A 49-year-old man is brought to the ED by ambulance after waking this morning with severe vertigo.…
Cervical Artery Dissection
The basic lesion in cervical artery dissection is an intramural haematoma in the vessel wall.…
Cervical Artery Dissection
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…
Doctor can you cast your eyes over this ECG for me? – Induction Course
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…
Spinning Around
A 77-year-old man presents with sudden onset nausea, vomiting & difficulty walking.…
I’m a little dizzy!!
A 50-year-old man was brought to the ED with ongoing dizziness, visual hallucinations and floaters in his eyes.…
Is it a stroke?
Young male with rash dizziness and facial weakness…
September 2019
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…
You Spin My Head Right Round
A woman in her 50s presented with sudden onset nausea and vertigo.…
November 2018
November 2018…
Vertigo in the ED
Vertigo is a false perception, experienced by the patient, of rotation or movement of the external world…
Vertigo
Vertigo is a common problem which affects 5% of adults in any one year. Consequently, it is a frequent presenting problem to the ED…
RCEM Blogs Book 1
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…
Managing Parkinson’s in the ED
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…