Hypoxia is common in patients presenting to the ED and can be life-threatening. The differentials are wide and include cardiac, respiratory and haematological causes…
Methaemoglobinaemia – True Blue
Methaemoglobinaemia is a life-threatening cause of hypoxia and death but is reversible with early recognition and treatment.…
What’s Wrong with the Probe?
A 52-year-old male presents with a 2-day history of lethargy, vomiting and feeling generally unwell.…
Ease off the baking!
A 62-year-old patient went too far with a seemingly benign ingredient in her kitchen.…
Dying for a drink
A 63-year-old female presents with anxiety and collapse…
Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
This session is about the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department.…
Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
This session is about the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department…
She Won’t Freeze Now
A 50-year-old female presents to the emergency department after drinking antifreeze.…
Teaching the Basics: Blood Gases
Teaching is a huge part of emergency medicine. Whether you’re preparing for the FRCEM OSCE or some shopfloor supervision of medical students, you need to be able to explain things to others that…
If you go down to the woods today…
A 36-year-old female, with a previous history of asthma, was brought to the emergency department at 1840hrs on a Saturday afternoon…
A Rapid Decline in Respiratory Function
A 62-year-old lady presents with a 10-hour history of increasing shortness of breath and sharp, right-sided chest pain.…
Fever in Fiji
A 26-year-old Indian male presented to ED after being unwell for 5 days. He had generalized body weakness, fever and headache…
DKA – Induction
When I 15 years old I was admitted to hospital with DKA and diagnosed with diabetes…
Papa Smurf has a Seizure
A 40-year-old man had a seizure which was witnessed by his wife; she reported that he was unresponsive and all limbs were shaking…
Unwell Child
A 12-month-old diabetic girl presents generally unwell and vomiting…
A Tired Heart
A 73-year-old gentleman with a background of heart failure, atrial fibrillation and severe aortic stenosis presents to your Emergency Department with shortness of breath…
Blue Sunday
A 23-year-old woman is rushed into Resus following a collapse in a local night club.…
Nifty NIPPV
A 72-year-old gentleman who has not seen a doctor in decades presents with dyspnoea and acidosis with increased work of breathing.…
Gin and Ketonic
A 45-year-old man attends the department with a 48 hour history of nausea and vomiting. He also has a diffuse upper abdominal pain…
He looks a bit blue doctor
A 45 year old man is brought to ED after his neighbours call an ambulance, concerned that he looks ‘unwell’. The paramedic crew bring him to resus since he appears cyanotic with sats of 82…