An elderly man presents to the emergency department with dizziness associated with movement of his left arm.…
Vertigo: will it make your head spin?
A 49-year-old man is brought to the ED by ambulance after waking this morning with severe vertigo.…
Bell’s Palsy in Children
Bell’s palsy is a relatively uncommon condition presenting to primary care. Despite a benign course for most children with Bell’s palsy, there are a number of serious causes of facial para…
Bell’s Palsy in Children
Bell’s palsy is a relatively uncommon condition presenting to primary care. Despite a benign course for most children with Bell’s palsy, there are a number of serious causes of facial para…
Cranial Nerves Seven to Twelve
Cranial nerve injuries are important clinical signs, which alert the examiner to intracranial pathology. This session will look at the more common traumatic and medical causes of cranial nerve injury …
Cervical Artery Dissection
The basic lesion in cervical artery dissection is an intramural haematoma in the vessel wall.…
Cervical Artery Dissection
This session reviews the clinical presentation and investigation of cervical artery dissection. The clinician needs a high level of suspicion to make this diagnosis accurately…
Spinning Around
A 77-year-old man presents with sudden onset nausea, vomiting & difficulty walking.…
Is it a stroke?
Young male with rash dizziness and facial weakness…
June 2019 podcast
This months podcast features Angio following cardiac arrest | Vertigo | Bag Mask Ventilation in RSI | LGIB | and IAEM PoCUS Erector Spinae Block…
You Spin My Head Right Round
A woman in her 50s presented with sudden onset nausea and vertigo.…
Vertigo in the ED
Vertigo is a false perception, experienced by the patient, of rotation or movement of the external world…
Vertigo
Vertigo is a common problem which affects 5% of adults in any one year. Consequently, it is a frequent presenting problem to the ED…
A new DAWN for Stroke Patients
Patients who wake up with a stroke may still be eligible for endovascular thrombectomy, according to preliminary results from the DAWN trial.…
Emergency Casebook 1: A bit unsteady after a night out
This is the first in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department…