The lecture duration is 18min.
0.5 CPD Points, 0.5 CEUs, 0.5 CME credits approval pending.
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Pancreatitis is a common presentation in the emergency department globally, yet quite often missed. Patients present at various stages of the disease trajectory. Those that are earlier missed will present with life threatening conditions hence increasing morbidity and mortality. A few of the cases will not have the classical presentation. Emergency medicine clinicians should therefore equip themselves with the knowledge about pancreatitis to enable them to take a good history and do proper clinical patient examination. With the advances in medicine and accessibility, proper investigations should be done to aid in diagnosis and to also role out other causes or comorbidities. Timely and appropriate interventions should then be applied to improve outcome and quality of life in these patients. In resource limited settings, the higher index of suspicion and aggressive intervention helps prevent constraining the few resources since patients wont progress to severe cases which demand more resources and expertise.
Emergency Medicine Doctors
Emergency Medicine Nurses
Paramedics
Rural GP's
Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: