A 13-year-old boy was brought into the ED by ambulance after falling off his BMX bike.…
Atypical Chest Pain
A 19-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a 24 hour history of chest pain.…
A Partial Eclipse of the Heart
A 79-year-old female attends ED by ambulance after having 12 hours of central, pleuritic chest pain which radiated to the back across her shoulders.…
It’s Never Lupus
A 33-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with atraumatic hip pain.…
A good knee’s up
A young female footballer presents with a swollen, painful knee after being tackled. She cannot mobilise. Examination reveals a large effusion.…
You can’t see my hand?
21-year-old female with headache and visual disturbances…
What’s that funny noise?
A 17-year-old presents with acute respiratory distress and a biphasic stridor.…
A worm in my vomit!
A 25-year-old man with no significant past medical history presents to the Emergency Department with his wife complaining of a one day history of vomiting and diarrhoea.…
Beat the Leak
A 45-year-old man presents to the emergency department with sudden onset central chest pain…
Simply Red: Rash Decisions in Resus
A 67-year-old man with a history of psoriasis presents in hypovolaemic shock with a 3 day history of malaise, oliguria and widespread erythema.…
Too Hot to Walk
A young male attends with fever and other symptoms. He also has weakness of his lower limbs is unexpected in rela-tion to his other presenting complaints.…
Vomiting and an abdominal mass
A 29-year-old woman presents with a 3 day history of vomiting following drinking most of a bottle of vodka.…
Can’t Bear To Weightbear
A 79-year-old woman presents with non-traumatic hip pain and fever.…
Nursing Home Patient with Constipation
An 82-year-old nursing home resident is brought into the emergency department with abdominal distension and a 2 day history of constipation…
Ocular Foreign Body
A 55-year-old Farmer presented to the Emergency Department with sudden onset decreased vision, pain and bleeding from his right eye.…
Picking your brain (or blood) cells …
A young male has concerning symptoms with a background history of G6PD deficiency…
Don’t slip up
A 12-year-old boy presents with left knee pain.…
Heart Beats Fast
A patient books in stating that his heart is beating fast. Your receptionist thinks he doesnt look right and brings him through to you in the main department.…
Itches in my Britches
A 7-year-old boy is brought to your ED by his father feeling unwell with a very itchy rash.…
Hyperkalemia
A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 1 week history of increasing lethargy, intermittent tingling in both arms and palpitations…