A 51-year-old who presents profoundly unconscious.…
A 51-year-old who presents profoundly unconscious.…
An adult presents with a variety of symptoms. Can you identify and treat the electrolyte disturbance?…
A 30-year-old woman presents to the ED with nausea and vomiting for the last 3 days. Her urinary pregnancy test is positive.…
A 34-year-old man, with history of recent foreign travel, presents to the ED with fever, jaundice and right upper quadrant pain. Physical exam shows right upper quadrant tenderness.…
A 43-year-old man pre-alerts to the Emergency Department with alleged intentional overdose of Nytol (Diphenhydramine) tablets.…
Refresh your knowledge on this latest outbreak.…
A 78-year-old woman presents with dysphagia and severe chest pain after choking on a chicken bone.…
An 81-year-old presents following a collapse. His blood tests from triage included a troponin level. It’s significantly elevated. What next?…
A 72-year-old male presents with distressing peri-orbital pain after pupil dilation.…
A 47-year-old lady presents with acute epigastric pain radiating to the back.…
It is a busy winter evening in the ED. The next patient to be seen is a 37-year-old female presenting with a headache, nausea and general malaise.…
A young woman presents to the ED with one hour of palpitation associated with light-headedness and shortness of breath. What happens if the routine management fails?…
Let’s Talk About Risk…
This month we have: Blood biomarkers and algorithms and fever duration in febrile infants, Guidelines for EM – Sickle Cell Disease (Part Two), Absorbable vs non-absorbable sutures in facial lace…
A 17-year-old man attends your ED having taken an unconventional shortcut on his way home. Check out this SAQ on Drowning.…
A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with RUQ, tachycardia and diarrhoea after starting a new herbal supplement for weight loss.…
An emergency medicine consultant, a senior surgical trainee, and a salaried GP sat in a bar.…
A three-day-old infant is brought to the Emergency Department with rapidly worsening symptoms.…
Patients attending emergency departments (ED) following discharge of controlled electrical devices (CED) by the Police Service.…
Diagnosis of thoracic aortic dissection in adult patients attending the emergency department. CT Aortogram is modality of choice for chest pain with high risk past medical history, symptoms, or clinic…