned to perform a lumbar puncture without... Read More about Lumbar puncture.

Teaching on the AMU ward round (2011)
Journal Article
Cooper, N. (2011). Teaching on the AMU ward round. Acute Medicine, 10(3), 121 - 172

AMU ward rounds can be busy, and many consultants feel they are ‘too busy to teach’. Yet the AMU is a rich learning environment. If we take the starting point that teaching is not the same as learning, how can consultants facilitate learning during a... Read More about Teaching on the AMU ward round.

A review of the clinical and legal issues surrounding refusal of treatment following overdose (2010)
Journal Article
Heaps, C., Bowen, E., & Cooper, N. (2010). A review of the clinical and legal issues surrounding refusal of treatment following overdose. Acute Medicine, 9(2), 53 - 96

This article reviews the clinical and legal issues involved in dealing with patients who refuse medical treatment following an overdose. We first describe a real case that has been made anonymous, before discussing a general approach to management.... Read More about A review of the clinical and legal issues surrounding refusal of treatment following overdose.