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Introduction to Medico-legal: Personal Injury

07 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode we are joined by David Green, a specialist employment and personal illness barrister from 12 King’s Bench Walk Chambers to d...

Advanced Clinical Practice Week 2020 Special: ACPs in Acute Medicine

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this special for Advanced Clinical Practice Week 2020, we handed over the podcast to our friends in the NUH Acute Medicine ACP Team: Hannah Polak a...

Upper Neurological Examination

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, released for Advanced Clinical Practice week, ACP Lucy Harris takes us through Upper Limb Neurological Examination. As ever, there ar...

Lower Limb Neurological Examination

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, released for Advanced Clinical Practice week, ACP Lucy Harris takes us through Lower Limb Neurological Examination. As ever, there a...

Nausea & Vomiting

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode recorded in March 2020 Kunal Gohil joined the podcast to take us through anti-emetics. Featuring a whistle-stop tour of the vomiting ...

Cranial Nerve Examination

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Senior ACP in Emergency Medicine Lucy Harris takes us through Cranial Nerve examination including some top tips along the way! You can find the blog...

Neurology History Taking

27 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Senior ACP in Emergency Medicine Lucy Harris takes us through Neurology History Taking. Features examples of cardinal symptoms, red flags and key diff...

Heart Murmurs

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Senior ACP in Emergency Medicine Ru Thow makes his pod debut to discuss Heart Murmurs! We cover Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Stenosis, Mitral Regurgit...

Heart Murmurs: Mitral Stenosis

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To support our upcoming episode on Heart Murmurs here is a minute or so of mitral stenosis: a clicking sound as the valve opens followed by a decresce...

Heart Murmurs: Mitral Regurgitation

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To support our upcoming episode on Heart Murmurs here is a minute or so of mitral regurgitation: a pansystolic murmur which radiates to the axilla. A...

Heart Murmurs: Aortic Stenosis

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To support our upcoming episode on Heart Murmurs here is a minute or so of aortic stenosis: an ejection systolic murmur which radiates to the carotids...

Heart Murmurs: Aortic Regurgitation

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To support our upcoming episode on Heart Murmurs here is a minute or so of aortic regurgitation: an early diastolic murmur which radiates to the apex....

COVID Part Four: The search for a cure

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A feature of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the rush to find the magic bullet to defeat it. Under the heading of ‘compassionate use,’ a number of...

COVID-19 Part Three: The Public Health Response

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Ben Rush is an ST5 in Public Health working in Health Promotion when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. He also works clinically in Emergency Medicine at ...

COVID-19 Part Two: COVID-19 & Paediatrics

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine Dr Colin Gilhooley and Head Smart Fellow Dr Sharna Shan joined the podcast with appropriate social distanc...

COVID-19 Part One: Preparing an Emergency Department for a pandemic

27 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the first part of our COVID-19 series Consultant in Emergency Medicine Dr Andrew Lindsay joined the podcast via Zoom. We discussed the preparati...

Therapeutics: Anti-Epileptic Medication

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our favourite pharmacist Kunal Gohil returns to the podcast to take us through Anti-Epileptic medications! We cover the pharmacological of seizures a...

Status Epilepticus & the EcLiPSE Trial

26 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Status epilepticus is the most common paediatric neurological emergency in the UK and the second most common reason for unplanned PICU admission in th...

The Child with a Head Injury

12 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Colin Gilhooley, consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, joins Take Aurally once again to go through Head Injury in Children including: - NI...

#UnblindingResearch: Validity, Reliability & Generalisability, Bias & Confounding Variables

03 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the live recording of the eleventh #UnblindingResearch session on 'Medication Trials' The blog entry containing the slides, #TakeVisually and...

Therapeutics: Adverse Drug Reactions Part Two

12 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the second part of our Adverse drug reactions (ADR) series recorded in Annie’s Burger Shack Kunal takes us through: Type D (Delayed) Type E (En...

Therapeutics: Adverse Drug Reactions Part One

05 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our favourite pharmacist Kunal Gohil joins Jamie at Annie's Burger Shack (other burger-based restaurants are available) to discuss 'Adverse Drug React...

The Child with a Rash: Part 2

15 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Just before she went away on holiday Dr Rachel Tricks rejoined us to for the Child with a Rash sequel! In this episode we discuss: - common bacteri...

The Child With A Rash: Part One

22 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Rachel Tricks rejoins us to go through the management of a child with a non-blanching rash - we go through the steps of assessing and managing a...

Child With A Fever

15 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Rachel Tricks takes us through the approach to ‘The Child with a Fever’ including: - the NICE traffic light system - the management of ...

