The SBA questions on RCEMLearning are designed to support revision and self-directed learning in Emergency Medicine.

While they reflect the style and format of RCEM examinations, performance on these questions should not be interpreted as an indication of success or failure in any official RCEM examination.

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Fascia Iliaca block

We perform fascia iliaca blocks with ease but do you really remember the anatomy?
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Penthrox – the green whistle

Your patient has a dislocated shoulder. Is Penthrox a suitable analgesic option?
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Paediatric Distraction Techniques

Children can be distracting, but how can we also distract them?
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An Ophthalmic Emergency

A 14-year-old male has a painful eye following a recent insect bite to his eyelid. He has developed double vision.
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Patients at risk of absconding

How will you manage the absconding patient?
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Resuscitation Decisions (DNACPR)

DNA CPR confuses many but is a very important area to get right.
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A Sick Baby

A 6-week-old infant presents with recurrent vomiting. How will you manage him?
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Unscheduled Cardio Workout

A 30-year-old male wakes up with rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath. Explore the urgent management and underlying cause of this unexpected tachycardia case.
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Uncommon Cause of Hypoglycaemia

A 4-year-old presents with hypoglycaemia and all you can think of is a slushy?
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Painless Loss of Vision

A 74-year-old male presents to the ED with a recent history of painless flashes and floaters in his right eye.
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Surgical Third Nerve Palsy

A 45-year-old woman presents to the ED with a history of headache persisting for the past 4-5 days, accompanied by an inability to open her left eye for the past day.
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Managing Domestic Abuse in the ED

12% of ED attendances are related to domestic abuse. How will you identify & manage these cases?
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Acute Behavioural Disturbance (ABD)

SBA session on the RCEM recommendations about the management of an aggressive patient with acute behavioural disturbance (ABD). How to keep your patient, your colleagues, and yourself safe!
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Communicating with Children

Communicating with little people?
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Emergency Hypnosis

Explore your understanding further of how hypnosis can help in Emergency Medicine
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Domestic Violence

12% of ED attendances are related to domestic abuse. ED physicians are in a unique position to identify these cases.
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Paediatric Procedures

A miscellany of paediatric procedures
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The Shocked Neonate

Unwell neonate with an umbilical hernia
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A Child with a non-blanching Rash

A 7-year-old girl is bought to ED with painful ankles and a purple rash on her legs.
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Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia

A 36-year-old female presents with acute thoracic back pain and develops weakness in her right leg, eventually diagnosed as spinal cord ischemia.
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Summer Sun and Heat Illness

Here comes the Summer Sunand Heat Stroke.
  • ECG, SBA

An Electrolyte Emergency

An adult presents with a variety of symptoms. Can you identify and treat the electrolyte disturbance?
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Vomiting and Pregnancy

A 30-year-old woman presents to the ED with nausea and vomiting for the last 3 days. Her urinary pregnancy test is positive.
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A Sleeping Pill Toxidrome

A 43-year-old man pre-alerts to the Emergency Department with alleged intentional overdose of Nytol (Diphenhydramine) tablets.