A young adult presents with an opioid overdose, how will you manage this patient?
A young adult presents with an opioid overdose, how will you manage this patient?
A woman is found unresponsive in a takeaway at midnight. She is hypotensive, drowsy and has low oxygen saturations. She is unable to give a history and there is nobody with her. Can you help her?
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.
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.
A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with RUQ, tachycardia and diarrhoea after starting a new herbal supplement for weight loss.
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.
This case describes a therapeutic excess of paracetamol and explores the further management of complications in an unintentional paracetamol overdose.
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
Your pre-alert phone rings to warn you that a 30-year-old male will be arriving in five minutes, having been found collapsed with blue lips and recordable oxygen saturations.
ECG changes in an unconscious patient
This module explores the presentations of children to the ED by concerned parents after a potential ingestion of a substance is common.
This module explores the presentations of children to the ED by concerned parents after a potential ingestion of a substance is common.
A patient presents following a viral illness with RUQ pain, vomiting and confusion.
A patient having a large laceration sutured suddenly goes into cardiac arrest.
A 45-year-old man is brought to ED after his neighbours call an ambulance, concerned that he looks ‘unwell’.
The use of FI blocks in the emergency department has been shown to provide effective pain relief in the acute setting and to reduce the use of opiate analgesia.
The use of FI blocks in the emergency department has been shown to provide effective pain relief in the acute setting and to reduce the use of opiate analgesia.