A 73-year-old female, who lives alone, is found collapsed at home by her neighbours and brought in the ED.
A 73-year-old female, who lives alone, is found collapsed at home by her neighbours and brought in the ED.
A 34-year-old male presents to your ED in acute pain and you suspect ureteric colic. How will you manage this?
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.
You are asked to review a 3-year-old girl brought in crying inconsolably by her parents.
Sudden onset of neurological symptoms after exertion, accompanied by vacant episodes that were triggered by movement of the arm due to steno occlusive disease in the subclavian artery, proximal to the origin of the ipsilateral vertebral artery.
In this blog we discuss some aspects of EM and offspring. And we look forward to hearing your suggestions and tips too.
A 38-year-old man reattends obtunded and narcosed after being treated for a DVT the day before.
A 24-year-old presents with haematemesis on a background of alcohol excess.
Every patient has the right to be involved in decisions about their treatment and care. Informed consent ensures that patients have all the necessary information to make free and informed decisions about their medical care.
Young adult female patient presenting to the ED with abdominal pain, constipation and confusing findings in erect abdominal x-ray.
Time management tips
A 14-year-old male has a painful eye following a recent insect bite to his eyelid. He has developed double vision.
A 45-year-old male, with unresolved cyanosis despite oxygen, presents with pleuritic chest pain and recent PE history. Arterial blood gas was performed to assess underlying hypoxemia.
A 74-year-old male presents to the ED with a recent history of painless flashes and floaters in his right eye.
A 70-year-old female presents to the ED with non-traumatic calf pain and swelling over the last 24 hours. She is completely unable to weight-bear.
At the 8am departmental handover, you discuss a 69-year-old man with COPD who presented two hours earlier with SOB.
A 30-year-old female athlete patient presents with hip pain progressively worsening for 3 weeks.
SBA session on the RCEM recommendations about the management of an aggressive patient with acute behavioural disturbance (ABD). How to keep your patient, your colleagues, and yourself safe!
The social context is central to learning from an EM perspective, and how trainees feel in that community is a vital part of their education.
A confused and disoriented woman is brought into your Emergency Department.