A 15-year-old boy presents to the Children’s Emergency Department following a single episode of bleeding from his ear.…
Sexual assault victims in the ED
A 19-year-old student attends the ED (accompanied by a friend) and, at triage, complains of abdominal pain.…
Deliberate Self-Harm
A patient with a prior diagnosis of EUPD is brought to the ED by a friend because he has cut his arm with a Stanley Knife.…
An Odd Looking Eye
Middle aged man with left sided headache and horners syndrome.…
Sudden Collapse: The Hidden Hazards of Pulling Pints
A 29-year-old male is working a shift behind the bar and complains of feeling dizzy. He collapses and makes a quick recovery. This is not the first time.…
Texting Trouble
A healthy 25-year-old presents to the ED complaining she cannot text on her phone.…
Flank Pain!
A 30-year-old male patient is brought to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance with a sudden onset of severe right flank pain over the previous 6 hours.…
Brain dead?
A 51-year-old who presents profoundly unconscious.…
A Rapid Decline in Respiratory Function
A 62-year-old lady presents with a 10-hour history of increasing shortness of breath and sharp, right-sided chest pain.…
Have you ever seen this?
A 68-year-old man presents to ED following a fall. He says he has felt lethargic and feverish for 2 days.…
Unravelling the Mysterious Weakness
A 51-year-old man presents with acute onset of central chest pain accompanied by nausea, vomiting and paralysis of all four limbs.…
Pneumocephalus
An 18-year-old female presents after falling 8ft from a tree. She landed directly onto her head and lost consciousness for 30 seconds.…
Aggression in Patient with Learning Disability
A patient with moderate learning disability is brought in by their father because he has suddenly become aggressive.…
Egg Head
A 9-year-old girl presents to the ED with a persistent egg shaped swelling on her forehead following a seemingly minor head injury two weeks ago.…
Liver Abscess Exists
A 34-year-old man, with history of recent foreign travel, presents to the ED with fever, jaundice and right upper quadrant pain. Physical exam shows right upper quadrant tenderness.…
Heimlich Gone Wrong
A 78-year-old woman presents with dysphagia and severe chest pain after choking on a chicken bone.…
Eye’ve got a terrible headache
A 72-year-old male presents with distressing peri-orbital pain after pupil dilation.…
Tied up in a knot with a twist at the end!
A 47-year-old lady presents with acute epigastric pain radiating to the back.…
Tiny Tot’s Ticker Flicker
A 5-week term baby is brought in by his parents with a 24-hour history of poor feeding. No fever or infective features.…
Rare but Toxic
Accidental iron overdose in a young child.…