A normally well man in his 50s presented with severe chest pain following vomiting…
Primary Headache
Acute, severe headache is a common symptom of patients presenting to the emergency department. In 90% of cases, the cause will be one of the primary headache syndromes.…
An odd looking eye
Middle aged man with left sided headache and horners syndrome.…
Phaeochromocytoma
Phaeochromocytoma…
Phaeochromocytoma
The spontaneous presentation of phaeochromocytoma is normally between the age of 40 and 50 years, however the hereditary forms often present in younger individuals, including children.…
Non-traumatic Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
This session describes the management of presentations of non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage in the emergency department.…
August 2018
August 2018 Podcast…
Induction – Headache
This is a hugely common presentation in the ED and often one many doctors try to avoid…
Raised intracranial pressure?
A 40 year old man is brought to the ED by his partner. He has had a gradually worsening headache for 10 days and intermittent vomiting for 3 days…
November 2017
The RCEMLearning podcast for November 2017…
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…
October 2017
The new podcast for October 2017…
Intracranial Infections
Intracranial infections (also called central nervous system infections or CNS infections) are relatively rare, but form a very important differential diagnosis in the unwell patient…
Bubbles on the Brain
A 34-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of left ear pain, without discharge or tinnitus…
Secondary Headache
This session will focus on secondary causes of acute severe headaches that are likely to present to an emergency department.…
Under Pressure
A 59 year old man presented to Emergency department at 11pm with acute onset severe (9/10) generalised headache and vomiting which started at the dinner table…
Do unequal pupils always indicate significant pathology?
A 31 year old female presented to the emergency department complaining of a dilated left pupil that had been noticed by a colleague at work…
Doc, my head hurts
A 42-year-old man presents to the Emergency Department at 4am with a severe headache. He is pacing up and down and says that he has been woken up by a similar headache every night for the last 4 night…