It’s a phrase you’ll come to know well. Especially, you’ll find, if you’re sitting at a certain desk or in a certain area…
Trauma – Induction
When you tell people you work in the ED, they invariably ask you for your great stories but they also ask you for help and advice when needed…
The ED Rota… and rest! – Induction
You are about to embark on one of the most challenging rotas of your career. I mean, lets be honest, for many of you, you will consider this the worst rota of your career…
TLOC – Induction
This is a very common but also very varied ED presentation. A triage of collapse ?cause can mean anything from a young patient having fainted in phlebotomy to an elderly patient being found on the flo…
Medical Emergencies – Induction
ED Induction Treasure Hunt…
DKA – Induction
A few key points that, we think, will make the management of DKA clearer.…
Chest Pain – Induction
Chest pain is one of the most common reasons adults come to an ED…
Making a Good Referral – Induction
Can I…ummm…refer…umm…a 52, no a 55, no, a 69-year-old lady presenting with chest pain. Well, she said it was chest pain, but it’s actually a wierd tightness, with a bit o…
Sepsis – Induction
Sometimes as a doctor it can feel as though everyone has ‘sepsis’ and the term is often bandied about…
Back Pain – Induction
Back pain is really common in the emergency department and it is vital that we manage it properly.…
Bleeding in Early Pregnancy – Induction
The nurse at triage comes to speak to you: “Theres a pregnant 28year old with vaginal bleeding in the waiting room. Shes been here nearly four hours can you go and sort her out quickly please?&…
Attendances in the ED Related to Alcohol – Induction
Working in the emergency department, you are guaranteed to see and treat patients from all specialties of medicine and surgery. Most will prove to be interesting but also challenging at the same time.…
Abdominal Pain – Induction
It’s your second day on the ‘shop floor’ and your next patient is handed over as a 51 year old man who has been brought in by ambulance with sudden onset generalised abdominal pain a…
Coronavirus
A 38-year-old male presents with a continuous cough, shortness of breath and fevers. Over the past 2 days he has had intense generalised muscle aches, fatigue, loss of taste and smell and a reduced ap…
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…
The Coronavirus Cough
A 58-year-old primary school teacher with type 2 diabetes mellitus presents to your ED with shortness of breath. His breathlessness has increased overnight and is exacerbated on minimal exertion.…
Alkalosis – Has the gas machine broken again?
A 26 year old man attends with a 3 day history of vomiting. In the last 24 hours he’s been aware of his heart racing. He has not PU’d in the last 12 hours and has back ache…
To PE or not to PE?
An 80-year-old woman presents to your ED with shortness of breath on minimal exertion. She flew back from Singapore two days ago.…
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Curriculum Quiz: ACCS Acute
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!…