# Happy Medics

> Acute Medicine and Diagnostic Reasoning


## Pages

- [Free Acute Medicine Diagnostic Workshop](https://happymedics.org.uk/free-acute-medicine-diagnostic-workshop/): You don't freeze on-call because you don't know enough medicine.
- [Welcome to the Acute Medicine Course](https://happymedics.org.uk/welcome-to-the-acute-medicine-course/): Most acute medicine teaching hands you facts.
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- [Module 1 Lesson 6 Preview - Pneumothorax](https://happymedics.org.uk/module-1-lesson-6-preview-pneumothorax/): This video works through a clinical case: a 25-year-old male who suddenly developed sharp right-sided chest pain and breathlessness whilst playing football.
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- [Courses](https://happymedics.org.uk/courses/): Master the systematic approach to acute medical presentations with this CPD-accredited course. Covers 7 core modules.
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- [Collapse with Loss of Consciousness Framework](https://happymedics.org.uk/collapse-with-loss-of-consciousness-framework/): A 23-year-old medical student loses consciousness this morning after entering his anatomy lab for the first time. He collapses to the floor.
- [Gastrointestinal Bleed Framework](https://happymedics.org.uk/gastrointestinal-bleed-framework/): A 66-year-old man arrives in ED with bloody stools and dizziness that started two hours ago. He's passing fresh red blood per rectum.
- [Headache Framework](https://happymedics.org.uk/headache-framework/): A 45-year-old woman presents to ED with a severe headache that started suddenly two hours ago. She describes the severity as 10/10.
- [Sepsis Framework](https://happymedics.org.uk/sepsis-framework/): You're reviewing the referrals from ED. A 68-year-old has come in with a temperature of 38.7°C, heart rate 105, and feeling generally unwell.
- [Dyspnoea Framework](https://happymedics.org.uk/dyspnoea-framework/): You get bleeped. Ward 7. Patient short of breath.
- [Systematic Reasoning](https://happymedics.org.uk/acute-medicine-frameworks/): Chest pain is one of the most common acute presentations. It's also one where the standard approach quietly fails you.
- [Chest Pain Framework](https://happymedics.org.uk/chest-pain-framework/): It's 3am on AMU and you're called to see a 58-year-old man with chest pain that is central, crushing, and radiating to his left arm.
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- [Cardiovascular Medicine](https://happymedics.org.uk/cardiovascular-medicine/): Systemic hypertension is the leading modifiable cause of premature death worldwide, accounting for roughly half of all cardiovascular deaths.
- [Pancreatic Disease](https://happymedics.org.uk/pancreatic-disease/): Acute pancreatitis is caused by the premature activation of pancreatic enzymes within the pancreas, resulting in autodigestion of pancreatic tissue and surrounding structures.
- [Liver Disease](https://happymedics.org.uk/liver-disease/): Global occurrence: Jaundice is a common clinical finding worldwide.
- [Colorectal Disease](https://happymedics.org.uk/colorectal-disease/): Common: By age 60, at least 30% of individuals in developed countries harbour at least one adenomatous polyp (i.e. a neoplastic polyp).
- [Functional, Inflammatory and Ischaemic Diseases of the Small and Large Bowel](https://happymedics.org.uk/functional-inflammatory-and-ischaemic-diseases-of-the-small-and-large-bowel/): Crohn’s Disease (CD): Incidence ~7/100,000 (increasing); prevalence ~70/100,000.
- [Small Intestine Pathology and Malabsorption Disorders](https://happymedics.org.uk/small-intestine-pathology-and-malabsorption-disorders/): Malabsorption is a broad term encompassing a range of disorders involving impaired nutrient absorption.
- [Gastric Disease](https://happymedics.org.uk/gastric-disease/): Acute gastritis is relatively common, often transient, and can arise in response to various offending agents or conditions.
- [Oesophageal Disorders](https://happymedics.org.uk/oesophageal-disorders/): Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) is extremely common, with 10–20% of adults in developed countries experiencing weekly heartburn.
- [GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICINE](https://happymedics.org.uk/gastrointestinal-medicine/)
- [The Mouth](https://happymedics.org.uk/the-mouth/): Aphthous ulcers are the most common cause of oral ulceration.
- [Pleural Disease](https://happymedics.org.uk/pleural-disease/): Pleural disease is common worldwide, affecting ~3000 people per million annually.
