A 21-year-old man presents with a chainsaw injury to his neck on the left side.
A 21-year-old man presents with a chainsaw injury to his neck on the left side.
A 6-year-old boy attends the ED with a two week history of pain in the foot, which had developed into a limp over the preceding 2 days.
In UK ED practice a large group of patients present with musculo-skeletal disorders
This module covers the anatomy, common pathology and the clinical and radiological assessment of the shoulder and brachial plexus.
An 18-year-old male is brought into the ED by ambulance. He was performing a BMX stunt off a ramp approximately 6 feet in the air when he lost his balance and fell to the floor landing on his right hand side, and then rolling onto his front.
Most patients arrive with c-spine immobilisation, now called “restriction of c-spine movement or ROCSM”, in situ. If they haven’t, and they need it, there’s a few steps to take.
A male in his twenties presents to the ED complaining of haemoptysis following blunt thoracic trauma in sport. After an abnormal Chest X-Ray, his CT Chest reveals an interesting finding which surprises the Emergency Medicine and Cardiothoracic teams.
Concussion. It’s hard to believe we didn’t used to care much about it, and if your CT was normal, we were happy.
How does POCUS help in evaluation of a patient with vision loss?
When a simple trip makes you as blind as a bat.
An 80-year-old gentleman is brought to the emergency department after falling at home.
It started as a normal nightshift full of the usual head injuries, drink and drugs. I’d gone to through to the eye room to remove a piece of metal from a cornea, when I heard the tannoy…. ‘Dr Bell to Resus…..IMMEDIATELY’
Your receive a pre-alert call from the air ambulance team who are bringing a 32-year-old man, who has sustained a single stab wound to the epigastrium whilst outside a pub.
A 55-year-old farmer presents to the ED with sudden onset decreased vision, pain and bleeding from his right eye.
An 18-year old man makes a mistake with a beer bottle.
Chemical eye injuries are time-critical emergencies. This blog outlines how to rapidly recognise and manage them in the ED, with practical tips on irrigation, pH monitoring, grading, and safe discharge.
A 20-year-old male assaulted and presenting with jaw pain but no obvious deformity had a missed mandibular fracture due to lack of imaging.
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A young female footballer presents with a swollen, painful knee after being tackled. Examination reveals a large effusion.
This module aims to improve the standard of concussion care. It covers how to recognise a concussion, and provide appropriate management and discharge advice consistent with new national and international guidance.