The Cardiac Presentation of Hypothermic Patients
As Winter approaches healthcare professionals will unfortunately encounter more patients with life threatening hypothermia. Hypothermia is defined as a drop in body temperature below 35oC and occurs when the body releases […]
Acute Pericarditis
Acute pericarditis is defined as an ‘inflammatory pericardial syndrome with or without pericardial effusion’ It is the most common pathological condition affecting the pericardium. (the bag in which the heart sits) […]
VT Or Not VT
Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) is a cardiac arrythmia that is more commonly encountered in patients with myocardial infarction and heart failure. It is classified as a Broad Complex Tachycardia (BCT) i.e. […]
Reducing Medication Errors Drug Calculations 2025
An estimated 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year. An ability to accurately and consistently calculate drug doses is an important element of Medication Safety […]
Why is my heart skipping a beat?
Ectopics are extra, premature beats within the cardiac cycle. In most instances they are benign but they can cause significant anxiety when people are aware of their heart skipping a […]
ECG in Acute Coronary Syndrome
Guest Speaker: Charlie Bloe– Lead Nurse for Cardiology, CCU, Raigmore Hospital Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) is a common medical emergency. Early recognition and management are essential to reduce the […]
Women & MI
Guest Speaker: Charlie Bloe – Lead Nurse for Cardiology, CCU, Raigmore Hospital Covering two conditions that are seen predominantly in females and can both mimic acute myocardial infarction. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy […]
Diagnosis and Classification of Myocardial Infarction
Evening webinar delivered by Charlie Bloe . Lead Nurse for Cardiology – CCU, Raigmore Hospital. As part of an ongoing series of webinars, Charlie will cover Diagnosis and Classification of […]
Complete Heart Block
This webinar with Charlie Bloe, Lead Nurse for Cardiology – CCU, Raigmore Hospital, will cover the causes and symptoms of complete heart block, how to recognise it on an ECG […]
The Effects of Digoxin Toxicity on an ECG
As part of our ongoing series of ECG related webinars Charlie Bloe, Lead Nurse for Cardiology – CCU, Raigmore Hospital, will cover the effects of digoxin toxicity on an ECG […]