Necrotising fasciitis is a rare but severe soft tissue infection that requires a high index of suspicion for diagnosis in the ED…
Tetanus
Describing the initial management of tetanus in the emergency department…
Local Anaesthetics
Local anaesthetics are amongst the most widely used drugs in any emergency department. It is, therefore, essential that doctors from emergency medicine are able to use these drugs safely and effective…
Its all in the bite
A 46 year old female, seen with her daughter, presents to the Emergency Department with a tick embedded in right upper chest wall…
Soft tissue infection
Soft tissue infections are bread and butter cases for the EM clinician. Adrian Boyle gives an overview of the main take home points from his talk on just this topic at the #RCEMBelfast Conference…
Paediatric Wound Management
In the past, paediatric lacerations that required sutures often required admission and a general anaesthetic for wound closure…
Chainsaw Injury of the Neck
A 21 year old man presents with a chainsaw injury to his neck on the left side. At the scene, he had a GCS of 15 and was able to move all four limbs but complained of a tingling sensation in his left …