A Perfect Storm: Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest Due to Acute Myocardial Infarction Seen in the Postpartum Period in the Setting of COVID.

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in women of reproductive age is uncommon; however, the risk of AMI increases four to five-fold during pregnancy as compared to non-pregnant women of similar age. In the period following childbirth, the incidence of AMI is often attributed to a range of factors. These factors encompass coronary vessel dissection related to atherosclerosis, thrombosis, coronary spasm, and, in rare cases, takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Unanticipated demand of Physiotherapist-Deployed Airway Clearance during the COVID-19 Surge 2020 a single centre report.

Bronchial secretion management was not an anticipated clinical problem in patients intubated and ventilated with COVID-19. Yet 63 (62%) of our intubated and ventilated patients demonstrated a moderate or greater sputum load, as recorded by physiotherapists on 5 or more days of the patient's ICU stay. The efficacy of airway clearance in these patients was further compounded by ineffective or absent cough and increased secretion tenacity, dramatically increasing the workload of critical care physiotherapists.

Evaluation of medical student retention of clinical skills following simulation training.

Background: Adequate clinical skills training is a challenge for present day medical education. Simulation Based Education (SBE) is playing an increasingly important role in healthcare education worldwide to teach invasive procedures. The impact of this teaching on students along with retention of what is taught is not fully understood.

How good are doctors at introducing themselves? #hellomynameis.

Background: This explorative study was triggered by the '#hellomynameis' campaign initiated by Dr Kate Granger in the UK. Our objectives were twofold: first, to measure rates of introduction in an Irish hospital setting by both consultant and non-consultant hospital doctors. Second to establish whether such practices were associated with patient perceptions of the doctor/patient interaction.