Back pain is common: it is estimated that 60-80% of the population have back pain at some time during their life.…
Acute Lower Back Pain
Low back pain is a very common problem and it is estimated that 80% of the population suffer from it at some stage of their life. It is also a common presentation to emergency departments…
Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine – Level 1 Instruction
This document covers FAST, Assessment of the Abdominal Aorta and IVC, Vascular Access and Echocardiography in Life Support.…
EMJ Podcast January 2021
Emergency department interventions for adult patients with low back pain: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials…
Drunk and Fell (… off a roof)
An 18-year-old male self-presents to the Emergency Department 36 hours after falling from a rooftop while intoxicated.…
Back Pain – Induction
Back pain is really common in the emergency department and it is vital that we manage it properly.…
Shock, Sepsis & Lactate
An elderly man presents to resus having deteriorated following a course of antibiotics for pneumonia, 4 weeks after insertion of a pacemaker. He is tachycardic and pyrexial. Simple sepsis?…
Seeing red (flags)
A 56-year-old plumber presents to the ED with a 24-hour history of worsening lower back pain after lifting some heavy bags of cement…
Back pain in a young person
A 25-year-old man has attended the Emergency Department four times in the last fortnight with low back pain…
Paracetamol: family friend or secret killer?
A pregnant female accidentally takes an excess of paracetamol. This SAQ explores the important considerations taken when managing acute paracetamol poisoning during pregnancy.…
In out and hold
The changing landscape of ultrasound – how do your images change, and how is it relevant?…
November 2018
November 2018…
An Overcrowded Department and the Bus has just arrived
You are in charge of a congested department. Multiple ambulances have just arrived and you need to triage them to your clinical areas…
Back Pain Advice – Do you know what to say?
Acute back pain is something that we see fairly often in the emergency department…
BTS/SIGN Asthma Guideline 2016 Part 1
This guideline was published in 2016 and was an update on the previous iteration that has been updated yearly by SIGN…
Emergency Casebook 3: Cauda Costs
This is the third in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department…