This module provides an overview of neuroprognostication following cardiac arrest, beginning with the current prevalence of cardiac arrest and the Chain of Survival framework. It explores the key factors influencing survival to hospital discharge as well as multimodal evaluation techniques and the clinical criteria used in brain stem death determination.
This module covers decompression illness, explaining the scientific principles behind its pathophysiology, identifying major risk factors for its development and exploring the critical role of oxygen in early management. It also provides an overview of other important diving-related conditions.
This session covers decompression illness, identifying major risk factors for its development and exploring the critical role of oxygen in early management. It also provides an overview of other important diving-related conditions.
A 16-year-old is brought in by ambulance to your resuscitation room with a reduced level of consciousness and then starts to see monkeys everywhere. What’s going on?
A 4-year-old presents with hypoglycaemia and all you can think of is a slushy?
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.
A 30-year-old previously healthy male presents to your Emergency Department with syncope while on a treadmill.
A 29-year-old male is working a shift behind the bar and complains of feeling dizzy. He collapses and makes a quick recovery. This is not the first time.
A 51-year-old who presents profoundly unconscious.
Patients with airway compromise need prompt recognition and correction using basic airway techniques.
Patients with airway compromise need prompt recognition and correction using basic airway techniques. These are essential skills for emergency physicians and will be covered in this session.
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.
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
The child with decreased consciousness is a common problem with many possible diagnoses and potentially high mortality and morbidity.
The child with decreased consciousness is a common problem with many possible diagnoses and potentially high mortality and morbidity
Learning about lightning injuries
During Summer storms, lightning strikes can cause fatalities …but what happens to the survivors?
A 4-year-old girl fell whilst playing in the playground on a metal slide and sustained a 3cm open wound to her left cheek and upper lip.
A 3-day-old baby girl is brought to the emergency department by her distressed mother with complaints about the baby’s shivering and lethargy.
This module describes the management of presentations of non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage in the ED.