Life-threatening asthma and a difficult airway in a previously well patient.
Life-threatening asthma and a difficult airway in a previously well patient.
This session covers the evaluation of arterial blood gases in the emergency department.
Tuberculosis can feel like a disease from a different era. The truth is, it is still very much with us and in a busy urban ED you will see it. The real question is whether you think of it before the patient leaves the department, or three months later when they’re back worse.
You are met with a patient who, you believe, is suffering an anaphylactic reaction, however the adrenaline is not having the desired effect. Why might this be and what would you do?
1 in 300 people will experience anaphylaxis at some point in their lives. RCUK anaphylaxis guidelines provide an updated consensus for the recognition and management of anaphylaxis in all age groups.
Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening, generalised or systemic hypersensitivity reaction characterised by rapidly developing life threatening airway, breathing and/or circulation problems usually associated with skin and mucosal changes
This module covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to the ED with anaphylaxis.
Authors: Thomas Mac Mahon / Editors: Frances Balmer / Codes: / Published: 04/04/2025 Introduction Context Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a complication of fertility treatment as outlined in the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ Green-top guideline.1 OHSS is usually mild, self-limiting and does not require emergency department review. However severe or critical OHSS has significant associated […]
This module covers Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), which is an iatrogenic complication of fertility treatment.
Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening, multi-organ hypersensitivity reaction, typically of rapid onset.
Anaphylaxis-induced Cardiac Arrest
Transfusion reactions range from mild to life threatening, and it is, therefore, important for clinicians to be able to assess, investigate and manage these presentations.
Transfusion reactions range from mild to life threatening, and it is, therefore, important for clinicians to be able to assess, investigate and manage these presentations.
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
This module covers the assessment and management of patients presenting with breathlessness to the ED.
Chest and abdominal x-rays are commonly requested in the emergency department.
An unusual presentation of chest pain to the emergency department following substance abuse at a party.
Angioedema and Urticaria (hives) are part of a spectrum of allergic symptoms and occasionally have a non-allergic aetiology.
A 77-year-old man presents with haemoptysis and shortness of breath.
A 45-year-old female attends with grossly swollen lips. She has some important information about her symptoms, can you understand it?
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