This session explores the presentation, diagnosis and management of patients presenting to the ED with vertigo.…
Vertigo
This module explores the presentation, diagnosis and management of patients presenting to the ED with vertigo.…
Fabricated or Induced Illness
FII is a broad term to describe a group of behaviours by parents or carers which cause harm to children.…
Bell’s Palsy in Children
This module explores the differential diagnosis of potential underlying causes of Bells palsy in children and highlights which cases require further investigation.…
Eye Trauma
It’s a busy Friday night in the ED and another facial injury presents following an alleged assault to the right eye.…
Hyperkalemia
A 60-year-old man presents to ED with a 1 week history of increasing lethargy, intermittent tingling in both arms and palpitations.…
Bubbles on the Brain
A 34-year-old female presents to the emergency department with a 3-day history of left ear pain, without discharge or tinnitus.…
Picking your brain (or blood) cells …
A young male has concerning symptoms with a background history of G6PD deficiency…
Locked in Syndrome: A Narrow Escape
A 40-year-old female is brought in by ambulance having collapsed. She has vomited several times.…
A FACEnaTing Fever
A 72-year-old female presents to the ED with a four week history of worsening neck pain, lethargy, reduced sensation and difficulty with fine motor movements in her upper limbs.…
Managing a serious incident
It is Monday morning 09.00hrs and you are checking your email inbox. You have received the following email from the StR who has just finished weekend nights.…
Atypical Chest Pain
A 19-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a 24 hour history of chest pain.…
Doc, my head hurts
A 42-year-old man presents to the ED with a severe headache. He is pacing up and down and says he has been woken up by a similar headache every night for the last 4 nights.…
Parasyncope
A 47-year-old nurse with a 2 week history of headaches and lethargy presents with a pre-syncopal episode at work.…
Disturbed or Psychiatric Patients in the ED
This module focuses on the assessment and initial management of psychiatric patients in the emergency department.…
More than just a DVT
A 38-year-old man reattends obtunded and narcosed after being treated for a DVT the day before.…
Emergency Casebook 3: Cauda Costs
This is the third in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department…
I’m Blinking Slowly with One Eye!
An 11-year-old boy is seen in the accident and emergency department by an SHO.…
A Genuine Case of ‘Off Legs’
A 30-year-old lady presents to the ED feeling “numb from the waist down”.…
Seizures in a child
The paramedics arrive with a 3-year-old boy who has had two seizures today. He has known developmental delay but has no history of seizures previously…