An 83 year old gentleman is brought to the emergency department with acute dyspnoea, marked hypoxia and drowsiness.…
Acute Kidney Injury
This session aims to illustrate, through a series of clinical cases, the common presentations and complications of acute kidney injury (AKI)…
The Foxglove’s bite
An elderly gentleman presented with lethargy and poor oral intake. As routine tests begin they reveal he has more than just an AKI that needs treatment.…
Induction – TLoC
This is a very common but also very varied ED presentation. A triage of collapse ?cause can mean anything from a young patient having fainted in phlebotomy to an elderly patient being found on the flo…
November 2017
The RCEMLearning podcast for November 2017…
Managing Parkinson’s in the ED
Your patient is a 70 year old lady with a history of type 2 diabetes and Parkinsons disease, for which she is on a number of medications…