To drain or not to drain?

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.…

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RCEMLearning Podcast – June 2024

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Chest Drain Insertion in Adult Trauma

This module provides training in chest drain insertion. It looks at the indications for carrying out this procedure, as well as how to prepare for it, and shows a chest drain being inserted. Post-proc…

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Podcast – February 2023

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Brief Resolved Unexplained Events (BRUE)

This session provides an introduction to Brief Unexplained Resolved Events. It covers the definition, differential diagnoses, how to stratify patients into low or high risk and the subsequent manageme…

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Burning Up

An 89-year-old female presents with an unrecordable temperature.…

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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.…

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Headache with Stealthy Hypertension

A 45-year-old male with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome presents to the ED with paroxysmal headaches and elevated blood pressure.…

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Palpitations

This module is about assessment and management of patients presenting with palpitations to the emergency department.…

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