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Welcome to Life in A&E, a unique blog here for you to explore. Life in A&E is a way for me to share my experiences in A&E and Urgent Care with others and a way of educating healthcare professionals and the public of best practice guidelines and alternative therapies.
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Treatment of Bites and stings in A&E
Lets work together to avoid antibiotic resistance We often have people turn up to our urgent care center with insect bites. These can...
Robert Bradley
Aug 11, 20243 min read
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Not every calf pain is a DVT!
Why do we do so many d-dimers? I work in an Urgent care centre and a common complaint we see is swollen lower legs. Personally I think we...
Robert Bradley
Aug 11, 20244 min read
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Patients that present with chest pain
Patients that present with chest pain or discomfort can create a real dilemma for the clinician. I have worked in A&E for many years now...
Robert Bradley
Aug 11, 20246 min read
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Blood squirting everywhere!
Lady attends urgent care centre with arterial bleed Typically 5 minutes before I am meant to finish my 12 hour shift a lady comes in with...
Robert Bradley
Aug 11, 20243 min read
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Fatal Erection
During a shift I had a 3 year old child present. His Mum said he had been unable to pass any urine and kept saying he needed the toilet...
Robert Bradley
Jul 29, 20243 min read
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How do I manage nail injuries in my practice?
Most minor injury and A&E centres are terrible at managing trauma to nails because there is very little taught about it, and often what...
Robert Bradley
Jul 29, 20243 min read
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What do I do with this broken nose?
Suspected fractured nose diagnosis and management Ive seen many patients that have presented with a suspected broken nose. I believe a...
Robert Bradley
Jul 29, 20243 min read
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What to know about sore throat in children and signs of the deadly strep throat
Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils most commonly caused by a viral infection or in few cases a bacterial infection. Most people...
Robert Bradley
Jul 26, 20246 min read
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Have we become a Nation of Lazy Parents?
Often when I call children into my room to be examined they are sat playing on their electronic devices and sometimes even refuse to put...
Robert Bradley
Jul 26, 20243 min read
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Ingrowing Toe Nails and the antibiotic dilemma
Do I need antibiotics? Ingrowing toe nails are a common problem that we see in our Urgent Care Centre. You can get them on any of your...
Robert Bradley
Jul 26, 20242 min read
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Whats the point in working overtime just to pay more tax?
There is no incentive for hard workers to work! As a hard working Nurse I must admit I’m completely fed up with how the UK tax system...
Robert Bradley
Jul 26, 20243 min read
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Diagnosis Dilemma
Ive had a few interesting cases and near misses in my career in A&E. Im sure most clinicians would agree that the very young and those...
Robert Bradley
Jul 26, 20242 min read
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'Saturday night Palsy'
The danger of drink and drugs Ive actually only seen this 3 times in my career and 2 of those times were in the last 7 days. I was...
Robert Bradley
Jul 23, 20244 min read
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"My head just won't stop bleeding"
If you do a job do it properly When I was working as a locum Nurse Practitioner I came across a patient that had fallen and hit her head....
Robert Bradley
Jul 21, 20242 min read
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The killer dental abscess
Mistakes cost lives in the medical profession Having been in the medical profession for over 22 years I have seen some pretty costly...
Robert Bradley
Jul 21, 20242 min read
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Writing about my experiences as a nurse in A&E
I‘ve often thought whilst working in A&E over the past 14 years that I should somehow document the experiences I have had. Some of them...
Robert Bradley
Jul 21, 20244 min read
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