A case of Ataxia and weakness of limbs in a teenage male.
A case of Ataxia and weakness of limbs in a teenage male.
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.
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?
A 2-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his parents after accidentally drinking water from a glass where they had disposed of cigarette butts overnight.
A 4-year-old presents with hypoglycaemia and all you can think of is a slushy?
A 43-year-old man pre-alerts to the Emergency Department with alleged intentional overdose of Nytol (Diphenhydramine) tablets.
Accidental iron overdose in a young child.
It is a busy winter evening in the ED. The next patient to be seen is a 37-year-old female presenting with a headache, nausea and general malaise.
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.
A cyanosed young lady sitting comfortably in the waiting room.
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
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.
Carbon monoxide poisoning still accounts for a significant number of cases and is associated with both morbidity and mortality through a spectrum of presentations due to both acute and chronic exposures.
Carbon monoxide poisoning still accounts for a significant number of cases and is associated with both morbidity and mortality through a spectrum of presentations due to both acute and chronic exposures.