A 63-year-old man, who speaks only Hindi, is brought to the ED due to acute confusion and aggressive behaviour.
A 63-year-old man, who speaks only Hindi, is brought to the ED due to acute confusion and aggressive behaviour.
This is a section on communication skills that we have updated and reprinted from our medical student iBook.
A 19-year-old student attends the ED (accompanied by a friend) and, at triage, complains of abdominal pain.
A patient with a prior diagnosis of EUPD is brought to the ED by a friend because he has cut his arm with a Stanley Knife.
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A 30-year-old male patient is brought to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance with a sudden onset of severe right flank pain over the previous 6 hours.
This was originally published as part of the medical student iBook. We’ve reproduced it here with some additions as we think it’s great, and as much as this is written from a medical student perspective, it could be a new FY2 or a new nurse – or an old hand.
A 51-year-old who presents profoundly unconscious.
Adult and paediatric patients being directly discharged from the emergency department.
A patient with moderate learning disability is brought in by their father because he has suddenly become aggressive.
This blog aims to introduce some concepts around bad or difficult news, link to some structures for delivering bad news, and hopefully stimulate some further thoughts and discussions.
The legal aspects of Emergency Medicine can be difficult and often a trainee spends less time reading about these, unless a specific situation arises in work.
This case discusses a young woman who presents to the ED at 11/40 gestation with intractable vomiting and altered mental status for three days.
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A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with RUQ, tachycardia and diarrhoea after starting a new herbal supplement for weight loss.
This module focusses on the emergency department care of patients post-cardiac arrest i.e. after the return of spontaneous circulation.
This session focusses on the emergency department care of patients post-cardiac arrest i.e. after the return of spontaneous circulation.
Patients attending emergency departments (ED) following discharge of controlled electrical devices (CED) by the Police Service.
How to recognise and manage patients with Acute Behavioural Disturbance in order to support their emergency care whilst maintaining safety of the patient, staff, and others.
This blog starts to explore workplace culture. What is culture? Why is culture so hard to change? What can I do about it?