George Collins
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 8510489 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | George Collins |
| NOMBRES | George |
| APELLIDO | Collins |
| FIRMA | COLLINS G |
| AFILIACIONES | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3665-9520 |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1994 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Neurology
This chapter discusses the diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions. It covers emergency treatment of coma and reduced GCS, adult seizures, paediatric seizures, and stroke/CVA/TIA. The chapter also includes discussion of focal neurology, functional neurological disorder, seizures, neurodegenerative disorders, stroke, back pain, headache, and dizziness.
Quick Reference Material
Adult resuscitation pp. 228–229 Neonatal resuscitation pp. 238–239 Obstetric resuscitation p. 240 Paediatric resuscitation pp. 234–236 Trauma resuscitation pp. 232–233 Abdominal pain p. 302 Aggressive behaviour p. 381 Anaphylaxis pp. 474–475 Bradyarrhythmia p. 270 Breathlessness p. 284 Burns pp. 470–471 Chest pain p. 254 Clotting abnormalities p. 426 Coma pp. 352–353 Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) p. 341 Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) …
Cardiovascular
This chapter covers the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, including emergency treatment of chest pain, tachyarrhythmia, bradyarrhythmia, hypertension, and heart failure.
Tips on Being a Safe Junior Doctor
These tips are adapted from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) report An Acute Problem?1 NCEPOD is an independent body which aims to improve the quality and safety of patient care. The report summarizes a survey over 1 month of admissions to UK intensive care units. The findings are now nearly two decades old, but sadly remain as relevant and current as when they were first written. The full report and sever…
Appendices
General Medical Council (GMC) British Medical Association (BMA) Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) Medical Defence Union (MDU) Medical
Tips on Being a Happy Doctor
1)Book your annual leave Time off is essential; failing to take leave doesn’t make you hard-working or more likely to get ahead, but making a major error d
Care at the end of life
This chapter discusses medical care at the end of life. It covers thinking about death, symptom control in palliative care, care in the last days of life, verification of death, and what happens after the death of a patient.
Prescribing
This chapter discusses prescribing medication, including general considerations, best practice, drug interactions, reporting adverse drug reactions, and special considerations. It includes guidance on controlled drugs, endocarditis prophylaxis, night sedation, steroid therapy, and empirical antibiotic treatment.
Endocrinology
This chapter covers the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the endocrine system. It discusses emergency treatment of hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia. The chapter also covers sliding scales, diabetes mellitus, the pituitary axis, adrenal disease, and thyroid disease.
Copyright Page
Psychiatry
This chapter discusses the treatment of psychological disturbances and psychiatric illness. It covers emergency protocol in the case of aggressive behaviour caused by psychiatric distress. It also includes discussion of the Mental Health Act, alcoholism, aggression and violence, acute confusion, dementia, mood disturbance, psychosis, anxiety disorders, neuroses, and insomnia.
Primary care
This chapter covers issues in the context of primary care. It discusses chronic disease prevention and management, chronic limb pain, limb swelling, joint pain, neck lumps, ENT, groin lumps, and breast lumps. It outlines the warning signs for recognizing the sick child. It then covers gynaecological issues such as vaginal bleeding, gynaecological causes of pain, contraception, early pregnancy (1st trimester), later pregnancy (2nd and 3rd trimeste…
Gastroenterology
This chapter discusses gastroenterology. It covers emergency treatment of abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, and liver failure. The chapter also discusses abdominal pain, acute upper GI bleeds, acute lower GI bleeds, nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, liver failure, and jaundice.
Skin and eyes
This chapter covers the treatment of conditions and diseases of the skin and eyes. It includes discussion of emergencies pertaining to rashes and acute red eye. It also discusses bacterial, viral, and fungal infections causing a rash, infestations causing a rash, chronic inflammatory rashes, and other causes of rash. The chapter goes on to cover skin lumps, skin cancers, and leg ulcers as well as sudden visual loss, gradual visual loss, and other…
Life on the wards
This chapter discusses life on the wards. It covers interactions with the medical and multidisciplinary teams, ward rounds, and anatomical terms and planes. The chapter moves on to include discussion of medical forms such as fitness to work notes and referrals, common issues that may come up when working on the wards. Being on-call and night shifts are discussed. Finally, the chapter covers surgery, including pre-op and post-op assessments, surgi…
Respiratory
This chapter covers the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory conditions. It discusses emergencies in the case of breathlessness and low sats or stridor in a conscious adult patient. It also covers the causes of coughs, and the treatment of respiratory conditions such as asthma, COPD, pneumonia, spontaneous pneumothorax, and pulmonary embolism.
