Ear trauma is a common presentation to the Emergency Department. Whilst generally simple to manage, the consequences of ear trauma have the potential to impact patients’ day-to-day lives significantly…
Boxing, and Facial Injuries
Last April saw the England Boxing National Amateur Championships held in Nottingham. As a member of the England Boxing Medical Committee I was invited to sit ringside for the tournament as the Ringsid…
A Parrot Byte
A 10-year-old male, fit and healthy child was brought in to A&E by a parent after sustaining a parrot bite injury to left index finger…
Fishing for a diagnosis
A keen fisherman attends following a flu-like illness. He has a small head wound and is now jaundiced. One sign brings it all together, can you spot it?…
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 …
Soft Tissue and Skin Injury Descriptions in the Emergency Department
This aims to provide the learner with an overview of common types of skin and soft tissue injuries, how best to accurately describe these, and considers the mechanism most likely to be responsible.…
Soft Tissue and Skin Injury Descriptions in the Emergency Department
This teaching session aims to provide the learner with an overview of common types of skin and soft tissue injuries, how best to accurately describe these, and considers the mechanism most likely to b…
Necrotising Fasciitis
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…
It’s 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…