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27: Breathlessness
28: Palpitations
29: JVP (Jugular Venous Pressure)
30: Chest Pain
31: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Child Succeed at GCSE and A Level
32: GCSE Technology Exam Guide
33: GCSE Modern Foreign Languages Exam Guide
34: GCSE Maths Exam Guide
35: Short Course ICT (OCR) Exam Guide
36: GCSE History Exam Guide
37: English Literature Exam Guide
38: English Language Exam Tips
39: Business Studies (Edexcel) Exam Guide
40: More Practice EMQs for Medical Students
41: Practice EMQs for Medical Students
42: EMQs for Medical Students
43: MDT Meeting: discussion of care plan for Medical Student OSCE
44: Sickle cell anaemia explanation for Medical Student OSCE
45: Warfarin therapy for Medical Student OSCE
46: Diabetes Management for Medical Student OSCE
47: Blood Pressure Management for Medical Student OSCE
48: Asthma medication: Inhalers, spacers, peak flow, individual management plan for Medical Student OSCE
49: Expalining Procedures: Barium Enema, CT Scan, Bronchoscopy, Colonoscopy etc. for Medical Student OSCE
50: Venupuncture for Medical Student OSCE
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26: Heart Failure
•40% myocardial damage
•High output: beri-beri, Paget’s, anaemia, thyrotoxicosis
•Hypertension: sympathetic, aldosterone
•LVF: dyspnoea, bibasalcreps, gallop rhythm (3rdHS),..
27: Breathlessness
•Orthopnoea:
•PND: -‘going to the window to get air’
•Marfan’s–ass. w/ aortic aneurysms and aortic regurgitation
•Thallium/tetrofosmin: ischaemia/infarctio..
28: Palpitations
•Sinus tachy: fever, anaemia, heart failure
•SVT (narrow complex)
–AF, flutter
–Bundle of Kent –WPW/pre-excitation –delta waves
–AVNRT –most common
&bull..
29: JVP (Jugular Venous Pressure)
•‘prominent v waves’ –TR
–Secondary venous upstroke d/t filling of RA @systole
•Distended, non-pulsatileneck veins: SVC obstruction –espd/t SCC of lung
&..
30: Chest Pain
IHD: precipitation by exercise –incl. sexual intercourse
•Sweating, nausea, vomiting –high suspicion of MI
•Aortic dissection –‘tearing,’ mediast..
31: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Child Succeed at GCSE and A Level
In the modern world, good qualifications are a pre-requisite for almost all interesting and rewarding careers. This means that performing well in exams, particularly GCSEs and A Levels, is cruc..
32: GCSE Technology Exam Guide
The key focus before March 1st is to be course work as in Technology it is worth 60% of the final mark. The exam is worth 40% and is set on a theme the AQA make available to pupils on ..
33: GCSE Modern Foreign Languages Exam Guide
Your GCSE French / German exam is split into 4 skill areas: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Each skill is worth 25% of the overall grade so it is important that you prepare well for e..
34: GCSE Maths Exam Guide
Revision
Undertake revision regularly. Doing questions is much better than reading them. Use web sites such as my maths (login) Lytham (password) expand to revise topics at the correct level fo..
35: Short Course ICT (OCR) Exam Guide
The exam is worth 40% of your final mark so it’s important you gain every mark you can. It is multiple choice. Each question has 4 possible answers. You will be given a piece of informati..
36: GCSE History Exam Guide
The key to answering exam questions is the comment ;
“Use the sources and your own knowledge.”
At all times remember to think of the following about these different question ..
37: English Literature Exam Guide
Your reading and writing skills will be tested on the Literature paper and you will have to answer questions on a class taught novel and play text. You will also have to respond to a previously..
38: English Language Exam Tips
Your reading and writing skills will be tested on both the Language exam papers; you will have to respond to fiction and non-fiction and media texts.
You must be able to:
Read ..
39: Business Studies (Edexcel) Exam Guide
The exam is worth 75% of your final mark so It is important you gain every mark you can. The six main areas for revision are:
Business Activity –Types of businesses, aims and objectives..
40: More Practice EMQs for Medical Students
The answers below are the answers that were given with the EMQs, but as they’re not official answers, they may be wrong. Some of the answers were omitted (shown by _ ); sometimes 2 ..
41: Practice EMQs for Medical Students
Diabetes
A Peripheral neuropathy
B Nephropathy
C Retinopathy
D Cataract
E Autonomic neuropathy
F Onset type I diabetes
G Hyperosmolar coma
H Ischaemic heart disease
I Peripheral arterial..
42: EMQs for Medical Students
Weight Loss
A Hyperthyroidism
B Diabetes Mellitus
C Addison’s disease
D Malabsorption
E Malignancy
F Renal failure
G Depression
H Anorexia nervosa
I HIV
J Tuberculosis
K Cardiac fa..
43: MDT Meeting: discussion of care plan for Medical Student OSCE
Meeting led by one of the allied health professionals; fill in any gaps in care plan
Introduction
Introduce name and role: Sent by Registrar, Dr Peters, to gather information regarding Mr ..
44: Sickle cell anaemia explanation for Medical Student OSCE
Explain condition – abnormal ? peptide chains results in HbS production. Common in black Africans. Homozygous = sickle cell anaemia; heterozygotes have sickle cell trait – no dis..
45: Warfarin therapy for Medical Student OSCE
Introduce, identify, explain, consent
Explain: ‘warfarin is a drug that thins your blood and makes it less likely to clot. You are taking it because you are suffering from a conditio..
46: Diabetes Management for Medical Student OSCE
Introduce, identify, explain, consent
Explain: ‘I understand you have been diagnosed with DM, is that correct? What do you understand by the term diabetes? Do you have any issues or ..
47: Blood Pressure Management for Medical Student OSCE
Introduce, identify, explain, consent
Ask
Noticed any symptoms of HTN such as headaches, vomiting, visual disturbances, fits?
More than 2 raised bp readings on 2 separate occasions?
..
48: Asthma medication: Inhalers, spacers, peak flow, individual management plan for Medical Student OSCE
Peak flow measurement to diagnose asthma:
‘I understand you have had symptoms of a night cough and wheeze for a while, so I wish to carry out a peak flow test to rule out the possibi..
49: Expalining Procedures: Barium Enema, CT Scan, Bronchoscopy, Colonoscopy etc. for Medical Student OSCE
General scheme:
Introduce, identify, explain, consent
Establish purpose of meeting
Ask if pt has had procedure before
Discover what pt already knows
Explain procedure in simple terms
..
50: Venupuncture for Medical Student OSCE
Introduce, check I.D., explain: ‘To check how well you are responding to treatment, I need to take some blood from you. This will involve placing a band around your arm and then insert..
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