Mr X is a middle aged gentleman who was assaulted with a house brick whilst riding a push bike.…
Pneumocephalus
An 18-year-old female presents after falling 8ft from a tree. She landed directly onto her head and lost consciousness for 30 seconds.…
What’s wrong with my baby?
A 3-day-old baby girl is brought to the emergency department by her distressed mother with complaints about the baby’s shivering and lethargy.…
Too much of a good thing
A patient having a large laceration sutured suddenly goes into cardiac arrest.…
Young People Don’t Get Strokes?
It’s 5am. A 26-year-old is blue lighted to ED with slurred speech and limb weakness.…
Neuroprotective Ventilation in Traumatic Brain Injury
A 21-year-old man is involved in a high speed RTC. He has a GCS of 6/15 at the scene and has an isolated head injury.…
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.…
Dazed and Confused
An 8-year-old girl is brought into the ED with a head injury. She was out sledging with her family when she lost control and collided with a tree.…
The Twitching Tot
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…
Eyelid Injury
A 31-year-old man presented to the ED after falling off a wall into a bush. He sustained head and facial injuries.…
Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion
This session covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to an ED with the effects of heat stroke and heat exhaustion.…
Status Epilepticus
Status epilepticus (SE), a state of prolonged, uncontrolled seizures, is a common emergency department (ED) presentation that is potentially life-threatening.…
Coma
This session covers effective assessment, diagnosis and management of the patients presenting with coma.…
The Collapsing Child
A 10-year-old boy is brought into hospital by his mother after he had a fainting episode at school.…
Doctor! Why Can’t I Walk?
A 65-year-old male presents to the emergency department by ambulance with an episode of collapse.…
Carbamazepine – A Toxic Shock
A 46-year-old man is brought by ambulance to the Emergency Department. He has been drinking alcohol all afternoon and according to collateral from his wife he had taken some tablets two hours ago.…
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…
EMJ April 2020
Noel Fernando discusses Cranial burr holes in the emergency department: to drill or not to drill?…
Popping Out
It’s a busy Friday night in the emergency department and another facial injury presents following an alleged assault to the right eye.…
April 2020
This month we have COVID Discussion | Debriefing post traumatic event | Talking bout dying in the ED | COVID19 Ventilation…