FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer Three hours (3 hours)…
Nifty NIPPV
A 72-year-old gentleman who has not seen a doctor in decades presents with worsening dyspnoea and a cough…
Doc I can’t breathe!
A 25-year-old obese female, who is 1-week post-partum presents with gradual worsening shortness of breath on minimal exertion, orthopnoea, pedal oedema and a dry cough…
Story of a puffy face
Cerebral and respiratory complications from mass effect of thoracic/ neck malignancies can be a very challenging situation to manage. Would you know what to do if this presented to your ED…
An Atopic Heart
A 35-year-old previously healthy male presents to the emergency department complaining of chest pain and breathlessness following an unknown bite…
The Unhappy Wheezer
A 5-week old boy is brought to the PED by his parents. He has had nasal congestion, cough and wheeze for 3 days…
Take my breath away
A 27-year-old male has self-presented to your Emergency Department with acute onset of shortness of breath and severe pain to the right side of his chest.…
Dyspnoea and Chest Pain in a Young Man
17 year old, tall thin male presents with sudden onset of sharp, stabbing bilateral chest pain, worse on inspiration and most severe under left scapula…
FRCEM Primary Paper 3
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer…
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary embolism should be regarded as a complication of underlying venous thrombosis.…
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Embolism…
Just another panic attack?
Palpitations in a young woman for the last week. Her GP says probably a panic attack. Can you stream her to the in-house GP?…
It ain’t easy bein’ wheezy
Asthma is a common condition. In the UK, over 8 million people, or approximately 12% of the population, have been diagnosed with asthma (NICE CKS, 2018)…
November 2018
November 2018…
A stuffy situation
An 83 year old gentleman is brought to the emergency department with acute dyspnoea, marked hypoxia and drowsiness.…
Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
This session will cover how to diagnose, assess and manage a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Respiratory disease is the second commonest cause of illness leading to emergency admission to hospital. And accounts for 1 in 5 deaths in the UK.…
My patient has a pulmonary embolism (PE) – can I still send them home?
You may or not be aware of the new BTS guideline outlining recommendations for the outpatient management of PE. As with all new guidelines, it takes time for the content to be disseminated and for its…
October 2018
The October 2018 podcast…
Air in the Chest
Shortness of breath is a common occurance for COPD patients, and were used to putting them on non invasive ventilation. What happens when we cant?…