Young, short of breath and hypoxicwhat could be the underlying cause?…
Down the Troponin Rabbit Hole
An 81-year-old presents following a collapse. His blood tests from triage included a troponin level. Its significantly elevated. What next?…
July 2019 Podcast
This month we have Aromatherapy for Nauseated ED Patients | Rob Rogers at EMEC – Medutopia, Legacies and Inspiration | Hugo Dowd – Syncope at Belfast CPD | Iain Beardsell – Diagnosti…
Did I strain too much?
A 30-year-old previously healthy male presents to your Emergency Department with syncope while on a treadmill…
Non-traumatic Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
This session describes the management of presentations of non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage in the emergency department.…
Induction – Bleeding in Early Pregnancy
The nurse at triage comes to speak to you: “Theres a pregnant 28year old with vaginal bleeding in the waiting room. Shes been here nearly four hours can you go and sort her out quickly please?&…
Induction – TLoC
This is a very common but also very varied ED presentation. A triage of collapse ?cause can mean anything from a young patient having fainted in phlebotomy to an elderly patient being found on the flo…
Induction – Doctor can you cast your eyes over this ECG for me?
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…
Syncope
This session is about assessment and management of patients presenting with transient loss of consciousness to the emergency department…
August 2017
The new podcast for August 2017…
July 2017
The new podcast for July 2017…
Worryingly Slow Pulse
A 78 year old woman presents with palpitations, some light-headedness and general malaise to the ED…
Syncope
Neurological causes of syncope include basilar artery migraine, vestibular dysfunction and vertebrobasilar ischaemia.…
Is the K OK?
A 60 year old man presented to the emergency department with a 1 week history of increasing lethargy, intermittent tingling in both arms and palpitations…