A 72-year-old gentleman who has not seen a doctor in decades presents with worsening dyspnoea and a cough…
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…
A Blood Gas Brain Freeze
You are asked to see a 51 year old lady who has been taken to the resus room. The ambulance crew tell you she has taken an overdose 5 hours previously…
New Years Quiz for Emergency Clinicians
Happy 2019! Your RCEMLearning blog team is so excited that 2019 is finally here, and as we couldn’t control our excitement, we’ve released an extra early blog to celebrate…
Carbon Dioxide Transport in Blood
Familiarise you with the important aspects of the transport and exchange of carbon dioxide…
Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
This session is about the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department…
Induction SOB
Its 5am, the pre-alert phone rings. The ambulance service are bringing in a patient with acute difficulty in breathing…
Induction – DKA
When I 15 years old I was admitted to hospital with DKA and diagnosed with diabetes…
Oxygen in Human Physiology
This session will review the transfer of oxygen from the atmosphere to the body’s tissues…
Methaemoglobinaemia
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…
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…
Hereditary Angioedema. To Swell and Back
A 24 year old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) with increasing lip swelling over the past hour…
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…
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 (ED) at 1840hrs on a Saturday afternoon…
A Rare and Serious Adverse Event Related to Codeine
An 80 year old woman presented to the ED at 2am with acute chest pain and shortness of breath…
Alkalosis – Has the gas machine broken again?
A 26 year old man attends with a 3 day history of vomiting. In the last 24 hours he’s been aware of his heart racing. He has not PU’d in the last 12 hours and has back ache…