A 30-year-old, 50kg, factory worker presents to your emergency department following a chemical burn injury. While operating a machine at the Royal Mint an accident sprayed chemical over his face, neck…
Psychiatric Emergencies for the Adult Patient
Patients with mental health problems often present to the Emergency Department (ED). They will commonly be assessed and then treated, initially, by junior doctors.…
The Waves of COVID-19
Exploring the role of lung ultrasound in patients with COVID-19 in the Emergency Department.…
Combatting COVID – What imaging should I use?
A young fit and well patient presents with fever, cough and dyspnea. You suspect COVID19 infection and wonder how point-of-care lung ultrasound might help with the diagnosis…
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.…
Story of a puffy face
Cerebral and respiratory complications from mass effect of thoracic/ neck malignancies can be a very challenging situation to manage. Would you know what to do if this presented to your ED?…
Bitesize
An 18-year old man makes a mistake with a beer bottle.…
Ocular Foreign Body
A 55-year-old Farmer presented to the Emergency Department with sudden onset decreased vision, pain and bleeding from his right eye.…
Ouch my jaw
Its a busy Friday night in the emergency department and another facial injury presents following an alleged assault to the left jaw.…
Picking your brain (or blood) cells …
A young male has concerning symptoms with a background history of G6PD deficiency…
Popping Out
It’s a busy Friday night in the emergency department and another facial injury presents following an alleged assault to the right eye.…
Seeing red (flags)
A 56-year-old plumber presents to the ED with a 24-hour history of worsening lower back pain after lifting some heavy bags of cement.…
Blind as a Bat
When a simple trip makes you as blind as a bat.…
A Personal Problem – The Case of the Swollen Scrotum
A 45-year-old man attends the ED with a presenting complaint of a “personal problem”.…
Alcoholic Liver Disease
This session will deal with the assessment and management of alcoholic liver disease.…
Don’t slip up
A 12-year-old boy presents with left knee pain.…
A Neu(ro) Low
4am and a trauma call for an intoxicated 45-year-old man who has tripped and fallen into a lamppost, hitting his head.…
A Spotty Boy
A new rash in a 5-year-old boy.…
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…
A Parrot Byte
A 10-year-old male, fit and healthy child was brought in to A&E by a parent after sustaining a parrot bite injury to left index finger…