You receive a standby call – female found at the bottom of a mountain, her temperature is unrecordable…
What would you do?…
When thunder roars, go indoors!
Learning about lightning injuries…
Lightning Learning
During Summer storms, lightning strikes can cause fatalities …but what happens to the survivors?…
Sun, Sea and Altitude Emergencies – Part 2
You move to your second base as some divers have surfaced and are getting ready to pack up. You notice one of them is swaying left and right and stops due to complaints of pain in his back. He has sta…
Sun, Sea and Altitude Emergencies – Part 1
Big city medicine can sometimes be tricky to tick the box that says “Environmental Emergencies” in the RCEM curriculum. But a day in the life of a doctor living in more “outdoor̶…
Feeling Blue?
A pre-alert is received for a patient being brought in after being found in the sea by bystanders. The patient is conscious with a temp of 34 degrees Celsius…
The Camel’s Hump?
An elderly lady presents to the emergency department from a nursing home having been found on the floor in her room…
Blast Injuries
This session covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to the emergency department with primary blast injuries…
Canal No.5
A 17-year-old man attends your ED having taken an unconventional shortcut on his way home. Check out this SAQ on Drowning.…
Decompression Illness
Diving-related problems can present in many ways and their appropriate and timely management is essential for good outcomes and patient safety.…
Decompression Illness
Diving-related problems can present in many ways and their appropriate and timely management is essential for good outcomes and patient safety.…
Electrical Burns in the ED
This session covers the assessment and management of patients presenting to an emergency department with electrical injuries…
Drug Induced Hyperthermia
Body temperature depends upon a balance of heat production and heat loss. Hyperthermia occurs when heat production exceeds heat loss.…
Drug Related Hyperthermia
Drugs associated with altered temperature regulation and including hyperthermia…
Heat Stroke
Management of Heat Stroke in Emergency Department…
Severe Hypothermia
The human body has evolved to work within a narrow, carefully maintained, core temperature range…
Cardiac Arrest in Special Circumstances: Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest
The temperate climate of the UK means that severe hypothermia leading to cardiovascular instability and cardiac arrest is rare…
Hypothermia
Hypothermia is the pathological state in which the core body temperature falls below 35°C…
Radiation Exposure
This session provides an overview of the basic science of ionising radiation exposure for the emergency department physician as well as an approach to the investigation, treatment and management of a …
Radiation Exposure
Radiation can be subdivided into two categories – ionizing and non-ionizing, both of which have an effect on human tissue…