NB Medical Hot Topics Out of Hours Course

We did our first ever Hot Topics Out of Hours course yesterday here in beautiful Northern Ireland. The course, for Dalriada Urgent Care, was full with over 200 delegates & the feedback was great. We covered:

• conditions commonly seen in OOH (with evidence-based Keep it Simple Summaries) e.g. RTIs incl croup & bronchiolitis, pre-school wheeze, exacerbations of asthma, COPD, pneumonia, vertigo & dizziness, red eye, gastroenteritis, chest pain, diagnosis of VTE, common MSK problems, acute kidney injury etc etc
• challenging problems such as optimising end of life care
• update on emergencies e.g. anaphylaxis
• telephone triage & consulting (including a new model for delivering safe, effective & efficient telephone consults)
• risk management. Unfortunately the nature and context of OOH means that OOH docs are more likely to be subject to complaints and litigation, we covered what we can learn from the evidence to reduce this risk

OOH is such an important part of GP & OOH docs do such an amazing job, we've thought for a long time there is a need for this course & all the delegates yesterday definitely agreed. As ever, we think GPs do an amazing job and OOH GPs do the most amazing job of all. It was a real feel-good day about OOH care and had a great energy and positive vibe to it.

We'll be rolling the course out across the UK later this year. Contact us at www.nbmedical.com if you're interested.

If you've never been to N Ireland, do come & visit it's beautiful - especially Game of Thrones fans!

Simon