The relative tranquility of the night shift thus was about to be broken. I swallowed my apprehension and walked outside.
The relative tranquility of the night shift thus was about to be broken. I swallowed my apprehension and walked outside.
A case of Ataxia and weakness of limbs in a teenage male.
It’s Friday evening and you’re at work in the ED (where else would you rather be??). Jack is a 15-year-old boy who has taken an overdose of paracetamol a couple of hours ago. He texted his girlfriend soon after and she called an ambulance.
A young adult presents with an opioid overdose, how will you manage this patient?
A 46-year-old male presents to the ED with 3 months refractory headache and subacute forehead swelling (unknown duration) with acute periorbital oedema.
You receive a standby call for red-flag sepsis – Initial pattern recognition triggers the pathway. Shortly after arriving you experience ‘pattern interrupt’ and ponder new evidence in the treatment of this condition.
An adolescent male presents with abdominal pain, vomiting and bradyarrhythmia after ingesting foxglove plant leaves with an intention to harm himself.
A 38-year-old man reattends obtunded and narcosed after being treated for a DVT the day before.
You’ve just arrived for your first ED shift, excited to be allocated to resus. The red phone rings. A 45-year-old female, amitriptyline overdose, P120, BP85/45, GCS 5, ETA 5 minutes.
A 46-year-old man is brought by ambulance to the ED. He has been drinking alcohol all afternoon and, according to collateral from his wife, he has taken ‘some tablets’ two hours prior the presentation.
This month we have an ASC Megamix 2024.
A 51-year-old who presents profoundly unconscious.
Accidental iron overdose in a young child.
This session covers the assessment and management of patients with acute liver failure.
This module covers the assessment and management of patients with acute liver failure.
A 40-year-old man had a seizure witnessed by his wife; she reports that he was unresponsive and his limbs were shaking.
Class A drug in the UK – illegal to possess, give away or sell. Possession can be punished with 7 years in jail.
A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with RUQ, tachycardia and diarrhoea after starting a new herbal supplement for weight loss.
How to identify, investigate, and manage nitrous oxide toxicity.
You’ve just arrived for your first ED shift, excited to be allocated to resus. The red phone rings. A 45-year-old female, amitriptyline overdose, P120, BP85/45, GCS 5, ETA 5 minutes.