A young girl attends you with lethargy, vomiting, headaches and an unsteady gait. She collapsed at home a few hours prior to arrival at your Emergency Department.…
PEM Headaches
Headaches are one of the most common presentations to ED and may be primary or secondary. Migraine is the most common type of primary headache, but the majority of headaches are benign in nature and r…
PEM Starter pack book
We are pleased to announce our PEM Starter Pack with 12 blogs rolled into one handy iBook…
Meningococcal Disease and Meningococcal Meningitis
Recognising the clinical features of invasive meningococcal disease in children…
Dazed and Confused
An 8 yr old girl was brought into the Emergency Department with a head injury. She had been out sleddgng with her family when she lost control of the sledge and collided with a tree…
Doin’ the tack shed blues
A 4 year old boy is brought to your Emergency Department by his parents one evening. Two hours previously he had been on the back of a horse being lead from the field to the tack room before going out…