Adult asthma patient with breathlessness…

Adult asthma patient with breathlessness…
A 6-month-old boy brought in because he can’t breathe.…
A 27-year-old male has self-presented to your ED with acute onset of shortness of breath and severe pain to the right side of his chest.…
An 8-months-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department with a 1-day history of worsening seal-like barky cough and inspiratory stridor when crying, preceded by coryza.…
This session looks at the assessment and management of the adult with a pleural effusion in the ED.…
A 38-year-old gentleman has just finished a course of antibiotics for pneumonia, but his symptoms aren’t resolving…
This reference explores how to use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to assess patients presenting with shock to the Emergency Department.…
An 83-year-old female presents with worsening shortness of breath over the past three days which suddenly got worse tonight.…
A young lady, 13 weeks pregnant presents with one day history of left lower limb swelling, pain and discolouration. Bedside ultrasonography reveals thrombosis occluding the CFV and collateral veins.…
NIV – not indicated for every situation.…
A 60-year-old man with a tracheostomy is brought into the emergency department with acute shortness of breath…
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)…
Life threatening complications of cancer – more than neutropenia.…
A recently widowed 36-year-old female presents with chest pain and shortness of breath. Her ECG features diffuse ST elevation.…
An 83-year-old gentleman is brought to the emergency department by ambulance with acute dyspnoea at rest.…
A 36-year-old male presents in respiratory distress.…
A 77-year-old man with a one week history of cough (white sputum with specks of blood), shortness of breath and wheezing.…
This guide is not intended for those who are experienced ITU types, however, if you are one of the millions of front-line staff looking to help during our latest respiratory pandemic with little exper…
Here are two cases of oncological and palliative care emergencies that might present to the emergency department, that we should know how to treat.…
Patients with known pulmonary hypertension may present to the emergency department with a variety of acute problems related to this disease such as pulmonary embolism…