A 72-year-old female presents to the ED with a four week history of worsening neck pain, lethargy, reduced sensation and difficulty with fine motor movements in her upper limbs.…
Managing a serious incident
It is Monday morning 09.00hrs and you are checking your email inbox. You have received the following email from the StR who has just finished weekend nights.…
Protected: Journal Club: Sepsis Resuscitation: 5% HAS (human albumin solution) vs balanced crystalloid
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Simply Red: Rash Decisions in Resus
A 67-year-old man with a history of psoriasis presents in hypovolaemic shock with a 3 day history of malaise, oliguria and widespread erythema.…
Shoulder and Brachial Plexus Injury
This module covers the anatomy, common pathology and the clinical and radiological assessment of the shoulder and brachial plexus.…
Silver Shock
An elderly lady is brought to your ED by ambulance after falling at home. She is hypotensive, tachypnoeic and agitated. She has a wound on her right shin with no active bleeding.…
Another Chest Pain
You think this is a regular day at the office and a very straight forward case, but is it?…
Abdominal injury and haematuria after falling off a BMX
An 18-year-old male is brought into the ED by ambulance. He was performing a BMX stunt off a ramp approximately 6 feet in the air when he lost his balance and fell to the floor landing on his right ha…
Marked by the Mix
Young man with chronic cocaine use presents with painful hand swelling, worsening leg ulcers and a purpuric rash. Investigation shows raised inflammatory markers but no clear source of infection.…
The Apoplectic Abdomen
A 22-year-old man presents to the ED following a collapse with abdominal pain and no history of trauma.…
Notifiable Diseases
This module is a summary on notifiable diseases aiming to put the notification process in context of the wider public health implications.…
The Painful Ear
A lady presents with ear pain not improving with antibiotics from her GP, is there something else going on ear?…
Button Battery Ingestion in Children
A 2-year-old presents with a 10-day history of food refusal and vomiting, now with blood-stained vomitus. Chest X-ray reveals a button battery lodged in the distal oesophagus.…
Coughing with Chest Pain
A 25-year-old male with no significant past medical history attends ED with chest pain.…
POCUS Safety in EM
A deep dive into POCUS safety principles.…
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.…
Feeling unwell during pregnancy
A 29-year-old primiparous woman attends the ED at 35/40 weeks gestation.…
A Bloody Body Blow!
A male in his twenties presents to the ED complaining of haemoptysis following blunt thoracic trauma in sport. After an abnormal Chest X-Ray, his CT Chest reveals an interesting finding which surprise…
The stroke that could have been prevented
A 72-year-old with atrial fibrillation presents with left-sided numbness. Initial Examination and Laboratory investigations are unremarkable.…
I can see Monkeys everywhere
A 16-year-old is brought in by ambulance to your resuscitation room with a reduced level of consciousness and then starts to see monkeys everywhere. Whats going on?…