This module will cover the practical aspects of safe insertion of chest drains.…
Chest Drain Insertion: A practical guide
This session will cover the practical aspects of safe insertion of chest drains using videos to provide guidance. We will cover both the Seldinger technique and the open approach to chest drain insert…
Maternal sepsis: be aware and beware!
A 40 year old female presents to the Emergency Department feeling lethargic for 24 hours…
A rare but life-threatening cause of abdominal pain
A young male presented with atraumatic sudden severe abdominal pain and shock.…
Advanced Lines
We’re great at getting access in the ED – we’ve got our ultrasound to help and when that doesn’t work, we might insert a central line (only takes 30 seconds, right?), or an int…
Acute Kidney Injury
This session aims to illustrate, through a series of clinical cases, the common presentations and complications of acute kidney injury (AKI)…
Scoring Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
A 41 year old gentleman presented to the Emergency Department with a three day history of vomiting blood and the passage of bright red blood rectally…
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…
Aortic Dissection
About 1 year ago, Pam, a 62-year-old, recently retired teacher, fit, well & active, suffered sudden onset of severe ripping pain in her chest & upper abdomen…
Necrotising Fasciitis
Necrotising fasciitis is a rare but severe soft tissue infection that requires a high index of suspicion for diagnosis in the ED…
Necrotising Fasciitis
Necrotising fasciitis is a rare but severe soft tissue infection that requires a high index of suspicion for diagnosis in the ED…
April 2019
This month we have DVT guidelines | CRT vs Lactate Guided Fluid Resuscitation in Septic Shock | IAEM PoCUS 01 SHOC ED Study | DFTB18 Elliot Long | Stabbings in children | Non operative appendicitis ma…
Making Sepsis Sixy
Everyones talking about sepsis lately, but do you know what to do?…
Ultrasound in shocked patients
Ultrasound in shocked patients. This competency is specifically for Higher Specialty Trainees and is in the curriculum. It is also useful for interested Core Trainees…
AAA Ultrasound
Ultrasound in AAA decision making…
The apoplectic abdomen
A 22 year old man presented to the ED following a collapse with abdominal pain and no history of trauma. He was profoundly shocked and investigation revealed intra-abdominal haemorrhage.…
Induction Book 2: Medical Emergencies
We all work in the Emergency Department because we think theres going to be lots of emergencies…
July 2018
The July 2018 Podcast…
May 2018
May 2018 Podcast…
Aortic Dissection
This podcast was initiated by the survivors and relatives of aortic dissection in the group Aortic Dissection Awareness UK…