A 46-year-old male presents to the ED with 3 months refractory headache and subacute forehead swelling (unknown duration) with acute periorbital oedema.
A 46-year-old male presents to the ED with 3 months refractory headache and subacute forehead swelling (unknown duration) with acute periorbital oedema.
A 2-year-old presents to the emergency department with 2 days history of fever, irritability and a rapidly spreading rash.
A flight, a scar, and a swollen leg. What lies beneath the surface isn’t just a clot.
A patient presents with a 7 day history of pain and swelling to the right side of the face. What is the diagnosis and how will you investigate it?
Two girls present to the Emergency Department on the same day with similar painful foot rashes, raising concerns about a common exposure.
A 22-year-old is transferred for a specialist plastics review. You and the plastics team agree to see the patient together in resus after a pre-alert is passed.
A 2-year-old boy presents to the Emergency Department unwell with a widespread painful rash.
Refresh your knowledge on this latest outbreak.
An 11-year-old boy has reattended for the 3rd time with blistering skin lesions.
A 63-year-old male walks into the Emergency Department with elbow and forearm pain and initially appears well.
This session covers the correct procedure for a thorough and comprehensive dermatological examination to allow the correct diagnosis of patients presenting to the ED with dermatological conditions.
This module covers the correct procedure for a thorough and comprehensive dermatological examination to allow the correct diagnosis of patients presenting to the ED with dermatological conditions.
Necrotising fasciitis is a rare but severe soft tissue infection that requires a high index of suspicion for diagnosis in the ED.
Necrotising fasciitis is a rare but severe soft tissue infection that requires a high index of suspicion for diagnosis in the ED.
A 2-year-old child presents with worsening eczema and parental concerns that she was unwell.
A 31-year-old man attends the ED two days after returning from a holiday in the Gambia.
Severe complications of chickenpox that can lead to hospitalisation.
Learn the causes and management of a painful & swollen digit.
Just because we can incise an abscess, should we?
We’ve all seen diabetic foot presentations in the ED but many more of them are managed successfully in primary care and podiatry clinics. As in many other areas, the ED has a huge role to play in prevention as well as treatment.