A young male has concerning symptoms with a background history of G6PD deficiency…
A young male has concerning symptoms with a background history of G6PD deficiency…
A 16-year-old is brought in by ambulance to your resuscitation room with a reduced level of consciousness and then starts to see monkeys everywhere. What’s going on?
A young adult presents with an opioid overdose, how will you manage this patient?
Medical cannabis refers to cannabis-derived pharmacological products prescribed by qualified healthcare professionals for the treatment of specific medical conditions.
A flight, a scar, and a swollen leg. What lies beneath the surface isn’t just a clot.
This module focuses on the assessment and initial management of psychiatric patients in the ED.
This module focuses on the assessment and initial management of psychiatric patients in the emergency department.
Alcohol withdrawal is a common presentation to UK EDs and patients can present significant management challenges to clinicians.
How will you manage your absconding patient with suicidal intent who has gone ‘absent without leave’?
An adolescent male presents with abdominal pain, vomiting and bradyarrhythmia after ingesting foxglove plant leaves with an intention to harm himself.
How will you manage the absconding patient?
You’ve just arrived for your first ED shift, excited to be allocated to resus. The red phone rings. A 45-year-old female, amitriptyline overdose, P120, BP85/45, GCS 5, ETA 5 minutes.
Class A drug in the UK – illegal to possess, give away or sell. Possession can be punished with 7 years in jail.
A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with RUQ, tachycardia and diarrhoea after starting a new herbal supplement for weight loss.
How to recognise and manage Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome as a cause of vomiting and abdominal pain.
This module identifies the clinical features of acute behavioural disturbance (ABD) and covers the initial assessment and management of patients with ABD in the Emergency Department.
This session identifies the clinical features of acute behavioural disturbance (ABD) and covers the initial assessment and management of patients with ABD in the ED.
In this blog, we’ve collated all our infographics, and some pictures, around mental health in the ED. We hope that the pictures will spark your curiosity, and you’ll delve further into the original resource for further learning.
Another faller presents to your ED Confused and smelling of alcohol. What will you do? How can you avoid missing the common pitfalls?
This is the first of our public health series blogs. Keep your eyes peeled for a few more public health topics over the next few weeks.