This session covers the generic assessment and management of abdominal pain without shock.…
Migration Migraine
An asylum seeker presents to the ED with a chronic headache prompting questions of finance, logistics and follow up from the staff.…
Ultrasound: Physics and Basic Equipment Settings
This session focuses on the way ultrasound works and how to manipulate the ultrasound machine to obtain optimal images.…
Buff, buff….my heart away…
A 38-year-old gentleman has just finished a course of antibiotics for pneumonia, but his symptoms arent resolving…
Chest Pain: Low Risk ‘Rule-Out’ Pathways
This session addresses the clinical assessment and management of patients with low risk chest pain, specifically the identification of patients with acute coronary syndrome…
Principles of MRI of the Brain and Spine
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is rarely used in most EDs. However, the properties of such images can provide emergency physicians with critical information to support the optimal clinical care of m…
Ease off the baking!
A 62-year-old patient went too far with a seemingly benign ingredient in her kitchen.…
Whooping Cough
A 4-year-old with a persistent cough…
Leukaemia in the Emergency Department
This session outlines the pathophysiology of acute leukaemia, the first-line investigations and management, with a particular focus on scenarios likely to be encountered in the emergency department.…
Ultrasound: Assessment of patients in shock
This session explores how to use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to assess patients presenting with shock to the ED .…
Chest Pain Following a Distressing Event
Whilst waiting in the ED relative’s room, a 59-year-old woman complains of chest pain.…
Acute Rhabdomyolysis
This session looks at the causes, identification and treatment of rhabdomyolysis in the ED.…
Horny Blinder
An elderly lady, Susan, arrives in the emergency department with a sudden visual loss.…
Heat Illness
A drowsy marathon runner presents after training in the sun, with a significantly raised temperature and dry skin too hot to touch.…
Primary Headache
Acute, severe headache is a common symptom of patients presenting to the emergency department. In 90% of cases, the cause will be one of the primary headache syndromes.…
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.…
Sickle Cell
Good supportive care makes a difference in sickle cell disease…
Indigestion to Infarction
A middle-aged man presents to the emergency department with chest pain and syncope…
Meningococcal Disease and Meningococcal Meningitis
Recognising the clinical features of invasive meningococcal disease in children…
Paediatric Seizures – PEM Induction
The seizing child is truly a scary thing to behold. If you work in the Paediatric ED, you will, at some stage, come across a child who has had a seizure, is recovering from a seizure, or is actively s…