A 70-year-old male is brought to the ED by ambulance complaining of dizziness and generalised weakness following a fall.…
End of life care in ED
A 45-year-old female with end-stage COPD presents with acute breathlessness and drowsiness. Despite optimized medical management and prior discussions on care preferences, she declines interventions a…
The Devil in the Dosset Box
A 94-year-old female with dementia was referred to the ED from her residential home. She had a 2 day history of anorexia, lethargy and loose stools 3 times a day.…
From Wheeze to Squeeze: a patient presenting with breathlessness
A 37-year old female woman presents with worsening shortness-of-breath and is noted to be severely hypertensive.…
A Shocking Period
A young woman is seriously unwell. Her flatmates give you all the information you need. Now you must save her life. Period!…
Hypoactive Delirium
A 73-year-old female, who lives alone, is found collapsed at home by her neighbours and brought in the ED.…
Chemical Burns
A 30-year-old, 50kg, factory worker presents to your ED following a chemical burn injury. While operating a machine at the Royal Mint an accident sprayed chemical over his face, neck and upper chest.…
Hot Tub, Hot Feet
Two girls present to the Emergency Department on the same day with similar painful foot rashes, raising concerns about a common exposure.…
Itching to get home but, is your concern spot on?
Exposure to a viral illness in pregnancy. How worried should Mum be?…
An Apple a Day keeps the Doctor Away
A 14-month-old boy presented to the Emergency Department following a choking episode the previous day at kindergarten. He had been eating a piece of diced apple at the time.…
Returning from Spain with new epigastric pain, in shock
A hypotensive female in her 60s is pre-alerted to resus with severe abdominal pain radiating to both shoulders.…
Nobody Nose – Punched on Face
A 35-year-old male presents to the ED with a history of being punched on the face, with a nasal bone injury, bleeding and deformity. Discussion on evaluation, examination, imaging and specialist refer…
Blast in the Head
A 27-year-old female presents to the ED with one day history of sudden onset of moderate to severe intensity headache, vomiting, diplopia and abdominal discomfort.…
Seek and Ye Shall Find!
A 57-year-old female with Chest pain, dyspnoea, abdominal Pain and syncopal episodes.…
Blunt trauma to the abdomen – don’t forget the kidneys!
A 37-year-old man is brought into the emergency department following a road traffic collision.…
Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Early Pregnancy
A 31-year-old woman presents with a one-day history of sudden onset of the left shoulder pain and shortness of breath.…
What does this ECG suggest?
An elderly lady presents to the emergency department from a nursing home having been found on the floor in her room…
That’s a Yellow Card! Risks and Regulation
A female in her 60s attends with tongue swelling.…
Trampoline Ankle
You are asked to review a 3-year-old girl brought in crying inconsolably by her parents.…
Syncope with Arm Exercise
Sudden onset of neurological symptoms after exertion, accompanied by vacant episodes that were triggered by movement of the arm due to steno occlusive disease in the subclavian artery, proximal to the…