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 ED.
This module focuses on the assessment and initial management of psychiatric patients in the emergency department.
A healthy 25-year-old presents to the ED complaining she cannot text on her phone.
A 51-year-old man presents with acute onset of central chest pain accompanied by nausea, vomiting and paralysis of all four limbs.
Functional Seizures aren’t managed with benzodiazepines – but how do you tell functional seizures from epileptic ones?
This blog article aims to consolidate several resources and anecdotal practice around functional seizures.
Fabricated or induced illness (FII) is a form of child abuse. It is associated with significant morbidity (physical and psychological) and mortality. Recognition of FII is frequently difficult and subsequent management is complex.
FII is a broad term to describe a group of behaviours by parents or carers which cause harm to children.
“Toni is a 35 year old lady who attends the emergency department regularly with chest pain. Nothing seems to make it better, and her troponin is always normal. You wonder if there is a potential cause. Read on to find out that there is more to IBS than abdominal pain.”