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…
A Diagnostic Challenge
A keen fisherman attends following a flu-like illness. He has a small head wound and is now jaundiced. One sign brings it all together, can you spot it?…
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…
Neonatal Jaundice
Not one, but two teeny tiny yellow wailing babies present to your Paediatric ED! Their worried parents ask you: “why have the twins turned yellow?”…
Major Pelvic Trauma
What will you do when called to attend a trauma call for a motorcyclist with a suspected pelvis problem?…
De Quervain tenosynovitis
Why can’t I write anymore?…
Optic neuritis
A previously healthy 28-year-old male accountant presents to the ED with pain in his left eye.…
Doctor, my son can’t move his arm
A preschool aged child is refusing to use an arm. There is no obvious trauma and he is otherwise well.…
Back Pain in Children
4 year old child unable to weight bear, and inconsolable crying…
Paediatric Major Burns
This SAQ explores major burns in a paediatric patient, recognising the signs of inhalation injury and interventions instigated during the primary survey…