Welcome to the first of our virtual monthly teaching sessions. This is something we have organised in the North West for higher trainees who all get a teaching day a month to cover some curriculum top…
Picking your brain (or blood) cells …
A young male has concerning symptoms with a background history of G6PD deficiency…
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.…
Adult Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis is caused by a mutation in a gene that encodes cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, which is expressed in many epithelial and blood cells.…
Adult Cystic Fibrosis
Describing the pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis…
Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the Emergency Department
“Toni is a 35 year old lady who attends the emergency department regularly with chest pain. Nothing seems to make it better, and her troponin is always normal. You wonder if there is a potential…
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…
FRCEM Primary Paper 1
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer…
Precious Stones
A 32-year-old man arrives in emergency department writhing in agony with flank and loin pain…
FRCEM Primary Paper 4
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer…
Management of Haematuria
This session covers the management of patients who present to the emergency department with macro or microscopic haematuria…
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…
FRCEM Primary Paper 2
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer Three hours…
Ectopic pregnancy
RIF pain and PV bleeding – history and treatment…
A Supratherapeutic Surprise
This case describes a therapeutic excess of paracetamol and explores the further management of complications in an unintentional paracetamol overdose.…
The apoplectic abdomen
A 22 year old man presented to the ED following a collapse with abdominal pain and no history of trauma. He was profoundly shocked and investigation revealed intra-abdominal haemorrhage.…
Induction Book 2 – Abdominal Pain
It’s your second day on the ‘shop floor’ and your next patient is handed over as a 51 year old man who has been brought in by ambulance with sudden onset generalised abdominal pain a…
Anecdote-based Emergency Medicine #2: Abdominal pain
Stories can help us understand patients, ourselves and colleagues better, and so be better emergency physicians…
Acute Urinary Retention
A 51-year-old male is seen in the Emergency Department with severe abdominal pain and inability to pass urine…
Renal Colic
Renal colic, which affects between 2-3% of the world’s population, commonly presents to the ED. It may present at any age, although there are certain groups more predisposed.…