A 49-year-old man is brought to the ED by ambulance after waking this morning with severe vertigo.…

A 49-year-old man is brought to the ED by ambulance after waking this morning with severe vertigo.…
The basic lesion in cervical artery dissection is an intramural haematoma in the vessel wall.…
This session reviews the clinical presentation and investigation of cervical artery dissection. The clinician needs a high level of suspicion to make this diagnosis accurately…
It’s a phrase you’ll come to know well. Especially, you’ll find, if you’re sitting at a certain desk or in a certain area…
A 77-year-old man presents with sudden onset nausea, vomiting & difficulty walking.…
A 50-year-old man was brought to the ED with ongoing dizziness, visual hallucinations and floaters in his eyes.…
Young male with rash dizziness and facial weakness…
This month we have Guideline CVA part 2 | Paper 1 – New in EM cervical artery dissection | Belfast CPD 2019 Acute Ophthalmology | New in EM: NACSTOP trial – early cessation of NAC in parac…
A woman in her 50s presented with sudden onset nausea and vertigo.…
November 2018…
Vertigo is a false perception, experienced by the patient, of rotation or movement of the external world…
Vertigo is a common problem which affects 5% of adults in any one year. Consequently, it is a frequent presenting problem to the ED…
Managing Parkinson’s in the ED, Flaoting in the Face of Danger, MaxFax injuries in the E, and Paediatric Heart Murmurs & what to do with them…
Your patient is a 70 year old lady with a history of type 2 diabetes and Parkinson’s disease, for which she is on a number of medications…