A 20-year-old male assaulted and presenting with jaw pain but no obvious deformity had a missed mandibular fracture due to lack of imaging.
An 84-year-old presents with shortness of breath, chest pain, and appears peri-arrest.
A 29-year-old woman presents with a 3 day history of vomiting following drinking most of a bottle of vodka.
A young female footballer presents with a swollen, painful knee after being tackled. Examination reveals a large effusion.
A normally well man in his 50s presents with severe chest pain following vomiting.
A 46-year-old male presents to the ED with 3 months refractory headache and subacute forehead swelling (unknown duration) with acute periorbital oedema.
A 45-year-old male presents to the ED with a four-day history of right sided testicular pain and swelling.
A 49-year-old female returns to the ED with post-traumatic elbow pain. She appears tearful. She was discharged a week ago after sustaining a fall, which was diagnosed as muscular back pain.
A case of a 3-year-old child brought in to the ED by their mum, blue and breathless.
A 38-year-old male presents with fever and a rash and concerns about what he believes are infected haemorrhoids. He has no past medical history.
A 17-year-old male who sustained a patellar dislocation and an avulsion fracture following a fall during a basketball game.
A 23-year-old male with autism, ADHD and prior self-harm presents with suicidal hallucinations. Initially cooperative, he later becomes agitated and violent, requiring urgent intervention for safety despite de-escalation attempts.
A woman presents with prolonged low-grade fever following a recent gynaecological procedure.
4am and a trauma call for an intoxicated 45-year-old man who has tripped and fallen into a lamppost, hitting his head.
A 70-year-old patient, on nasogastric feeding, was seen with a spontaneous non-functioning NG tube, passed 2 days ago successfully. Attempts with fresh tap water flushes went in vain. Physician felt quite a resistance while trying to pull it out.
A 70-year-old male is brought to the ED by ambulance complaining of dizziness and generalised weakness following a fall.
A 45-year-old female with end-stage COPD presents with acute breathlessness and drowsiness. Despite optimized medical management and prior discussions on care preferences, she declines interventions and has died shortly after admission.
A 94-year-old female with dementia was referred to the ED from her residential home. She had a 2 day history of anorexia, lethargy and loose stools 3 times a day.
A 37-year old female woman presents with worsening shortness-of-breath and is noted to be severely hypertensive.
A young woman is seriously unwell. Her flatmates give you all the information you need. Now you must save her life. Period!
A 73-year-old female, who lives alone, is found collapsed at home by her neighbours and brought in the ED.
A 30-year-old, 50kg, factory worker presents to your ED following a chemical burn injury. While operating a machine at the Royal Mint an accident sprayed chemical over his face, neck and upper chest.
Two girls present to the Emergency Department on the same day with similar painful foot rashes, raising concerns about a common exposure.