A 20-year-old man presents after injuring his knee in football. He describes a tackle and varus stress on the knee.…
It won’t stop Doc…
A 65-year-old lady presents to the ED with a 4 day history of diarrhoea after being treated for a UTI by her GP.…
Difficult Airway Management
While the theory contained in this session provides useful knowledge about airway management, putting this knowledge into practice requires extensive supervised practical experience.…
Eager to Stay Optometristic
An elderly woman presents with bilateral visual loss progressively worsening over the previous four days…
How do I stop this bleed?
An 80-year-old gentleman is brought to the emergency department after falling at home.…
Snap, Crackle and Pop
A 40-year-old female is involved in a head on vehicle collision at 50 miles per hour into a tree.…
Fabricated or Induced Illness
Fabricated or induced illness (FII) is a form of child abuse. It is associated with significant morbidity (physical and psychological) and mortality. Recognition of FII is frequently difficult and sub…
April Virtual Journal Club – Effects of a high-dose 24-h infusion of tranexamic acid on death and thromboembolic events in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding (HALT-IT)
At TERN Education we are keen to help you all learn how to critically evaluate the evidence based behind your practice. In order to do this, we are producing monthly virtual journal club modules on RC…
Shock Diagnosis – Can Bedside Ultrasound Help?
A 65-year-old man attends the ED complaining of a 2-day history of worsening shortness of breath.…
When avocados fight back
A 28-year-old man accidentally stabbed himself in the hand with a knife while cutting avocados.…
Don’t lose your head
A 19-year-old man presents to emergency department with paranoid delusions.…
A Classic Abdominal Radiological Sign
A 55-year-old man presents to you in the emergency department with a distended abdomen and a past history of Crohn’s disease.…
Disturbed or Psychiatric Patients in the ED
Describe a safe environment for assessing disturbed or psychiatric patients in the emergency department…
Cardiac Implantable Devices
Cardiac rhythm management devices (pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, or ICDs) are a constantly evolving and improving field…
Foot Injuries
Foot injuries and pain, both as a result of trauma and pain of non-traumatic origin, is common. Because it affects mobility, it can have significant effects on a patient’s life and so is importa…
Inversion injury with a twist
An 11-year-old previously well boy presented 2 days after sustaining a twisting inversion injury to his right ankle while running down hill on grassy ground.…
Shoulder and Brachial Plexus Injury
This session covers the anatomy, common pathology and the clinical and radiological assessment of the shoulder and brachial plexus. This should lead to the formulation of appropriate management plans…
After the heart restarts – post-arrest care in the Emergency Department
A patient arrives in resus following an out of hospital cardiac arrest. He had a background of obesity and type II diabetes.…
Seriously, Not Another Protocol? (EBM)
You receive a standby call for red-flag sepsis Initial pattern recognition triggers the pathway. Shortly after arriving you experience pattern interrupt and ponder new evidence in the treatment of th…
Fainting on the way to bathroom; Was it Really a Faint?
A 67-year-old man is brought into the Emergency Department with a history of fainting on the way to the bathroom in the morning.…