Emergency Contraception

08 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Katie Boog is back in the pod for this episode on Emergency Contraception! You can find the blog for this episode at https://www.takeaurally.com/o...

Paediatric Sepsis

01 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Rachel Tricks makes her pod debut for this episode on Paediatric Sepsis. Among many other things we cover: - when to suspect sepsis in children ...

Gastrointestinal Examination

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Lucy Harris joins the pod again to go through abdominal examination including: ‘ - JACKLED’ - signs associated with abdominal d...

Early Clinical Experience: Gastrointestinal History Taking

18 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode ACP Lucy Harris once again joins the pod this time to take us through Gastrointestinal History Taking including: - tips and key ques...

#UnblindingResearch Session Eleven Medication Trials

16 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the live recording of the eleventh #UnblindingResearch session on 'Medication Trials' The blog entry containing the slides, #TakeVisually and...

Early Clinical Experience: Ear, Nose and Throat Examination

11 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year one and all! We start 2019 with the latest episode in our Early Clinical Experience series. ACP Lucy Harris takes us through examini...

#UnblindingResearch: Blinding

21 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this live recording of the ninth #UnblindingResearch session on 'Blinding' from DREEAM through the medium of mince pies. It's a seasonal episode...

Vaginal Discharge

14 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the second of our GUM series, Dr Katie Boog, ST6 in Community Sexual and Reproductive Health joined the pod to talk us through vaginal discharge, h...

Taking a Sexual History

07 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the first of our GUM series, Dr Katie Boog, ST6 in Community Sexual and Reproductive Health joined the pod to talk us through how to take a Sexual ...

Redthread Part Three

30 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In our third Redthread special we talk to a Young Person helped by the charity. He takes us through his own teachable moment and the help that Redthr...

#UnblindingResearch: Randomisation

23 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this live recording of the ninth #UnblindingResearch session on 'Randomisation' from DREEAM through a randomising the audience to wine gum or jelly...

Take Aurally Live: ASPiH 2018!

16 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this live recording Jamie (@mcdreeamie) quickly takes us through some of his highlights of the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare con...

Early Clinical Experience: Cardio-Respiratory Examination

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Lucy Harris talks us through Cardio-Respiratory examination step by step including: - how to assess jugular venous pulse (JVP) - h...

Early Clinical Experience: Taking a Cardiac History

31 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

ACP and educator Lucy Harris takes us through Cardiac History taking in this episode once again focusing on: - cardinal symptoms - tips on eliciti...

#UnblindingResearch Eighth Session: Outcome Measures, Confidence Intervals and p Values

26 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this live recording of the eighth #UnblindingResearch session on 'Outcome Measures, Confidence Intervals and p values' from DREEAM through a made u...

Early Clinical Experience: Taking a Respiratory History

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Advanced Clinical Practitioner and teaching fellow Lucy Harris builds on our previous history taking episode and adds in: - the car...

Early Clinical Experience: History Taking

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode in our Early Clinical Experience series ACP Lucy Harris introduces history taking including: - Owning the information - The...

Epistaxis

12 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our favourite ENT doctor Tom Stubington rejoins us to take us through Epistaxis including: - initial investigation and management - diagnosis and ...

Non-Accidental Injury Part Two: Saying the Unsayable

05 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Following on from our first episode on Non-Accidental Injury we now look at how to broach the subject and how to manage the situation. Dr. Colin Gilh...

Redthread Part Two

28 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this second Redthread special we were joined by Hannah Yates, the Business Development Manager for Redthread and Imran Mohammed, Programme Manager ...

#UnblindingResearch Session Seven: Sampling

21 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this live recording of the seventh #UnblindingResearch session on 'Sampling' from DREEAM through the medium of Gummy Bears we go through: - the p...

Non Accidental Injury Part One: Thinking the Unthinkable

14 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode from NUH DREEAM Dr Colin Gilhooley talks about non-accidental injury and when to suspect it. We cover: - The absolute red flags ...

Arrhythmia Part Two: Bradyarrhythmia

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Straight out of NUH DREEAM Dr Bill Jamieson once again joined the pod to go through bradyarrhythmias in the second part of our arrhythmia series In ...

The Child with a Limp

31 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

SUFE or not SUFE? That is the question! Dr Colin Gilhooley joins us at DREEAM to talk us through 'The Child with a Limp' including: - Red flags - ...

Aortic Syndrome Part Two: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

24 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

You place your hands on the patient's abdomen...you think you can feel it...thud...thud...thud... In the second part of our aortic syndromes series D...

#UnblindingResearch Session Six: Qualitative vs Quantitative

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this live recording of the sixth #UnblindingResearch session on 'Qualitative vs Quantitative' from DREEAM we go through: How 'Qualitative vs Quanti...

