Patients frequently attend the emergency department (ED) with episodes of cutaneous and mucosal swelling.…
Cellulitis and Other Skin Infections
Impetigo, erysipelas, cellulitis and necrotising fasciitis represent a spectrum of soft tissue infections…
Cellulitis and Other Skin Infections
This session covers the cause, clinical features, treatment and management of impetigo, cellulitis, erysipelas and necrotising fasciitis…
A Shocking Knee
A 73-year-old man presented to the ED with a 36hr history of atraumatic right knee pain and a 24hr history of diarrhoea and feeling generally unwell…
Simply Red: Rash Decisions in Resus
A 67-year-old man with a history of psoriasis presents in hypovolaemic shock with a 3 day history of malaise, oliguria and widespread erythema.…
Bee careful kids
A stinging tale of paediatric anaphylaxis, with the added buzzzz of pre-hospital emergency care.…
Connect the Dots
A 77-year-old gentleman presents to the ED five days after his endoscopic endonasal transsphenoid resection of his pituitary adenoma with a severe frontal headache, fever and multiple episodes of vomi…
Dermatological Examination
This session covers the correct procedure for a thorough and comprehensive dermatological examination, to allow the correct diagnosis of patients presenting to the emergency department with dermatolog…
Necrotising Fasciitis
Necrotising fasciitis is a rare but severe soft tissue infection that requires a high index of suspicion for diagnosis in the ED…
August 2018
August 2018 Podcast…
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…
The Eyes Have It
This 82 year old man attends the Emergency Department after a fall at home. He has been feeling unwell for a couple of days but started to feel better today, although he has developed the rash shown…
A pox on it!
A 4-year-old child attends the ED with some spots on her arm. Her mother first noticed these several weeks ago and thought they were skin tags, but over the last week they have become more numerous an…
Angioedema
Urticaria (hives) and angioedema are part of a spectrum of allergic symptoms and occasionally have a non-allergic aetiology.…