A 30-year-old male presents with worsening shortness of breath.…
That’s a rare “…itis”
A 51-year-old female presents with sudden onset epigastric pain and FAST +ve symptoms.…
The Power of Attraction
Small magnets in small people.…
Mellow Yellow: Neonatal Jaundice
What will you do when your weekend shift in the Paediatric ED turns into seeing a stream of yellow babies?…
My baby won’t stop vomiting!
A 5-week-old presents to the Emergency Department with a worsening, projectile, non-bilious vomiting.…
Common Entrapment Syndromes
Nerve entrapment syndromes are a group of conditions in which peripheral nerves are damaged, through compression or repeated trauma.…
Common Entrapment Syndromes
Nerve entrapment syndromes are a group of conditions in which peripheral nerves are damaged, through compression or repeated trauma.…
The Snuffbox
A minor injury with a major complication: applying clinically orientated anatomy in the ED.…
I think I need a pill
A 21-year-old female is presenting to the ED following an unprotected sexual intercourse 5 days ago. She is asking for a morning after pill.…
Inclusion Health in the ED
An interactive learning session covering the relevance of Inclusion Health to ED.…
Inclusion Health in the ED
An interactive learning session covering the relevance of Inclusion Health to ED.…
Just another ‘renal colic’
A 36-year-old gentleman presents with intermittent flank pain and has microscopic haematuria. His BP is 220/110 and he is now pain free. What would you do next?…
Functional Seizures
This blog article aims to consolidate several resources and anecdotal practice around functional seizures.…
Paced
A patient is bradycardic. They might need pacing. They might not.…
A baby with a barky cough
An 8-months-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department with a 1-day history of worsening seal-like barky cough and inspiratory stridor when crying, preceded by coryza.…
Bronchi Baby
Diagnosing and managing acute bronchiolitis: when to investigate and how to decide if a child can be cared for at home or in hospital.…
Scaphoid fracture
A 45-year-old male patient presents to the Emergency Department having fallen on his outstretched hand.…
A Bloody Pain in the Neck
An anxious 45-year-old male presents to your Emergency Department with acute neck swelling.…
It’s not the cough that carries you off…
A 67-year-old male attends the ED following a 4 day history of worsening cough productive of green sputum, pleuritic chest pain and fever.…
Undermining in the Emergency Department
To follow on from the RCEM Learning blog on Bullying in the ED we will move on to an unwanted behaviour that, while it shares some characteristics with bullying, is distinct.…