A young woman presents with a painful, swollen ear after a recent piercing.
A young woman presents with a painful, swollen ear after a recent piercing.
A 73-year-old female, who lives alone, is found collapsed at home by her neighbours and brought in the ED.
FAST involves assessment of the peritoneal cavity, pleural cavity and pericardial space. Learning that free fluid is present facilitates the most appropriate management plan.
A 30-year-old, 50kg, factory worker presents to your ED following a chemical burn injury. While operating a machine at the Royal Mint an accident sprayed chemical over his face, neck and upper chest.
This session discusses cardiogenic pulmonary oedema, covering its causes, clinical assessment, management and long-term outcomes.
A 34-year-old male presents to your ED in acute pain and you suspect ureteric colic. How will you manage this?
Exposure to a viral illness in pregnancy. How worried should Mum be?
Tracheostomy emergencies are rare in the emergency department but are associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Tracheostomy emergencies are rare in the ED but are associated with high mortality and morbidity. It is therefore essential that ED practitioners are competent in assessing and stabilising patients with complications arising from tracheostomies.
This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as Sudden Vision Loss.
This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as Flashes, Floaters and Double Vision.
A 27-year-old female presents to the ED with one day history of sudden onset of moderate to severe intensity headache, vomiting, diplopia and abdominal discomfort.
A 57-year-old female with Chest pain, dyspnoea, abdominal Pain and syncopal episodes.
A 31-year-old woman presents with a one-day history of sudden onset of the left shoulder pain and shortness of breath.
This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as Swollen Lids and Ocular Trauma.
An elderly lady presents to the emergency department from a nursing home having been found on the floor in her room
This month we have Metoprolol vs. diltiazem for AF with RVR | Management of Patients with Suspected but Unidentified Poisoning in the ED | New Online
In the UK approximately 4 million adults have asthma. In 2004, over 1200 adults died from asthma in the UK
This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as the acute red eye.
This module focuses on the treatment of adult patients with previously diagnosed asthma that present to the ED with an acute episode of breathlessness.