Cardiac failure

Discuss

• The breathless patient: act, assess, reassess

  Lesson plan · Induction · Early-career EM · Preparation about 15 min · 45-minute session · 30-minute option · Paired practice available

  Discuss initial care for breathlessness, oxygen targets and the different options for a stable pneumothorax.

  Learner preparationFacilitator guide

• Assessing acute breathlessness

  Lesson plan · Medical students · Preparation about 12 min · 45-minute session · 30-minute option · Paired practice available

  Recognise respiratory compromise and compare acute heart failure with pneumothorax without relying on age or a single measurement.

  Learner preparationFacilitator guide

Practise

One learner performs. One checks the key steps and gives feedback. Then swap roles. These are practice tools, not official RCEM mark schemes.

• Respiratory examination

  Paired practice · FRCEM

  Practise the respiratory examination component of the breathlessness case. This is not a complete heart-failure assessment.

• Respiratory examination

  Paired practice · MLA

  Practise the respiratory examination component of the breathlessness case. This is not a complete heart-failure assessment.

Teaching programmes

• Starting in Emergency Medicine

  Teaching programme

  1 relevant session in this programme.

• Early-career Emergency Medicine

  Teaching programme

  1 relevant session in this programme.

• Medical Student Emergency Medicine Placement

  Teaching programme

  1 relevant session in this programme.