- [Circulatory Disorders](https://happymedics.org.uk/circulatory-disorders/): Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the most common disorder affecting the pulmonary vasculature.
- [Bronchiectasis and Cystic Fibrosis](https://happymedics.org.uk/bronchiectasis-and-cystic-fibrosis/): Bronchiectasis is an abnormal dilation of the bronchi typically detected by CT scan.
- [Contact Us](https://happymedics.org.uk/contact-us/): Here's how you can contact us for any questions or concerns.
- [Lung Infections](https://happymedics.org.uk/lung-infections/): Respiratory infections are broadly classified by anatomical site, spanning the upper airways (nose, pharynx, larynx) down to the alveoli.
- [Lung Cancer](https://happymedics.org.uk/lung-cancer/): Malignant disease of the lungs includes primary lung cancer, lung metastases, and mesothelioma.
- [Sleep and Ventilatory Disorders](https://happymedics.org.uk/sleep-and-ventilatory-disorders/): OSA is a sleep-disordered breathing syndrome in which pharyngeal collapse or partial narrowing during sleep leads to apnoeic/hypopnoeic episodes, resulting in intermittent hypoxia and arousal from sleep.
- [Restrictive Lung Pathology](https://happymedics.org.uk/restrictive-lung-pathology/): Interstitial lung disease (ILD), also known as diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), represents a group of non-infective conditions involving infiltration of the lung interstitium and alveoli.
- [Obstructive Lung Pathology](https://happymedics.org.uk/obstructive-lung-pathology/): Airways diseases refer to conditions causing obstruction of the bronchial tree or small airways, including asthma and COPD.
- [Respiratory Medicine](https://happymedics.org.uk/respiratory-medicine/)
- [Hypocalcaemia](https://happymedics.org.uk/hypocalcaemia/): Initiate Oral Calcium Supplementation –> e.g.
- [Hypercalcaemia](https://happymedics.org.uk/hypercalcaemia/): Further Management (i.e.
- [Pericardial Disease & Cardiac Tumours](https://happymedics.org.uk/pericardial-disease-cardiac-tumours/): Acute pericarditis accounts for approximately 5% of all acute chest pain admissions.
- [Peripheral Vascular Disease](https://happymedics.org.uk/peripheral-vascular-disease/): Literally means “hard arteries”, caused by thickening of the blood vessel wall.
- [Privacy Policy](https://happymedics.org.uk/privacy-policy-2/): Welcome to Happy Medics ("we," "our," or "us"), a brand owned by Maerfield Medical Limited.
- [Terms of Service](https://happymedics.org.uk/terms-of-service/): Welcome to Happy Medics ("we," "our," or "us"), a brand owned and operated by Maerfield Medical Limited.
- [Hypertension](https://happymedics.org.uk/hypertension/): Hypertension is a state of chronically and abnormally high arterial blood pressure.
- [Inherited Cardiomyopathies](https://happymedics.org.uk/inherited-cardiomyopathies/): Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the heart muscle (myocardium) not explained by coronary artery disease, hypertension, valvular disease, or congenital heart disease.
- [Valvular Disorders](https://happymedics.org.uk/valvular-disorders/): Stenosis: Narrowing of the valve orifice, restricting forward flow.
- [Congenital Heart Disease](https://happymedics.org.uk/congenital-heart-disease/): Congenital heart defects arise during embryogenesis, typically between weeks 3 and 8 of gestation.
- [Congestive Heart Disease](https://happymedics.org.uk/congestive-heart-disease/): Heart failure is a clinical syndrome in which the heart’s ability to pump blood effectively is impaired, causing characteristic symptoms (e.g., dyspnoea, fatigue) and signs (e.g., oedema, raised jugular venous pressure).
- [Ischaemic Heart Disease](https://happymedics.org.uk/ischaemic-heart-disease/): In the UK, the incidence of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is approximately 21,000 cases per year; stable angina accounts for a significant proportion.
- [Cardiovascular Medicine](https://happymedics.org.uk/cardiology/)
- [List of High-Yield Notes](https://happymedics.org.uk/list-of-high-yield-notes/)
- [All Courses](https://happymedics.org.uk/all-courses/): Boost your acute care expertise with our concise, CPD-accredited Acute Medicine Course.
- [Acute Medicine Course](https://happymedics.org.uk/acute-medicine-course-landing-page/): Comprehensive acute medicine teaching taught through structured diagnostic reasoning frameworks – so you can think clearly under pressure.
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- [About us](https://happymedics.org.uk/the-story-of-happy-medics/): From medical school through to MRCP, the system trains you to match patterns. History, examination, investigations, diagnosis. When the pattern fits, it works.
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