Don’t trip yourself up in patients with trauma and neurological symptoms.…
Systematic Interpretation of the Spinal Radiograph
Traumatic neck and back pain are common presentations to the ED.…
Systematic Interpretation of the Spinal Radiograph
Traumatic neck and back pain are common presentations to the ED.…
Paediatric C-Spine
Managing the paediatric c-spine…
Spinal Injuries in Children
The biggest cause of spinal injuries in children is road traffic collisions, particularly those with high speed, a rollover or an ejection from the vehicle, with second place going to falls in younger…
Cervical Spine Injury
Cervical spine injuries are rare but potentially devastating. Immobilisation of the cervical spine on the slightest suspicion of injury is recommended by most resuscitation courses.…
Assessing and Clearing the Cervical Spine
Cervical spine immobilisation is the most commonly performed procedure in pre-hospital care…
TERN Top Papers August 2021
The aim of TERN Top Papers is to highlight the top emergency care related papers for emergency physicians, keeping them abreast of the latest practice-changing studies. This month’s topic is diagnosti…
Humpty Dumpty
A 70-year-old male is brought to the Emergency Department by ambulance complaining of dizziness and generalised weakness following a fall.…
Snap, Crackle and Pop
A 40-year-old female is involved in a head on vehicle collision at 50 miles per hour into a tree.…
Acute Lower Back Pain
Low back pain is a very common problem and it is estimated that 80% of the population suffer from it at some stage of their life. It is also a common presentation to emergency departments…
Broken Neck or Not
A 74-year-male presented to the Emergency Department with neck pain. Whilst enjoying a round of golf, slipped backwards down a bank onto some rocks…
Unfortunate Injury from a Plant Pot
A 62-year-old man comes into the Emergency Department in the early hours of the morning following a fall…
Drunk and Fell (… off a roof)
An 18-year-old male self-presents to the Emergency Department 36 hours after falling from a rooftop while intoxicated.…
C-spine skills – Induction
Most patients arrive with c-spine immobilisation, now called “restriction of c-spine movement or ROCSM”, in situ. If they haven’t, and they need it, there’s a few steps to take…
In too deep
Trauma Pre-alert for 35-year-old gentleman who sustained injury to head and back after diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool.…
May 2019 Podcast
This month we have a discussion on the Manchester Bombing | Scribes in the ED | TERN TIRED | PTX and haemothorax in the CT era | Horse Trauma | Roc Rocks – ED RSI with Rocuronium or Suxamethoniu…
Another faller!
Another faller presents to your emergency department. Confused and smelling of alcohol. What will you do? How can you avoid missing the common pitfalls?…
November 2018
November 2018…
Paediatric Trauma Anatomy – Easy as AcBC
The alert phone goes: the ambulance team are bringing in a 2 year old girl who has fallen down a flight of stairs…