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  • SAQ

The Collapsing Child

A 10-year-old boy is brought into hospital after a fainting episode at school.
  • Clinical Case

Considerations: Cardiac versus Electrolyte Imbalances

A 74-year-old female with a known history of left bundle branch block presents to the ED with complaints of general malaise, nausea, vomiting, and weakness.
  • Clinical Case

A Stuffy Situation

An 83-year-old gentleman is brought to the ED by ambulance with acute dyspnoea at rest.
  • Clinical Case

Doctor! Why Can’t I Walk?

A 65-year-old male presents to the emergency department by ambulance with an episode of collapse.
  • Clinical Case

When the colour drains from your face!

An 87-year-old female presents with episodes of transient loss of consciousness, pallor and seizure-like activity.
  • Clinical Case

The Curious Incident of the Wolff in the Night-time

A man, woken up in the night by his dog barking, realises that his previously well 23-year-old girlfriend isn’t breathing.
  • Clinical Case

Did I strain too much?

A 30-year-old previously healthy male presents to your Emergency Department with syncope while on a treadmill.
  • Podcast

October 2024

This month we have Peripheral Hypertonic Saline | RCEM Learning Disability Toolkit | EM at the Deep End | New in EM: Double Sequential Defibrillation for Refractory VF (Dose-VF Trial) | New Online
  • SBA

An Electrolyte Emergency

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

Paediatric heart murmurs & what to make of them

Children are often found to have a heart murmur when seen in the Emergency Department, but when does a heart murmur actually mean something?
  • SAQ

Down the Troponin Rabbit Hole

An 81-year-old presents following a collapse. His blood tests from triage included a troponin level. It’s significantly elevated. What next?
  • Reference

Atrial Fibrillation

This session covers fibrillation, the most common form of cardiac dysrhythmia.

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