Dedication
Being a doctor
This chapter explores what is involved in being a doctor. It introduces the reader to the Foundation Programme, covers starting as an F1, communication skills, quality and ethics, medical errors, complaints, incident reporting, pay and contracts, and career progression in the medical field after the Foundation Programme.
Fluids and renal
This chapter covers diseases related to fluids and renal function. The chapter discusses acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, haematuria, proteinuria, glomerular disease, urological disorders, low urine output, IV fluids, potassium emergencies, and electrolyte imbalance.
Resuscitation
This chapter covers best practice on resuscitation. It includes early warning scores and intensive care, as well as emergencies such as peri-arrest, in-hospital resuscitation, Advanced Life Support (ALS), arrest equipment and tests, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Paediatric Basic Life Support, choking, Newborn Life Support (NLS), and obstetric arrest.
Pharmacopoeia
This chapter covers specifications for the most commonly used pharmaceutical drugs.
Emergency department
This chapter sets out what Foundation doctors can expect from working in the emergency department. It includes discussion of emergency procedures when it comes to acute limb pain, burns, anaphylaxis in adults, hypotension, and overdose. The chapter also covers trauma, head injury, neck injury, falls and collapse, acute limb pain, burns, hypotension (systolic blood pressure <100mmHg), hypotension emergency, shock, pyrexia, overdose and deliberate …
Procedures
This chapter covers the main medical procedures which Foundation doctors may be required to perform. It discusses blood and injection procedures (including femoral stab, blood tubes, and IV injections), cardiology procedures (such as ECGs and cardiac monitors, chemical cardioversion, and thrombolysis), and respiratory procedures (including pleural tap and endotracheal intubation). Finally, the chapter covers urological procedures, gastroenterolog…
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Haematology
This chapter discusses haematology, including coverage of anaemia, transfusion of blood products, clotting emergencies, bleeding disorders, and anticoagulation.
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Diplomats at Play
Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme
The Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme provides a unique resource for medical students and junior doctors as a definitive guide to the Foundation Programme. It is divided into 18 chapters, each covering a core area of the curriculum, including being a doctor, life on the wards, history and examination, prescribing, drugs, resuscitation, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastroenterology, endocrinology, neurology, psychiatry, fluids and renal…
Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme
Neurology
This chapter discusses the diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions. It covers emergency treatment of coma and reduced GCS, adult seizures, paediatric seizures, and stroke/CVA/TIA. The chapter also includes discussion of focal neurology, functional neurological disorder, seizures, neurodegenerative disorders, stroke, back pain, headache, and dizziness.
Quick Reference Material
Adult resuscitation pp. 228–229 Neonatal resuscitation pp. 238–239 Obstetric resuscitation p. 240 Paediatric resuscitation pp. 234–236 Trauma resuscitation pp. 232–233 Abdominal pain p. 302 Aggressive behaviour p. 381 Anaphylaxis pp. 474–475 Bradyarrhythmia p. 270 Breathlessness p. 284 Burns pp. 470–471 Chest pain p. 254 Clotting abnormalities p. 426 Coma pp. 352–353 Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) p. 341 Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) …
Cardiovascular
This chapter covers the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, including emergency treatment of chest pain, tachyarrhythmia, bradyarrhythmia, hypertension, and heart failure.
Tips on Being a Safe Junior Doctor
These tips are adapted from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) report An Acute Problem?1 NCEPOD is an independent body which aims to improve the quality and safety of patient care. The report summarizes a survey over 1 month of admissions to UK intensive care units. The findings are now nearly two decades old, but sadly remain as relevant and current as when they were first written. The full report and sever…
Appendices
General Medical Council (GMC) British Medical Association (BMA) Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) Medical Defence Union (MDU) Medical
Tips on Being a Happy Doctor
1)Book your annual leave Time off is essential; failing to take leave doesn’t make you hard-working or more likely to get ahead, but making a major error d
Care at the end of life
This chapter discusses medical care at the end of life. It covers thinking about death, symptom control in palliative care, care in the last days of life, verification of death, and what happens after the death of a patient.
