You receive a standby call for red-flag sepsis – Initial pattern recognition triggers the pathway. Shortly after arriving you experience ‘pattern interrupt’ and ponder new evidence in the treatment of…

You receive a standby call for red-flag sepsis – Initial pattern recognition triggers the pathway. Shortly after arriving you experience ‘pattern interrupt’ and ponder new evidence in the treatment of…
You are handed the ECG of a lady with known alcohol excess who has presented with at least 48 hours of vomiting. The ECG reveals one of her blood tests may be critical – but which one?…
You receive a sepsis pre-alert for a 39 year old female who is brought in by ambulance vomiting. She has muscle aches and a fever for 5 days. She is triaged to Covid resus. Her blood gas isn’t pretty.…
A 30-day-old ex-36/40 twin, male infant attends the ED with his mother due to concern regarding vomiting of 4 days duration…
It is a busy winter evening in the Emergency Department. The next patient to be seen is a 37-year-old female presenting with a headache, nausea and general malaise.…
A 25-year-old man with no significant past medical history presents to the Emergency Department with his wife complaining of a one day history of vomiting and diarrhoea.…
A patient attends majors, with sepsis. You overhear someone saying “they’re palliative care, so we don’t need to do anything…
An 80-year-old woman presented to the ED at 2am with acute chest pain and shortness of breath.…
A pregnant female accidentally takes an excess of paracetamol. This SAQ explores the important considerations taken when managing acute paracetamol poisoning during pregnancy.…
A 60-year-old woman presents with eye pain and visual disturbance. She vomits just as you call her in for assessment.…
A 41 year old gentleman presented to the Emergency Department with a three day history of vomiting blood and the passage of bright red blood rectally…
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…
A woman in her 50s presented with sudden onset nausea and vertigo.…
A 24-year-old gentleman attends A&E due to vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation and a swollen neck…
A 27-year-old female has presented with recurrent headaches, worse in the morning…
Nausea and vomiting affects approximately 80% of women during early pregnancy…
A normally well man in his 50’s presented with severe chest pain following vomiting…
This session is about the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department…
A 56-year-old man presented to the Emergency Department 48 hours following an alcohol binge with chest pain and dyspnoea.…