A female patient presents to the ED with lower abdo pain and bleeding, and she doesnt feel right about this period.…
Get a Grip!
Why can’t I write anymore?…
All day (morning) sickness
Nausea and vomiting affects approximately 80% of women during early pregnancy…
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 preganancy.…
Induction Book 2 – Gynae
Gynae presentations to the emergency department are fairly common, yet fill everyone with dread. The management is similar to any other medical problem…
Induction – Bleeding in Early Pregnancy
The nurse at triage comes to speak to you: “Theres a pregnant 28year old with vaginal bleeding in the waiting room. Shes been here nearly four hours can you go and sort her out quickly please?&…
Call The Midwife! (…and other tips on ED deliveries)
It started as a normal nightshift full of the usual head injuries, drink and drugs. I’d gone to through to the eye room to remove a piece of metal from a cornea, when I heard the tannoy. ‘…
December 2017
The December 2017 Podcast…
October 2017
The new podcast for October 2017…
I can’t be pregnant…can I?
A 27 year old lady presents to the Emergency Department complaining of non-specific abdominal pain which came on 4 hours ago…
London CPD Conference 2017
The 2017 RCEM CPD conference was held in central London in April 2017. There was a great selection of speakers and we had the good fortune to capture a few interviews with some of the speakers…
Ovarian HyperStimulation Syndrome
In this podcast we cover something fairly rare that if all goes well shouldn’t even present to the ED…
Maternal sepsis: be aware and beware!
A 40 year old female presents to the Emergency Department feeling lethargic for 24 hours…
A minor rash but with titanic implications
An 83-year-old male presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with his wife complaining of a rash on the left side of his abdomen…
When the bump bumps up the sugar
A 32 year old type 1 diabetic female presents at 30/40 gestation of her first pregnancy feeling generally unwell…