BMJ 1995;310:736 (18 March)

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Irish general practitioners learn immediate cardiac care

EDITOR,--We agree with Anthony Avery and Mike Pringle that more courses on emergency care should be provided for established principals in general practice.1 For the past two years we, in conjunction with the Irish College of General Practitioners, have been providing courses in immediate cardiac care locally to Irish general practitioners. A local tutor from the college's continuing medical education faculty organises the administrative details (venue, facilities, catering, etc), and we provide the tutors and teaching equipment. The content of the courses is based on the recommendations of the American Heart Association2 but is limited to prehospital concepts (for example, lignocaine is the only antiarrhythmic drug reviewed). A good ratio of tutors to participants--usually 1:4--is an essential part of the skills training in the course. The skills stations teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation, management of the airway, management of arrhythmias, and management of the cervical spine in cases of trauma. Finally, each . . . [Full text of this article]


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Emergency care in general practice
Anthony Avery and Mike Pringle
BMJ 1995 310: 6. [Extract] [Full Text]

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