An 18-year-old female is brought into the ED following a head-on collision with another car with a combined speed of approximately 100mph…
Knee Aspiration – What the patient needs to know
You see a gentleman with a swollen knee. You decide he needs a Knee Aspiration…
Hip Examination: Apophyseal Avulsion
A 14-year-old footballer is brought in by paramedics. Whilst shooting at goal, he felt an intense pop in his left hip, followed by a sudden shooting pain…
Relieving pain in a fractured femur
A 27 year-old male cyclist presents with an isolated fractured left femur, having been hit by a car. The paramedics have given 10 mg IV morphine, entonox and splinted his leg…
Hips Don’t Lie
A 64-year-old healthy woman was arranging boxes at home when she slipped and landed on her back.…
FRCEM Primary Paper 3
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer…
Knee-ding Assistance
A patient was pulled over from standing. He now has a painful swollen knee and is unable to weight-bear what have they done and how can we help?…
EMTA 2018 prize winners
Research in Emergency Medicine ranges in scale and complexity and covers a wide spectrum of subjects, all of which contribute to our overall knowledge base…
December 2018
December 2018 Podcast…
Fractured Neck of Femur
Fracture of the neck of the femur is a common injury and the incidence is increasing although it is not always easy to diagnose. The majority of fractures are caused by falls in the elderly and the fr…
Soft Tissue and Bony Injuries in Children
Paediatric injuries can be very different from those sustained in adults in many respects. This session discusses why this is the case and outlines the general principles of treating paediatric injuri…
Foot Pain
Foot and ankle problems commonly present in primary care and may also present to orthopaedic surgeons, podiatrists, rheumatologists and sports medicine clinics.…
Foot Injuries
Foot injuries are common and because they affect mobility, they can have significant effects on a patient’s life and so are important.…
Foot Injuries and Foot Pain – Part 1
Foot injuries and pain, both as a result of trauma and pain of non-traumatic origin, is common. Because it affects mobility, it can have significant effects on a patient’s life and so is importa…
May 2017
Welcome back to the RCEM Learning podcast for May 2017…
Fractured Neck of Femur
The risk factors for a fractured NOF can simplistically be divided into risk factors for falls and risk factors for osteoporosis.…
Inversion injury with a twist
An 11 year old previously well boy presented 2 days after sustaining a twisting inversion injury to his right ankle while running down hill on grassy ground…
The Knee Bone’s Connected to…
This man presented to his GP after an alleged assault. His knee was examined by the GP and he was sent for an X-Ray of his knee and a telemedicine link with the ED arranged. His X-Rays are shown…
Triple Trouble
A 40 year old man is brought to the ED after being hit on his right hand side by a car travelling at approximately 20 mph…
The dangers of low slung jeans!
A 13 year old boy was brought into the ED by ambulance after falling off his BMX bike…