A 79-year-old male presents with sudden onset shortness of breath, stridor and respiratory failure.…
EYE’m in pain!
A 35-year-old woman attends the ED with right eye swelling and diplopia.…
Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults
This session covers community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), which is by far the commonest form of pneumonia seen in the ED.…
Delirium; a source of confusion in the ED
An elderly lady attends the ED unaccompanied in the middle of the night. She is very confused, agitated and becomes aggressive towards the staff.…
Acute Breast Problem
A woman presents with breast pain and fever to your emergency department. How will you manage this patient?…
I can’t control where I am looking!
A 62-year-old man presents with sudden eye drooping and double vision.…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
This module covers how to diagnose, assess and manage a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).…
A Complicated Pregnancy
A pregnant woman presents with a headache and abdominal pain and suddenly deteriorates. How will you manage this?…
Aorta… Aneurysm and beyond!
A 65-year-old male presents to your busy ED with pain in lower abdomen and radiating to testicular area.…
Psychosis in the ED
A young man presents with auditory hallucinations and paranoid delusions. Test your knowledge on assessment and management of a psychiatric patient.…
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State
Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic State is a common presentation to the ED which can mimic many other disease processes.…
My vision has gone double!
A 63-year-old female with no known medical history presents to the ED complaining of persistent double vision for the last four days.…
Not Sweet Enough
A 63-year-old female with a background of type I diabetes mellitus, chronic pancreatitis and COPD presents to the ED with confusion and hypoglycaemia.…
Non-Blanching Rash with fever – no time to ponder!
A 12-year-old girl is brought by her parents with a 1-day history of fever and lethargy, associated with a rash that has rapidly developed over the last 3 hours.…
An Ectopic Pregnancy
A young female patient presents with lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding to your ED. How will you manage this patient?…
Sudden Visual Loss
A 73-year-old male presents to ED with sudden, painless vision loss in left eye.…
Drug Related Hyperthermia
This session considers the three main forms of drug related hyperthermia, malignant hyperthermia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome and serotonin syndrome.…
Managing the ‘Tasered’ Patient – Conducted Energy Devices
A conducted energy device (CED) taser was discharged into a patients shoulder. Before this patient is taken into police custody, youve been asked to assess them in your ED.…
Anti-over-anticoagulation
Anuric with an INR of 15 and an AKI 3 on a background of bilateral renal artery stenosis with stenting and life-long warfarin.…
Electrical Burns in the ED
This session covers the assessment and management of patients presenting to an emergency department with electrical injuries.…