An 11-year-old boy has reattended for the 3rd time with blistering skin lesions.…
Painful Big Toe
An 81-year-old gentleman presents to the ED with a 3 week history of worsening pain and erythema of his great toe despite antibiotics.…
Shock in the First Trimester
A pregnant patient presents with signs of shock…
The Dying Swan
A 30-year-old female attended the Emergency Department after vomiting, feeling weak and not quite with it.…
Headache and Visual Disturbance
A 70-year-old female presents to the ED with headache, jaw pain and visual disturbance.…
A Rare and Serious Adverse Event Related to Codeine
An 80-year-old woman presented to the ED at 2am with acute chest pain and shortness of breath.…
Between you, me and the IUD
A 46-year-old female presents with a three-month history of progressively worsening vaginal bleeding.…
An Unusual Case of Bradycardia
A 69-year-old man presents to the ED with a heart rate of 28bpm. He is hypotensive and clammy.…
Keeled Over Kid
A young girl collapses suddenly at school and presents to your ED with an altered level of consciousness what could have happened?…
Rugby tackle gone wrong
A 23-year-old man presents to the ED following a rugby tackle with left rib pain.…
Chest Pain with an Unusual ECG
A 40-year-old man is brought in by ambulance at 2am. He looks visibly anxious and is clutching his chest. The paramedics think its ACS.…
Shocking Image
A 37-year-old male maintenance worker presents following a 440 volt electric shock with entry in the left hand.…
Acidosis in the Elderly
An elderly lady presenting with vague symptoms is found to have a deranged blood gas.…
Acutely Breathless after Treatment of a Pneumothorax
A female with a spontaneous pneumothorax suddenly becomes breathless and hypotensive after insertion of a chest drain.…
Trauma Chest X-ray: What Next?
A 43-year-old cyclist arrives after being struck by a car. He arrives with spinal immobilisation on a scoop stretcher with evidence of bruising to the right chest, abdomen, and pelvis.…
Transient Chest Pain
A 50-year-old male attends with chest pain that has now resolved. He wants to know if he can go home.…
A Sceptical Septic Psoas
A large fluid filled mass…
Back pain in a young person
A 25-year-old man has attended the Emergency Department four times in the last fortnight with low back pain.…
Double Vision
A 55-year-old female presents to the ED with worsening diplopia for 2 days.…
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot
A previously healthy patient presents with a rapid onset illness, with fever, rash and tachycardia – what could be the culprit?…