During a police arrest, a known Hepatitis B positive patient becomes aggressive, spitting directly at an officer. The immediate exposure necessitates urgent post-exposure investigations and treatment for the officer.
A 14-year-old boy has been brought to the ED with a headache that has been ongoing for the last few days.
A 50-year-old male presents with painful Horner's syndrome. The initial CT scan is reported as normal, and stroke consultant suggests discharge, creating a challenge in clinical reasoning and professional advocacy.
A 25-year-old in her 37 weeks of pregnancy presents with itchy rash one week after receiving whooping cough vaccination and anti-D immunoglobulin injections.
A 12-year-old girl is brought to your ED with abdominal pain and a urine dip is done.
Cloudy Hypoxia after foreign travel; a flashback of a pandemic or a rare home-grown complication of a childhood illness in an adult.
A teenage boy is referred to you by his GP with nose bleeds, bruising and low energy levels.
A 32-year-old type 1 diabetic female presents at 30/40 gestation of her first pregnancy feeling generally unwell.
A 60-year-old patient presents to the ED with a leaking ambulatory chemotherapy pump. The chemotherapy helpline is unreachable, and staff must manage a potential cytotoxic spill safely.
Regular attender is brought to ED with low GCS with suspicion of intoxication in cold winter season.
An 84-year-old male with h/o central chest pain and abnormal ECG presents to the ED.
A 5-year-old presents with refusal to walk after a brief viral illness.
A previously fit and well 25-year-old male presents with acute unilateral hearing loss following a morning gym session.
A young man with intermittent headache, unilateral eye strain and blurry vision.
A usually well gentleman presents to the Emergency Department with a puzzling rash where the diagnosis is revealed by a celebrity chef.
A child presents with persistent fever and mucocutaneous changes, engaging you to consider all causes of fever in children.
A lady of 24 years presents to the ED with Flash burn.
An uncircumcised young man has sought emergency medical attention with penile pain and bleeding after coitus.
A 21-year-old female with a headache and visual disturbances.
A 48-year-old man on carbamazepine developed acute ataxia and vomiting after starting clarithromycin for cellulitis, with toxic carbamazepine levels, highlighting a preventable drugdrug interaction.
Mr Ship is a 94-year-old gentleman, who presents to the ED as his brother feels his indigestion is getting worse, and he can no longer eat and drink.
Patient with combined beta-blocker and calcium channel blocker overdose with hypoglycemia, hypotension and bradycardia.
A 49-year-old man is brought to the ED by ambulance after waking this morning with severe vertigo.
A 39-year-old man presents with a 45-day history of fever, rigors, general malaise, and worsening shortness of breath.