Prescribing
This chapter discusses prescribing medication, including general considerations, best practice, drug interactions, reporting adverse drug reactions, and special considerations. It includes guidance on controlled drugs, endocarditis prophylaxis, night sedation, steroid therapy, and empirical antibiotic treatment.
Endocrinology
This chapter covers the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the endocrine system. It discusses emergency treatment of hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia. The chapter also covers sliding scales, diabetes mellitus, the pituitary axis, adrenal disease, and thyroid disease.
Copyright Page
Psychiatry
This chapter discusses the treatment of psychological disturbances and psychiatric illness. It covers emergency protocol in the case of aggressive behaviour caused by psychiatric distress. It also includes discussion of the Mental Health Act, alcoholism, aggression and violence, acute confusion, dementia, mood disturbance, psychosis, anxiety disorders, neuroses, and insomnia.
Primary care
This chapter covers issues in the context of primary care. It discusses chronic disease prevention and management, chronic limb pain, limb swelling, joint pain, neck lumps, ENT, groin lumps, and breast lumps. It outlines the warning signs for recognizing the sick child. It then covers gynaecological issues such as vaginal bleeding, gynaecological causes of pain, contraception, early pregnancy (1st trimester), later pregnancy (2nd and 3rd trimeste…
Gastroenterology
This chapter discusses gastroenterology. It covers emergency treatment of abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, and liver failure. The chapter also discusses abdominal pain, acute upper GI bleeds, acute lower GI bleeds, nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, liver failure, and jaundice.
Skin and eyes
This chapter covers the treatment of conditions and diseases of the skin and eyes. It includes discussion of emergencies pertaining to rashes and acute red eye. It also discusses bacterial, viral, and fungal infections causing a rash, infestations causing a rash, chronic inflammatory rashes, and other causes of rash. The chapter goes on to cover skin lumps, skin cancers, and leg ulcers as well as sudden visual loss, gradual visual loss, and other…
Life on the wards
This chapter discusses life on the wards. It covers interactions with the medical and multidisciplinary teams, ward rounds, and anatomical terms and planes. The chapter moves on to include discussion of medical forms such as fitness to work notes and referrals, common issues that may come up when working on the wards. Being on-call and night shifts are discussed. Finally, the chapter covers surgery, including pre-op and post-op assessments, surgi…
Respiratory
This chapter covers the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory conditions. It discusses emergencies in the case of breathlessness and low sats or stridor in a conscious adult patient. It also covers the causes of coughs, and the treatment of respiratory conditions such as asthma, COPD, pneumonia, spontaneous pneumothorax, and pulmonary embolism.
Dedication
Being a doctor
This chapter explores what is involved in being a doctor. It introduces the reader to the Foundation Programme, covers starting as an F1, communication skills, quality and ethics, medical errors, complaints, incident reporting, pay and contracts, and career progression in the medical field after the Foundation Programme.
Fluids and renal
This chapter covers diseases related to fluids and renal function. The chapter discusses acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, haematuria, proteinuria, glomerular disease, urological disorders, low urine output, IV fluids, potassium emergencies, and electrolyte imbalance.
Resuscitation
This chapter covers best practice on resuscitation. It includes early warning scores and intensive care, as well as emergencies such as peri-arrest, in-hospital resuscitation, Advanced Life Support (ALS), arrest equipment and tests, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Paediatric Basic Life Support, choking, Newborn Life Support (NLS), and obstetric arrest.
Pharmacopoeia
This chapter covers specifications for the most commonly used pharmaceutical drugs.
Emergency department
This chapter sets out what Foundation doctors can expect from working in the emergency department. It includes discussion of emergency procedures when it comes to acute limb pain, burns, anaphylaxis in adults, hypotension, and overdose. The chapter also covers trauma, head injury, neck injury, falls and collapse, acute limb pain, burns, hypotension (systolic blood pressure <100mmHg), hypotension emergency, shock, pyrexia, overdose and deliberate …
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