A 68-year-old man attends the ED one evening with a painful right knee.…
Acute toxicity
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.…
The Drowsy Infant
A previously fit and well, fully immunised 10-month-old is brought into your ED with a 3 hour history of drowsiness.…
The crying infant with abdominal pain
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.…
Netball Nasties
An 11-year-old girl presents to Paediatric A&E complaining of left knee and thigh pain.…
An Introduction to Human Factors and Patient Safety
This session will explain what is meant by the term Human Factors and describe how Human Factors affect Patient Safety.…
Coughing with Chest Pain
A 25-year-old male with no significant past medical history attends A&E with chest pain…
The Vomiting Baby
A mother presented to the ED with her 4-week old baby that had been drowsy and was not feeding as usual.…
Hereditary Angioedema – SAQ
A 24-year-old woman presents to the Emergency Department with increasing lip swelling over the past hour.…
Decision Making in the ED
This question is aimed at CT1 and above. This question focuses on decision making.…
Parasyncope
A 47-year-old nurse with a 2 week history of headaches and lethargy presented with a pre-syncopal episode at work. She was pale and sweaty before the collapse and had slow speech during the episode.…
Bell’s Palsy in Children
Bell’s palsy is a relatively uncommon condition presenting to primary care. Despite a benign course for most children with Bell’s palsy, there are a number of serious causes of facial para…
Bubbles on the Brain
A 34-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of left ear pain, without discharge or tinnitus.…
A Classic Case!
A 30-day-old ex-36/40 twin, male infant attends the ED with his mother due to concern regarding vomiting of 4 days duration…
Bowel perforation? Pretty convincing
A 57-year-old lady was brought into the Emergency Department by ambulance with a presentation of abdominal pain.…
Pneumothorax in an elderly patient
A 61-year-old female with a history of sarcoidosis is admitted to your department in acute respiratory distress…
EMJ April 2020
Noel Fernando discusses Cranial burr holes in the emergency department: to drill or not to drill?…
April 2020
This month we have COVID Discussion | Debriefing post traumatic event | Talking bout dying in the ED | COVID19 Ventilation…