A 43-year-old cyclist arrives after being struck by a car. He arrives collared and blocked on a scoop stretcher with evidence of bruising to the right chest, abdomen, and pelvis.…
The Devil in the Dosset Box
A 94-year-old female with dementia was referred to the ED from her residential home. She had a 2 day history of anorexia, lethargy and loose stools 3 times a day.…
Wobbly Knees!
This toddler has no medical history of note. He is the 3rd of 4 children under 6 years.…
DKA in Pregnancy
A 32-year-old type 1 diabetic female presents at 30/40 gestation of her first pregnancy feeling generally unwell.…
Cranial Nerves One to Six
Cranial nerve injuries are important clinical signs, which alert the examiner to intracranial pathology. This session will look at the more common traumatic and medical causes of cranial nerve injury…
Giant Headache!!!
A 69-year-old lady presents with a 3-week history of right sided headache and jaw claudication, associated with significant reduction in vision of the right eye for 2 days.…
Cellulitis and Other Skin Infections
This session covers the cause, clinical features, treatment and management of impetigo, cellulitis, erysipelas and necrotising fasciitis…
The Constraints of Hip X-Ray
A 82-year-old woman presents with a likely dislocation of her hip prosthesis.…
Major trauma – Burns
E-learning module in burns assessment and management in the Emergency Department…
Rugby Trouble
A 15-year-old boy presents to the ED complaining of pain over the right sternoclavicular joint and reduced movement due to pain in the right arm.…
Vertigo: will it make your head spin?
A 49-year-old man is brought to the ED by ambulance after waking this morning with severe vertigo.…
Causes and Management of Myocarditis
Myocarditis is an uncommon disease but it has a significant morbidity and mortality…
An Eye-Opening Hangover
A 26-year-old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of unilateral headache and vomiting.…
Shoulder Injury
A 26-year-old right hand dominant man is brought in to the ED.…
Secondary Headache
This module will focus on secondary causes of acute severe headaches that are likely to present to an emergency department.…
Parasyncope?
A 47-year-old nurse with a 2 week history of headaches and lethargy presented with a pre-syncopal episode at work. She was pale and sweaty before the collapse and had slow speech during the episode.…
Bell’s Palsy in Children
Bell’s palsy is a relatively uncommon condition presenting to primary care. Despite a benign course for most children with Bell’s palsy, there are a number of serious causes of facial para…
Ultrasound: Indications for Ultrasound
Emergency medicine ultrasound has been steadily developing over the last two decades, and courses have run in the UK since the late 1990s. Since ultrasound is rapid and involves no radiation, it is an…
Help, I can’t feed myself!
A 46-year-old female patient presents as she keeps falling over and is no longer able to feed herself…
Bubbles on the Brain
A 34-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of left ear pain, without discharge or tinnitus.…