You are called by a resident doctor to help manage a 22-year-old male brought into the ED resuscitation area, presenting with wheeze, cough and shortness of breath.…
The Swirl sign, you must act now!
Mr X is a middle aged gentleman who was assaulted with a house brick whilst riding a push bike.…
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?…