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Send HELLP!

A 38-year-old female patient presents three days post-partum with vomiting and epigastric pain.…

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Angioedema

Angioedema and Urticaria (hives) are part of a spectrum of allergic symptoms and occasionally have a non-allergic aetiology.…

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RSI in the ED

This blog looks at RSI from the eyes of the “assistant” – this might be the resus nurse, the ED FY2, or a non-airway trained ED registrar. Please send your thoughts, feedback and comments.…

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Pause for Thought

You take handover for a patient in resus. They have presented with new onset of focal seizures. You start treatment but the convulsions are worsening. What will you do?…

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Fever in Fiji

A 26-year-old Indian man presents to the ED after being unwell for 5 days complaining of weakness, fever and headache.…

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The Dying Swan

A 30-year-old female attended the Emergency Department after vomiting, feeling weak and ‘not quite with it’.…

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