Redthread Part One

17 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode we look at the amazing work of the charity Redthread who work with vulnerable young people to help them lead happy, healthy an...

Ovarian Cysts & Tumours

10 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Another episode with our favourite Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr Anna Richmond this time looking at Ovarian Cysts and Tumours!...

Reduced Fetal Movements

03 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Another great episode with Dr Anna Richmond, teaching fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology this time discussing Reduced Fetal Movements covering: - W...

Sore Throat in ED

27 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Coming out of NUH DREEAM Dr Tom Stubington, CT2 in ENT, joins the pod to walk us through sore throats, the common causes and management including: - ...

Abdominal Pain in Later Pregnancy

25 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Having caught up with our favourite registrar in Obstetrics & Gynaecology Dr Anna Richmond at UMEC 2018 she came down to the DREEAM recording studio t...

#UnblindingResearch Session Five: How are clinical guidelines produced?

20 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this live recording of the fifth #UnblindingResearch session on 'How clinical guidelines are produced' from DREEAM we go through: Levels of evidenc...

Mental Status Examination & Suicide Risk Assessment

13 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our favourite psychiatrist Dr James Ellison came down to the booth again to go through Mental State Examination and how we can assess a patient's suic...

Advanced Clinical Practice in Emergency Medicine

05 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode of Take Aurally senior ACP James Pratt joined the DREEAM pod studio to talk about Advanced Clinical Practice in Emergency Medi...

Arrhythmia Part One: Palpitations

29 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Dr Bill Jamieson kick starts a series of podcasts on Arrhythmias by looking at the well patient presenting with palpitations. We cove...

Take Aurally UMEC 2018 Special

29 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It was great to display Take Aurally at UMEC 2018.  This is the Undergraduate Medical Education Conference at NUH NHS Trust and showcases the best of...

Aortic Syndrome Part One: Aortic Dissection

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Craig Douglas came down to the NUH DREEAM booth to discuss Aortic Dissection, who gets it, why they get it, how they present and what we can do abo...

ED Guide to Neurosurgery

01 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This special episode is a live recording of an NUH DREEAM Academic Meeting on 30th May 2018 by Neurosurgical ST2 Dr Andrew Dapaah. He covers the ED G...

Mental Health Act and Capacity

25 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

For our second podcast on Psychiatry from NUH DREEAM our favourite Psychiatrist Dr James Ellison came along to take us through the Mental Health Act a...

#UnblindingResearch Session Four: Types of Trial

18 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Slight later than planned straight from the NUH DREEAM mixing desk comes our latest podcast! This session is a live recording of our fourth #Unblindi...

#UnblindingResearch Session Three: Good Clinical Practice & Ethics

20 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This session from NUH DREEAM covers research ethics, what they are and why they are so important. We start by looking at some infamous cases of poor ...

Therapeutics: Anti-Parkinson's

13 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In our first podcast back from our Easter Holidays our favourite pharmacist Kunal Gohil joined us in the NUH DREEAM booth to tackle anti-Parkinson's m...

#UnblindingResearch Session Two: Formulating research questions and designing a project

23 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a live recording of the second session of #UnblindingResearch held in NUH DREEAM 21st March 2018. Research. THE search. WE search. ...

Take Aurally Therapeutics - Antithrombotics Part II: Anticoagulation

16 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Beaming out from the NUH DREEAM recording booth comes the second part of the Therapeutics specials on Antithrombotics where our ED Pharmacist Kunal ta...

How to do a presentation: P Cubed #wewillgiveDREEAMpresentations

09 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a live recording of a teaching session by Jamie Thomas at DREEAM on the work of Mr Ross Fisher, Paediatric Surgeon and a legend amongs...

Take Aurally Therapeutics: Antithrombotics Part I - Antiplatelets

02 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode our favourite Pharmacist Kunal Gohil joined us in DREEAM once again this time to cover antithrombotics. In part one we discuss antipla...

#UnblindingResearch Session 1: Introduction to audit, quality improvement and research

23 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a live recording of the first session of #UnblindingResearch held in NUH DREEAM 21st February 2018 presented by Jamie Thomas and Claud...

General Introduction to Psychiatry

16 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Psychiatry and Mental Health issues are important considerations in Emergency Medicine and part of the Clinical Phase 2 curriculum at the University o...

Coming Soon...#UnblindingResearch!

12 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Does research leave you feeling double blinded? Does NNT make you go OMG? Do you wish p values would just p off? If you lack confidence in confiden...

Ankle & Foot Examination

09 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In our final Orthopaedic podcast from DREEAM Ali Whitfield takes us through Ankle and Foot examination. You can find more information at www.takeaura...

