A 32-year-old decorator attends the Emergency Department having accidentally put his left hand through a pane of glass at work.…
Paediatric Procedures
A miscellany of paediatric procedures…
Wound Management
Explore the NICE guidance on wound management of dog bites (NICE CKS and NICE Guidance)…
Can you put your finger on it?
An elderly lady presents with a fall and subsequent left upper limb pain.…
Help, my eye is swollen!
A child attends the emergency department with a swollen eye.…
The Shocked Neonate – SAQ
A 22-year-old lady delivers a 36-week-old baby unexpectedly at home. The baby was initially pink with an Apgar of 9, and a birth weight of 7lbs.…
Dying for a drink
A 63-year-old female presents with anxiety and collapse.…
The Twitching Tot
The paramedics arrive with a 3-year-old boy who has had two seizures today. He has known developmental delay but has no history of seizures previously…
A paediatric itchy and blotchy rash – is all what it seems?
A usual occurrence of a 5-year-old girl who developed develops a rash following chicken pox.…
A Tricky Trache
A 60-year-old man with a tracheostomy is brought into the emergency department with acute shortness of breath.…
The Shocked Neonate
Unwell neonate with an umbilical hernia…
Testicular Pain
An introduction to the assessment and management of acute testicular pain with reference to the anatomy. The module focuses on the importance of recognising and promptly managing testicular torsion.…
Painful Facial Rash
A 65-year-old presents with a painful rash extending to the tip of the nose.…
The Collapsing Child
A 10-year-old boy is brought into hospital after a fainting episode at school.…
An Unusual Ankle Fracture
A 14-year-old girl attends the emergency department following a fall whilst ice skating.…
Emergency Surgical Airway
56-year-old presents with a bleeding base of tongue tumour. You cannot intubate and you cannot ventilate. How do you proceed?…
Although rare, be aware!
A male patient presents with muscle spasms and rigidity.…
Soft Tissue and Skin Injury Descriptions in the ED
This module aims to provide the learner with an overview of common types of skin and soft tissue injuries, how best to accurately describe these, and considers the mechanism most likely to be responsi…
The case of ‘Dog isn’t Man’s best friend’
A 58-year-old right handed man bitten by a dog 7 weeks prior, presents to your ED for a 3rd time with the sensation of a foreign body in his finger…
RCEMLearning Podcast – December 2024
Thank you for tuning into the latest RCEMLearning podcast. We have prepared three multiple-choice questions based on this episode and its accompanying show notes. Successfully answering these question…