An SAQ designed to consolidate your knowledge on the features and management of Kawasaki disease.…
My Racing Heart
This SAQ explores the knowledge and practical applications of managing life-threatening tachyarrhythmias.…
But I’m too young to have a heart attack, Doctor!
A 25-year-old male with no significant past medical history attends A&E with chest pain…
My Baby is Throwing Up and It’s Getting Me Down
A mother presented to the ED with her 4-week old baby that had been drowsy and was not feeding as usual.…
All day (morning) sickness
Nausea and vomiting affects approximately 80% of women during early pregnancy…
More tests for shortness of breath
A 36-year-old male presents in respiratory distress.…
The Resus Lottery
This question is aimed at ST3 and above. It is best taken after completing the Human Factors knowledge based session.…
PHEM Trauma
Your receive a pre-alert call from the air ambulance team who are bringing a 32-year-old male who has sustained a single stab wound to the epigastrium whilst outside a pub…
Don’t take your eye off the ball
A 10-year-old boy presents to the ED with sudden onset severe abdominal pain and on examination had very tender and significantly swollen left testicle. You suspect testicular torsion…
An Overcrowded Department and the Bus has just arrived
You are in charge of a congested department. Multiple ambulances have just arrived and you need to triage them to your clinical areas…
Fishing for Vandals
This morning I had a phone call from the police. He said that last night a man was filmed on CCTV smashing the windows of two police cars parked outside the local police station…
Hereditary Angioedema. To Swell and Back
A 24-year-old woman presents to the Emergency Department with increasing lip swelling over the past hour.…
I Can’t Change My Mind!
This question is aimed at CT1 and above. This question focuses on decision making.…
Don’t lose your head
A 19-year-old man presents to emergency department with paranoid delusions.…
Seriously, Not Another Protocol? (EBM)
You receive a standby call for red-flag sepsis Initial pattern recognition triggers the pathway. Shortly after arriving you experience pattern interrupt and ponder new evidence in the treatment of th…
Weakness not due to stroke
An 84-year-old woman presents to emergency department with new confusion and weakness.…
‘Coronitis Pigmentosa’ – A blind diagnosis?
You receive a sepsis pre-alert for a 39 year old female who is brought in by ambulance vomiting. She has muscle aches and a fever for 5 days. She is triaged to Covid resus. Her blood gas isnt pretty. …
Wheezing child
A 6-year-old boy is brought in by his mum after becoming wheezy and short of breath.…
Feeling unwell in pregnancy, what a headache!
A 29-year-old primiparous woman attends the ED at 35/40 weeks gestation.…
Parasyncope?
A 47-year-old nurse with a 2 week history of headaches and lethargy presented with a pre-syncopal episode at work. She was pale and sweaty before the collapse and had slow speech during the episode.…