30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
Alcohol withdrawal is a common presentation to UK EDs and patients can present significant management challenges to clinicians.
A 2-year-old presents with a fever and a 2 minute unresponsive episode. How will you manage them?
Status epilepticus, a state of prolonged, uncontrolled seizures, is a common emergency department presentation that is potentially life-threatening.
Status epilepticus, a state of prolonged, uncontrolled seizures, is a common emergency department presentation that is potentially life-threatening.
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: Surgery for Haemorrhagic Stroke | RCEM Best Practice Guidelines for Acute Pain | Laura Howard and Gregory Yates – BestBETs | New Online
A 40-year-old man had a seizure witnessed by his wife; she reports that he was unresponsive and his limbs were shaking.
A patient starts seizing in your ED, standard management is commenced but the cause and management may not be so straightforward.
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
A man collapses in the bathroom. What was the cause? Is he safe to go home?
Learning about lightning injuries
A 27-year-old man is brought to the ED by ambulance after having two seizures. He has no known health problems.
You take handover for a patient in resus. They have presented with new onset of focal seizures. You start treatment but the convulsions are worsening. What will you do?
This month we discuss:
Using lactate to diagnose seizures, Non-fatal strangulation, Impact of familiarity on performance and New Online.
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.
The seizing child is truly a scary thing to behold. If you work in the Paediatric ED, you will, at some stage, come across a child who has had a seizure, is recovering from a seizure, or is actively seizing
Abdominal pain is a reasonably common presentation in paediatrics-increasing as the child gets older
This module will focus on secondary causes of acute severe headaches that are likely to present to an emergency department.