A Middle-aged man presents to the ED with Epigastric discomfort associated with multiple episodes of vomiting.…
Highway to Heel
A 20-year-old man is brought in by ambulance following a motorcycle accident.…
Hips Don’t Lie
A low impact fall in a 64-year-old woman has caused her medial thigh pain. What injuries has she sustained?…
Severe arm pain after a superficial burn
A 63-year-old male walks into the Emergency Department with elbow and forearm pain and initially appears well.…
Acidotic alcoholics – what does the gas say?
A 56-year-old man presents to the ED 48 hours following an alcohol binge with chest pain and dyspnoea.…
Doctor, my throat is closing, I cannot swallow!
A 34-year-old man presents to the ED feeling unwell for the past three days. He has a hoarse voice and increasing neck pain.…
Unusual Case of Wrist Pain
A 9-year-old girl attends the ED with a three day history of left wrist pain.…
Chest Pain in a Diver
An 18-year-old male attends your Emergency Department with left sided pleuritic chest pain.…
Slow and steady doesn’t always win the race
A previously well and fit 70-year-old man presents with acute shortness of breath, pre-syncopal symptoms and a significantly reduced exercise tolerance.…
Punch Injury, What is the Best Management?
The emergency nurse practitioner shows you these x-rays. This injury happened today, the skin is intact…
Jehovah Witness and Blood Transfusion
A 54-year-old Jehovah witness man is pre alerted to resuscitation room with haematemesis and is hypotensive.…
I’m all out of breath
32-year-old presents to Resus with multiple stab wounds and breathlessness.…
I think I’ve gone blind!
A 60-year-old male presents to the emergency department with sudden loss of vision in his right eye.…
A trap door to the unwary!
A 32-year-old gentleman presents to the ED following a cricket ball impact to his left eye.…
A Sickle for your Thoughts
A 77-year-old man presents with haemoptysis and shortness of breath.…
My grandma is complaining of eye pain
An elderly lady is brought into ED with worsening left eye pain since a procedure she had to both eyes.…
I’m breathless – is it a bad chest?
A 78-year-old gentleman is wondering if he needs antibiotics for his worsening shortness of breath. His only past medical history is a maxillofacial tumour that was surgically resected a year ago. Is …
Not all depression is depression
A 30-year-old post-partum patient with post-natal depression is referred to the ED following a witnessed seizure and confusion.…
A Paediatric Renal Dilemma
A 5-year-old boy presents to the paediatric emergency department with a two-week history of progressively worse face, arms and feet swelling.…
Bleach in my eye
How to safely manage chemical eye injury to prevent complications.…