You pick up the next patient to be seen. It’s a 25-year-old who has neck stiffness, and a headache, and a sore throat. The GP has sent them in as a possible meningitis patient. Where do you go from there?
You pick up the next patient to be seen. It’s a 25-year-old who has neck stiffness, and a headache, and a sore throat. The GP has sent them in as a possible meningitis patient. Where do you go from there?
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
This is a hugely common presentation in the ED and often one many doctors try to avoid
The paramedics arrive with a 3-year-old boy who has had two seizures today. He has known developmental delay but has no history of seizures previously
This month we have 1. NIV for RSI Preoxygenation (PreOxy Trial), 2. NICE Guidelines for Meningitis, 3. TERN SHED Study and 4. New Online.
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
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.
The child with decreased consciousness is a common problem with many possible diagnoses and potentially high mortality and morbidity.
This session covers the correct procedure for a thorough and comprehensive dermatological examination to allow the correct diagnosis of patients presenting to the ED with dermatological conditions.
A 3-year-old boy presents with a 6-day history of vomiting and “stillness”.
A 77-year-old gentleman presents to the ED five days after his endoscopic endonasal transsphenoid resection of his pituitary adenoma with a severe frontal headache, fever and multiple episodes of vomiting.
A 12-year-old girl is brought by her parents with a 1-day history of fever and lethargy, associated with a rash that has rapidly developed over the last 3 hours.
A young man presents with fever, headache, photophobia and vomiting. Can you interpret the findings to diagnose and treat him appropriately before it’s too late?
What went wrong for a child who picked up Lymes’ instead of limes?
This module will focus on secondary causes of acute severe headaches that are likely to present to an emergency department.
CNS infections are relatively rare, but form a very important differential diagnosis in the unwell patient presenting to the ED.
Intracranial infections (also called central nervous system infections or CNS infections) are relatively rare, but form a very important differential diagnosis in the unwell patient