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The Police have brought a patient to your ED that has had a controlled energy device discharged into their upper back. You are called to assess this patient.
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A 49-year-old lady with a background of stage IV ovarian cancer experiences sudden onset episodes of vomiting and spasmodic abdominal pain.
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There are three pregnant patients in the department who require consideration of Rhesus status and anti-D immunoglobulin. You have been asked to assess each in turn.
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A 2-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his parents after a detergent capsule burst in his face.
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A drowsy marathon runner presents after training in the sun, with a significantly raised temperature and dry skin too hot to touch.
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An elderly lady gardening in the hot summer sun becomes unwell soon after midday. How will you manage her heat stroke?
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A teenager presents to your emergency department after a suspected acid attack sustained near their school. They are distressed with severe burning pain, facial and upper body chemical burns and contaminated clothing.
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A 2-year-old child presents with worsening eczema and parental concerns that she is unwell.
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A young woman presents to your emergency department with a neck injury after being assaulted. She experienced dyspnoea, near loss of consciousness and urinary incontinence, raising concern for a significant underlying injury despite minimal external findings.
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A febrile patient presents with severe headache, periorbital swelling, proptosis, painful ophthalmoplegia and cranial nerve deficits following recent facial or sinus infection.
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A pregnant woman presents with a headache and abdominal pain and suddenly deteriorates. How will you manage this?
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A 47-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with descending paralysis.
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A 19yearold student presents with fever, headache and malaise 24 hours after receiving a MenB vaccine, worried he has developed meningitis.
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A young woman is pre-alerted to the emergency department with increasing drowsiness and confusion.
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Your patients x-ray shows his heart is almost the whole size of his chest. Whats going on? And what are you going to do about it?
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A young man presents with fever, headache, photophobia and vomiting. Can you interpret the findings to diagnose and treat him appropriately before its too late?
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A 5-year-old boy is brought to the ED with a swollen red eye and a raised temperature.
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Following a recent travel to Zambia, a pregnant woman develops high fever, dark urine, and confusion after a seizure; she arrives in the ED acutely unwell with hypoglycaemia.
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A 14-year-old girl presents at the ED after falling into a tree and impaling her cheek with a large twig, just below her right eye, obscuring her vision.