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Emergency Medicine

Emergency medicine mnemonics covering chest pain, shock, trauma, acute abdomen, AVPU, FAST stroke, hypoxia, metabolic acidosis, cardiac arrest, syncope, haematemesis, haematuria, respiratory alkalosis, hyperkalaemia, and hypoglycaemia.

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15 topics

Emergency Medicine Topics

01
Causes of Chest Pain
"CARDIAC RAMPS"
Emergency · High Yield
02
Causes of Shock
"CHORD"
Emergency · High Yield
03
Trauma Assessment
"ABCDE Saves Trauma Lives"
Emergency · High Yield
04
Acute Abdomen Causes
"PAMPER"
Emergency · Surgery
05
AVPU Scale
"Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive"
Emergency · High Yield
06
FAST — Stroke Recognition
"Face, Arms, Speech, Time"
Emergency · Neurology
07
Causes of Hypoxia
"VVHDS" — 5 mechanisms
Emergency · Respiratory
08
Metabolic Acidosis — MUDPILES
Raised anion gap causes
Emergency · High Yield
09
Respiratory Alkalosis Causes
"PANICS"
Emergency · Physiology
10
Hyperkalaemia Causes
"DR CRAMP" + ECG changes + treatment
Emergency · High Yield
11
Hypoglycaemia Causes
"EXPLAIN" + Whipple's triad
Emergency · Endocrinology
12
4 Hs & 4 Ts — Cardiac Arrest
Reversible causes of cardiac arrest
Emergency · High Yield
13
Syncope Causes
Cardiac vs neurally mediated
Emergency · Cardiology
14
Haematemesis Causes
"Peptic Ulcer Leads UGIB"
Emergency · Gastroenterology
15
Haematuria Causes
"UBTS" — tumour, stone, infection, GN
Emergency · Urology