British journal of hospital medicine
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The principles of stabilization before, and monitoring during, transportation are well established in adult intensive care practice but less so in paediatrics. The speed with which critically ill children deteriorate and the aggressiveness of treatment needed are often underestimated. A dedicated, fully funded and staffed transport service for each paediatric referral centre in the UK is urgently required.
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Problem-based learning is now a well-established approach to the design and implementation of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education. This article describes how it functions and examines how it contributes to more enjoyable and effective professional development.
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The practice of obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous. Try to contrast the satisfaction of having produced an effective epidural block with the agonizing personal loneliness of failing to intubate at emergency caesarean section, and you may begin to understand our position: we either love it or loathe it.