Continuing Professional Development: Considering infections of the heart
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Overview This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) module discusses the three main groups of cardiac infections (pericarditis, myocarditis, and endocarditis). It then highlights how they can be identified in the pre-hospital setting and how the ambulance service can contribute to the subsequent diagnosis of patients presenting with these conditions.
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Overview This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) module discusses the three main groups of cardiac infections (pericarditis, myocarditis, and endocarditis). It then highlights how they can be identified in the pre-hospital setting and how the ambulance service can contribute to the subsequent diagnosis of patients presenting with these conditions.
Key concepts: Emergency Care Practitioner, Combat Medical Technician, Continuing professional development, Ambulance service, Myocarditis, Medicine, Major trauma, Pericarditis