Knee Examination

08 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Knee Examination by Take Aurally

Hip Examination

07 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The hippest ENP and teaching fellow Ali Whitfield joined the pod in DREEAM to take us through Hip Examination. You can find more information includin...

Hand & Wrist Examination

05 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

You have to hand it to her Ali Whitfield really knows her joint examinations. So it's great to have the ENP and Teaching Fellow back with us to talk ...

Elbow Examination

02 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Elbowing its way through the FOAMed world here is the Take Aurally episode on Elbow Examination from NUH DREEAM with the amazing Ali Whitfield, ENP an...

Shoulder Examination

31 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ali Whitfield, Emergency Nurse Practitioner at the QMC and Teaching Fellow for the University of Nottingham came to the DREEAM recordi...

Vertigo

19 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dizzy! My head is spinning; Like a whirlpool it never ends; And it's you girl making it spin...or is it Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo?  Or Lab...

Paracetamol Overdose

12 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh from the NUH DREEAM recording booth here is our podcast on Paracetamol Overdose covering the latest guidance with the legend that is Dr Chris Go...

Take Aurally Therapeutics: Asthma

05 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

ED Pharmacist Kunal Gohil once again joins us in the Take Aurally booth in DREEAM to discuss the treatment of Asthma based on latest BTS guidelines. ...

Take Aurally Therapeutics: COPD

22 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this second episode in our new Therapeutics section ED Pharmacist Kunal Gohil came down to DREEAM to talk us through the treatment of COPD. Check ...

Take Aurally Therapeutics: Hypertension

08 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this first Therapeutics special our ED Pharmacist friend Kunal Gohil came down to talk us through the NICE Guidelines CG127 for Hypertension contro...

Community Acquired Pneumonia

06 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Don't CURB your enthusiasm (get it?) as Dr Harry Pick our favourite Respiratory SpR joins us to talk through Community Acquired Pneumonia. More infor...

Pulmonary Embolism

01 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Harry Pick Respiratory SpR and researcher extraordinaire joins us in this bumper pod to talk through pulmonary embolism, its diagnosis and manageme...

Chest X-Ray Interpretation

24 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Harry Pick joins the podcast to talk about Chest X-Ray interpretation. A blog with more information can be found at www.takeaurally.com. There yo...

Abdominal Pain in Children Episode III: Non-Abdominal Causes

17 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this final episode of the abdominal pain in children trilogy Dr Colin Gilhooley takes us through non-abdominal causes of abdominal pain in children...

Abdominal Pain in Children Episode II: Common Causes

10 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Colin Gilhooley and Dr Jamie Thomas talk about the common causes of abdominal pain in children. Don't forget to visit www.takeaurally.com for more...

Abdominal Pain in Children Episode I: Serious Causes

02 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Colin Gilhooley came down to start the Abdominal Pain in Children Saga by discussing serious 'never miss causes. You can find the blog for this p...

Take Aurally Live: Focused Trauma Conference Part 3

26 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jamie Thomas (@mcdreeamie) presents from the inaugural Focused Trauma Conference in Antwerp. This episode looks at the third part of the day; looki...

Take Aurally Live: Focused Trauma Conference Part 2

25 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jamie Thomas (@mcdreeamie) presents from the inaugural Focused Trauma Conference in Antwerp. This episode looks at the second part of the day; look...

Take Aurally Live: Focused Trauma Conference Part I

23 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jamie Thomas (@mcdreeamie) presents from the inaugural Focused Trauma Conference in Antwerp. This episode looks at the first part of the day; look...

The ED Pharmacist

04 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Kunal Gohil, pharmacist at QMC ED discusses the role of the ED Pharmacist, its challenges and benefits and advice for other Pharmacist...

Paediatric Headache

15 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jamie Thomas and Dr Colin Gilhooley discuss the approach to Paediatric Headaches in the Emergency Department. For more information please visit ww...

The Collapsed Neonate

01 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jamie Thomas (@mcdreeamie) and Dr Colin Gilhooley discuss the Collapsed Neonate. You can find the blog entry based on this at www.takeaurally.com....

Paediatric Cardiology in the Emergency Department

23 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jamie Thomas (@mcdreeamie) and Dr. Colin Gilhooley discuss the approach to Cardiology patients in the Children's Emergency Department. You can fi...

ECG Interpretation

28 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jamie Thomas (@mcdreeamie) goes through ECG Interpretation. Check out www.takeaurally.com for more information. Take Aurally can also be found on...

Head Smart

21 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jamie Thomas (@mcdreeamie), Dr Colin Gilhooley and Dr Shaarna Weston discuss Paediatric brain tumours, their diagnosis and Shaarna's work with Head...