A 67-year-old man presents with shortness of breath and fever. He has recently completed his first 2 week chemotherapy course for auricular Squamous Cell Carcinoma, administered via a PICC line.…
Pop Goes the Lung
A 23-year-old male was playing rugby 4 days ago. He was touching down in his in-goal area for a 5-metre scrum when he was kneed in the back towards his left side.…
A Kick in the Chest
A 47-year-old man presents to the ED after being thrown off his horse.…
Pelvic Injury Following a Fall
A 53-year-old lady with MS presents with left hip and pelvic pain after a fall.…
Wee Considerations
An elderly man comes in acutely unwell. He’s pyrexial, tachycardic, and isnt passing urine.…
Torticollis
A 4-year-old girl presents to the Emergency Department with a four-day history of fever and sore throat.…
Cardioversion Conundrum
A 48-year-old gentleman presents at 3am to the ED having woken at 2am with palpitations.…
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.…
Heating: It’s not just the bills giving you a headache
A 35-year-old lady is brought to the ED by her husband after developing acute confusion, vomiting and unsteadiness on her feet.…
Mini Mono
A 3-year-old girl presents to ED with a swollen left knee, limping.…
A Constant Cough
A 9-week-old female infant presents to Paediatric A&E at 2200 hrs with a history of coughing, difficulty in breathing, lethargy and reduced feeding.…
Sudden Collapse in a Young Man
A 27-year-old man presents to the ED with a history of collapse whilst on a treadmill at his local gym. He was witnessed to have been briefly unresponsive but there was no seizure activity.…
Think Outside the Box…
An 18-month old boy is brought in to the ED by his grandmother with a cough, mild constitutional upset and increasing stridor for approximately 12 hours. He is previously well and immunised up to date…
Seatbelts On…
A 54-year-old driver of a pick-up truck is involved in a head on collision with a stationary vehicle at approximately 30mph.…
Clubbing in Cambridge
A 68-year-old man attends the ED one evening with a painful right knee.…
A Blood Gas Brain Freeze
You are asked to see a 51-year-old lady who has been taken to the resus room. The ambulance crew tell you she has taken an overdose 5 hours previously.…
A Patchy History
A previously fit and well, fully immunised 10-month-old is brought into your ED with a 3 hour history of drowsiness.…
A Baby with a Bug or a Belly Ache Bugging Him?
An 8-month-old boy is brought to A&E by his mother. He became unwell 2 days ago with vomiting and abdominal pain.…
The Unhappy Wheezer
A 5-week-old boy is brought to the PED by his parents. He has had nasal congestion, cough and wheeze for 3 days.…
In Your Face
A 30-year-old professional martial artist sustained a direct blow to the left side of his face during training.…