A patient was pulled over from standing. He now has a painful swollen knee and is unable to weight-bear what have they done and how can we help?…
Tis the season ….
Regular attender is brought to ED with low GCS with suspicion of intoxication in cold winter season.…
A Cardiac Conundrum
A 47-year-old female attends the ED due to chest pain that occurs on exertion and settles with rest.…
I think I need a pill
A 21-year-old female is presenting to the ED following an unprotected sexual intercourse 5 days ago. She is asking for a morning after pill.…
Can’t stand – bilateral leg weakness
A 25-year-old male presents with a five day history of bilateral muscular leg pain.…
Just another ‘renal colic’
A 36-year-old gentleman presents with intermittent flank pain and has microscopic haematuria. His BP is 220/110 and he is now pain free. What would you do next?…
A baby with a barky cough
An 8-months-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department with a 1-day history of worsening seal-like barky cough and inspiratory stridor when crying, preceded by coryza.…
Stroke or seizure?
A gentleman presents with loss of power and sensation to his left side, slow speech and facial droop; CT brain is normal.…
My baby’s eye is all red!
A new mum comes into your ED with her child, worried about his red eye.…
Abdominal Pain After Vomiting
A 75-year-old man presented to the ED of a District General hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain that followed an episode of vomiting earlier in the day. He also reported one episode of loose…
Just a bleeding hernia
A 72-year-old gentleman presents to the ED with a 3 week history of intermittent abdominal pain; it is now constant in nature and 8/10 in severity.…
Don’t stick your neck out
Dont trip yourself up in patients with trauma and neurological symptoms.…
Scaphoid fracture
A 45-year-old male patient presents to the Emergency Department having fallen on his outstretched hand.…
A breathless boy with bruising
A teenage boy is referred to you by his GP with nose bleeds, bruising and low energy levels…
A Twist in the Play
A 12-year-old boy attends the ED with left knee pain and swelling while playing at school.…
A Pain in the…. Arm?
A 50-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with non-traumatic neuropathic sounding upper limb pain.…
My tummy hurts!
A young boy with abdominal pain and distension is brought in by his father. The triage nurse mentions that he is hypertensive, with microscopic haematuria on his urine dipstick.…
A Bloody Pain in the Neck
An anxious 45-year-old male presents to your Emergency Department with acute neck swelling.…
Migration Migraine
An asylum seeker presents to the ED with a chronic headache prompting questions of finance, logistics and follow up from the staff.…
Buff, buff….my heart away…
A 38-year-old gentleman has just finished a course of antibiotics for pneumonia, but his symptoms arent resolving…