This blog article aims to consolidate several resources and anecdotal practice around functional seizures.…
Disturbed or Psychiatric Patients in the ED
Describe a safe environment for assessing disturbed or psychiatric patients in the ED.…
Disturbed or Psychiatric Patients in the ED
Describe a safe environment for assessing disturbed or psychiatric patients in the emergency department…
Texting Trouble
A healthy 25-year-old presents to the emergency department complaining she cannot text on her phone…
Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the Emergency Department
“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…
The Elephant in the Room – Somatisation in the ED
One of the CEM General regular attenders was in the other day, a young woman with lower abdominal symptoms. She was needing more analgesia, and was not happy with the protocol we have for her…