A 25 year old man with no significant past medical history presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with his wife complaining of a one day history of vomiting and diarrhoea…
Palliative Care in the ED – Induction
A patient attends majors, with sepsis. You overhear someone saying theyre palliative care, so we dont need to do anything…
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.…
Eye am under pressure
A 60-year-old woman presents with eye pain and visual disturbance. She vomits just as you call her in for assessment.…
Scoring Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
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…
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…
You Spin My Head Right Round
A woman in her 50s presented with sudden onset nausea and vertigo.…
The Vomiting patient: a useful and critical CXR finding
A 24-year-old gentleman attends A&E due to vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation and a swollen neck…
You think I am faking my headache?
A 27 year old female has presented with recurrent headaches, worse in the morning…
All day (morning) sickness
Nausea and vomiting affects approximately 80% of women during early pregnancy…
A Supratherapeutic Surprise
This case describes a therapeutic excess of paracetamol and explores the further management of complications in an unintentional paracetamol overdose.…
Under Pressure
A normally well man in his 50s presented with severe chest pain following vomiting…
Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
This session is about the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department…
A Classic Case!
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…