A 6-month-old boy brought in because he can’t breathe.…
A baby with a barky cough
An 8-months-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department with a 1-day history of worsening seal-like barky cough and inspiratory stridor when crying, preceded by coryza.…
Pleural Effusion
This session looks at the assessment and management of the adult with a pleural effusion in the ED.…
Hula whoops
A 4-year-old with a persistent cough…
Coughing, Wheezy and Stridulous Children – PEM Induction
The child with respiratory distress can be difficult to assess, especially in the under 5’s…
RCEM COVID-19 CPD Top 5 papers: Week 9
Another week, another top 5! The volume and quality of evidence continues to grow with the team screening over 1,500 studies. This week’s top 5 contains policy shaping big hitters and an additional +1…
RCEM COVID-19 CPD Top 5 papers: Week 7
Another week, another top 5! The team has sorted through thousands of papers…
RCEM COVID-19 CPD Top 5 papers: Week 8
Another week, another top 5! The team faced well over 2,000 papers this week, along with a couple of big-hitters, which sneaked themselves in…
RCEM COVID-19 CPD Top 5 papers: Week 6
This week’s flash update is the distilled outputs of a global output of more than 1,700 papers a week…
The COVID-19 Arrest
Train hard, fight easy: Managing a cardiopulmonary arrest in a patient with suspected COVID-19…
RCEM COVID-19 CPD Top 5 papers: Week 5
Another week, another top 5! The team has sorted through thousands of papers, and here are the papers that deserve your attention. If you have the headspace for ten more fantastic papers check out the…
RCEM COVID-19 CPD Top 5 papers: Week 2
As COVID-19 continues, so does the phenomenal volume of information about it being generated from every corner of the globe. This flash update from the RCEM COVID-19 CPD team, gives clinicians the wee…
RCEM COVID-19 CPD Top 5 papers: Week 3
RCEM COVID-19 CPD Top 5 papers: Week 3…
RCEM COVID-19 CPD Top 5 papers: Week 1
RCEM COVID-19 CPD Top 5 papers: Week 1…
FRCEM Primary Paper 5
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer…
Coughing, Wheezy and Stridulous Children
Children with noisy or difficult breathing often present to the Emergency Department (ED). The acuity of these patients varies, but any of the conditions that cause respiratory symptoms can be life th…
End-Tidal CO2 in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism
To evaluate whether EtCO2 measurement can be used at the bedside to exclude pulmonary embolism (PE)…