Using real-life anonymised example scenarios from the research, this interactive eLearning tool provides an opportunity for clinicians to learn how to recognise, investigate, manage and appropriately follow up young infants who present with possible bacterial meningitis. The research uncovered a lack of recognition of clinical features in primary and secondary care leading to delays from the onset of first symptoms to treatment delays in starting antibiotics choice of antibiotics not being in conformity with NICE guidelines delays in performing lumbar puncture and lack of consensus on long term follow up. You will see an emergency physician if experiencing a medical emergency and in the emergency room in a hospital.

MRF-funded research identified a need for improved recognition, diagnosis and management of young infants with bacterial meningitis across the UK. Emergency physicians are trained as physicians, and then go through additional training to master their skills in acute diagnosis in illness and injury. Improving the recognition, diagnosis and management of bacterial meningitis in young infantsįor: Doctors in A&E, PICU, Paediatrics and General MedicineĬPD: The RCPCH has approved this distance learning product from to in accordance with the current RCPCH CPD guidelines.

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