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Down the Troponin Rabbit Hole

An 81-year-old presents following a collapse. His blood tests from triage included a troponin level. Its significantly elevated. What next?

Working from home

It is a busy winter evening in the ED. The next patient to be seen is a 37-year-old female presenting with a headache, nausea and general malaise.

Pinch me, thumbs up and give me four

An 8-year-old girl is brought to the ED by her mother after having fallen from a climbing frame.

Just add a pinch of salt

A patient starts seizing in your ED, standard management is commenced but the cause and management may not be so straightforward.

Canal No.5

A 17-year-old man attends your ED having taken an unconventional shortcut on his way home. Check out this SAQ on Drowning.

Ectopic pregnancy

RIF pain and PV bleeding - history and treatment.

A Teste-ing ED Shift

You are about to see two patients both of whom have testicular pain

Consent

Principles of consent in view of recent case law

Lightning Strike Injury

Learning about lightning injuries

Orbital Cellulitis

There's more than meets the eye in this case of orbital cellulitis.

The Limping Child (Perthes disease)

Investigating a child presenting with a limping gait to your Paediatric Emergency Department.

Lightning Learning – Struck by Lightning

During Summer storms, lightning strikes can cause fatalities but what happens to the survivors?

Supratherapeutic Paracetamol Overdose

This case describes a therapeutic excess of paracetamol and explores the further management of complications in an unintentional paracetamol overdose.

Echo in Cardiac Arrest

You are assigned to perform an echo in life support on a 45-year-old patient with a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Paracetamol Toxicity during Pregnancy

A pregnant female accidentally takes an excess of paracetamol. This SAQ explores the important considerations taken when managing acute paracetamol poisoning during pregnancy.

Penile Fracture

A 50-year-old man with a penile injury - this is one you mustn't miss!

Paediatric Procedural Sedation using Ketamine

A 4-year-old girl fell whilst playing in the playground on a metal slide and sustained a 3cm open wound to her left cheek and upper lip.

Too Much of a Good-dipine

How will you manage haemodynamic instability in a patient following a calcium channel blocker drug overdose?

Everyday Im Suctioning, Tracheostomy Emergency

Pre-alert; Adult male with long term front of neck access is en route in acute respiratory distress, what are your next steps?

Elderly chest pain isn’t always ACS!!!

An elderly man presents with central chest pain and exertional dyspnea.

Relieving Pain in a Fractured Femur

A 27-year-old male cyclist presents with an isolated fractured left femur, having been hit by a car.

Ultrasound in Shocked Patients

Ultrasound in shocked patients. This competency is specifically for Higher Specialty Trainees. It is also useful for interested Core Trainees.

I’m a little dizzy!!

A 50-year-old man was brought to the ED with ongoing dizziness, visual hallucinations and floaters in his eyes.

Head Injury

Another faller presents to your ED Confused and smelling of alcohol. What will you do? How can you avoid missing the common pitfalls?