An elderly woman attends with a vague history of weakness and confusion but an unremarkable clinical examination. How will you proceed?
An elderly woman attends with a vague history of weakness and confusion but an unremarkable clinical examination. How will you proceed?
An 84-year-old woman presents to emergency department with new confusion and weakness.
A 59-year-old man pre-alerted to the PCI team with symptomatic CHB and received Atropine prehospitally. The patient is directed to the ED and is stable on assessment with significant bradyarrhythmia.
A 63-year-old female presents with anxiety and collapse.
A 19-year-old woman of 9 weeks gestation presents to the emergency department with intractable vomiting.
An adult presents with a variety of symptoms. Can you identify and treat the electrolyte disturbance?
A 51-year-old man presents with acute onset of central chest pain accompanied by nausea, vomiting and paralysis of all four limbs.
A patient starts seizing in your ED, standard management is commenced but the cause and management may not be so straightforward.
This session looks at disorders of potassium metabolism, in particular the presentation of hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia in the ED. It also covers the investigation and management of these conditions.
This module looks at disorders of potassium metabolism, in particular the presentation of hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia in the ED. It also covers the investigation and management of these conditions.
A 76-year-old diabetic is referred with confusion and is being treated for a UTI. She is tachycardic and drowsy, is there more than sepsis?
A 46-year-old gentleman with a known history of alcohol dependence re-attends to the ED with a reduced GCS. Is he just drunk?
RCEM, Advanced Life Support, ALS, shockable rhythm, non- shockable rhythm, cardiac arrest, resuscitation, resus.
A patient with “kidney troubles” now has acute kidney injury. How will you identify and manage her AKI?
A 25-year-old male presents with a five day history of bilateral muscular leg pain.
Can you recognise acute kidney injury and prevent its deadly complications?
This session will illustrate through a series of clinical case studies some of the common problems a patient with end stage renal disease (ESRD) is prone to
This session is about the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department.
This session is about the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department
For hypercalcaemia to develop, the normal calcium regulation system must be overwhelmed by an excess of PTH, calcitriol, some other serum factor that can mimic these hormones, or a huge calcium load.