Persistent shoulder pain after a fall
Persistent shoulder pain after a fall
Another pain in the back SBA
A 25-year-old male presents to your ED with central sharp chest pain, shortness of breath and palpitations.
The Police have brought a patient to your ED that has had a controlled energy device discharged into their upper back. You are called to assess this patient.
The module delves into the definition, pathophysiology, clinical assessment, investigations and management of uveitis and potential pitfalls in assessment and management.
The session delves into the definition, pathophysiology, clinical assessment, investigations and management of uveitis and potential pitfalls in assessment and management.
EM physicians need to be decision makers, quick thinkers and risk balancers. This is what we are good at. In fact, many will tell you that the purpose of the PEM rotation is to learn to spot the sick child.
EM physicians need to be decision makers, quick thinkers and risk balancers. This is what we are good at. In fact, many will tell you that the purpose of the PEM rotation is to learn to spot the sick child.
There are three pregnant patients in the department who require consideration of Rhesus status and anti-D immunoglobulin. You have been asked to assess each in turn.
A drowsy marathon runner presents after training in the sun, with a significantly raised temperature and dry skin too hot to touch.
A teenager presents to your emergency department after a suspected acid attack sustained near their school. They are distressed with severe burning pain, facial and upper body chemical burns and contaminated clothing.
Persistent acidosis after DKA resolution should prompt evaluation for additional causes, including renal tubular acidosis.
I didn’t realise I was burned out until I was properly scorched. I’d been close before, but thought I was doing ok this time.
Burnout is a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged, unmanaged chronic stress, most commonly in an occupational context. Much research has been done on burnout affecting emergency department teams.
An anxious 45-year-old male presents to your Emergency Department with acute neck swelling.
A 51-year-old female presents with sudden onset epigastric pain and FAST +ve symptoms.
A 41-year-old gentleman presented to the ED with a three-day history of vomiting blood and the passage of dark black stool rectally.
Tuberculosis can feel like a disease from a different era. The truth is, it is still very much with us and in a busy urban ED you will see it. The real question is whether you think of it before the patient leaves the department, or three months later when they’re back worse.
This is one of three RCEMLearning Blogs on Bullying, Undermining and Incivility in the Emergency Department.
This module provides an overview of neuroprognostication following cardiac arrest, beginning with the current prevalence of cardiac arrest and the Chain of Survival framework. It explores the key factors influencing survival to hospital discharge as well as multimodal evaluation techniques and the clinical criteria used in brain stem death determination.