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 65-year-old woman with a background of type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease presents with gradual onset lower back pain.
Traumatic neck and back pain are common presentations to the ED.
A systematic approach to the interpretation of the spinal radiograph can help to identify potentially devastating though fortunately uncommon serious injuries.
This guideline sets out the standards for timeliness of provision of analgesia and provides an approach to the delivery of analgesia for adult patients presenting to the ED.
Another faller presents to your ED Confused and smelling of alcohol. What will you do? How can you avoid missing the common pitfalls?
A 67-year-old man, with a background of type II diabetes, presents with pain in the left side of his neck, lower back pain and numbness in his left arm.
Cervical spine immobilisation is the most commonly performed procedure in pre-hospital care
A 79-year-old male was admitted to the Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) following a fall. Was he kept safe?
A 72-year-old female presents to the ED with a four week history of worsening neck pain, lethargy, reduced sensation and difficulty with fine motor movements in her upper limbs.
Cervical spine injuries are rare but potentially devastating. Immobilisation of the cervical spine on the slightest suspicion of injury is recommended by most resuscitation courses.
A 20-year-old female who has fallen off her horse is complaining of right sided chest pain.
Referred pain into the upper extremities often accompanies neck pain. Referred pain can be the initial symptom of a compressed nerve root by a ruptured disc or stenosis at the foramina from osteophytes.