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Ureteric Colic in a Young Man

A 32-year-old man presents to the ED and gives a history of left sided loin to groin pain over the last 48 hours getting worse in the last few hours, associated with vomiting.
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What’s Wrong with the Probe?

A 52-year-old male presents with a 2-day history of lethargy, vomiting and feeling generally unwell.
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Take my breath away

A 27-year-old male has self-presented to your ED with acute onset of shortness of breath and severe pain to the right side of his chest.
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Pain on swallowing

A 65-year-old gentleman attends with a 4 week history of increasing pain on swallowing - although he is still managing to eat and drink.
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The Eyes Have It

A 82-year-old man attends the ED after a fall at home.
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Bloody Red Flags

A 60-year-old female patient presents to ED with vaginal bleeding. She is worried that it could be cancer.
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Knee-ding Assistance

A patient was pulled over from standing. He now has a painful swollen knee and is unable to weight-bear – what have they done and how can we help?
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Tis the season ….

Regular attender is brought to ED with low GCS with suspicion of intoxication in cold winter season.
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A Cardiac Conundrum

A 47-year-old female attends the ED due to chest pain that occurs on exertion and settles with rest.
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I think I need a pill

A 21-year-old female is presenting to the ED following an unprotected sexual intercourse 5 days ago. She is asking for a morning after pill.
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Can’t stand – bilateral leg weakness

A 25-year-old male presents with a five day history of bilateral muscular leg pain.
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Just another ‘renal colic’

A 36-year-old gentleman presents with intermittent flank pain and has microscopic haematuria. His BP is 220/110 and he is now pain free. What would you do next?
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A baby with a barky cough

An 8-months-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department with a 1-day history of worsening seal-like barky cough and inspiratory stridor when crying, preceded by coryza.
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Stroke or seizure?

A gentleman presents with loss of power and sensation to his left side, slow speech and facial droop; CT brain is normal.
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My baby’s eye is all red!

A new mum comes into your ED with her child, worried about his red eye.
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Abdominal Pain After Vomiting

A 75-year-old man presented to the ED of a District General hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain that followed an episode of vomiting earlier in the day. He also reported one episode of loose stool that morning.
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Just a bleeding hernia

A 72-year-old gentleman presents to the ED with a 3 week history of intermittent abdominal pain; it is now constant in nature and 8/10 in severity.
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Don’t stick your neck out

Don’t trip yourself up in patients with trauma and neurological symptoms.
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Scaphoid fracture

A 45-year-old male patient presents to the Emergency Department having fallen on his outstretched hand.
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A breathless boy with bruising

A teenage boy is referred to you by his GP with nose bleeds, bruising and low energy levels
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A Twist in the Play

A 12-year-old boy attends the ED with left knee pain and swelling while playing at school.
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A Pain in the…. Arm?

A 50-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with non-traumatic neuropathic sounding upper limb pain.
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My tummy hurts!

A young boy with abdominal pain and distension is brought in by his father. The triage nurse mentions that he is hypertensive, with microscopic haematuria on his urine dipstick.
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A Bloody Pain in the Neck

An anxious 45-year-old male presents to your Emergency Department with acute neck swelling.

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