This session looks at the assessment and management of acute facial palsy.…
Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia gravis does not present often to the Emergency Department. However, it can manifest as respiratory failure…
Heat Related Illness
Approximately 800 heat related deaths occur annually in the UK. In 2003, a heat wave in Southern England resulted in over 1000 deaths…
Heat Related Illness
This session covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to an ED with the effects of heat stroke and heat exhaustion.…
Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy is a pathological process affecting a peripheral nerve or nerves (includes cranial nerves).…
Cranial Nerves One to Six
Cranial nerve injuries are important clinical signs, which alert the examiner to intracranial pathology. This session will look at the more common traumatic and medical causes of cranial nerve injury…
Secondary Headache
This module will focus on secondary causes of acute severe headaches that are likely to present to an emergency department.…
Assessment of Dementia in the ED
Dementia is a common disease within the elderly population. The care of these patients poses challenges for clinicians and carers alike…
Intracranial Infections
Intracranial infections (also called central nervous system infections or CNS infections) are relatively rare, but form a very important differential diagnosis in the unwell patient…
April 2020
This month we have COVID Discussion | Debriefing post traumatic event | Talking bout dying in the ED | COVID19 Ventilation…
Acute Facial Palsy
This session looks at the assessment and management of acute facial palsy.…
Managing Parkinson’s in the ED
Your patient is a 70 year old lady with a history of type 2 diabetes and Parkinsons disease, for which she is on a number of medications…
Emergency Casebook 1: A bit unsteady after a night out
This is the first in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department…