FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer…
Not So Hip
A 6 year old boy with a background of sickle cell disease presents to the emergency department with two days of worsening right hip pain and unable to weight bear…
When your (kid’s) legs don’t work like they used to before
Sudden onset of refusal to walk and leg pain in a well young child.…
I’ve Got Your Back
4 year old child unable to weight bear, and inconsolable crying…
Initial Assessment of the Eye
This session covers the initial assessment of eye and visual problems in the Emergency Department (ED)…
Eye – Initial Assessment
Eye problems account for approximately 6% of all attendances to an Emergency Department (ED) in the UK…
“The Limping Child” – radiology interpretation
Radiology interpretation…
Transient Synovitis
Commonly, not much is known about transient synovitis (TS), and for many ED clinicians, it is a diagnosis of exclusion, as when a patient presenting with hip pain…
What’s Wrong With My Elbow?
An 11 year old boy presented to the Paediatric Emergency Department with a swelling to the medial aspect of his left elbow…
The Limping Child
A 7 year old girl presents to the Paediatric A&E with a 3 week history of increasing pain in her right hip…
Wobbly Knees!
This toddler has no medical history of note. He is the 3rd of 4 children under 6 years. His mum cannot attend as she has a 1-week old and is breastfeeding…
Mini Mono
A 3-year old girl presents to ED with a swollen left knee, limping. The swelling had started 9 days previously but had not initially caused any distress…
Unusual Case of Wrist Pain
A nine year old girl attended the Emergency Department with a three day history of left wrist pain…
Interesting Case of a Limping Child
A six year old boy attends the Emergency Department with a two week history of pain in the foot, which had developed into a limp over the preceding 2 days…
Toddle On
Harry is a two year old boy who presents to the emergency department with a one day history of a limp…