A 25-year-old in her 37 weeks of pregnancy presents with itchy rash one week after receiving whooping cough vaccination and anti-D immunoglobulin injections.
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.
GLP-1 agonists, hailed as “wonder drugs,” help shed weight rapidly. But how do they work and what risks lurk beneath? What do we need to know about them in the emergency department?
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.
A 10-year-old boy presents with fever, malaise, and rapidly spreading painful skin lesions with oral and eye involvement, following a recent course of antibiotics.
A 46-year-old male presents to the ED with 3 months refractory headache and subacute forehead swelling (unknown duration) with acute periorbital oedema.
Young man with chronic cocaine use presents with painful hand swelling, worsening leg ulcers and a purpuric rash. Investigation shows raised inflammatory markers but no clear source of infection.
Rashes are difficult to diagnose in both children and adults. The key is to be able to identify the important types and then manage to learn about the rest slowly.
A 22-year-old is transferred for a specialist plastics review. You and the plastics team agree to see the patient together in resus after a pre-alert is passed.
This session encompasses the evaluation and treatment of individuals who are either identified as having or presenting to the ED with signs and symptoms of Immune Thrombocytopenia.
This module encompasses the evaluation and treatment of individuals who are either identified as having or presenting to the ED with signs and symptoms of Immune Thrombocytopenia.
Many of us in the UK EM will have gone most of our careers without seeing any confirmed cases of measles. Vaccination rates have been dropping though, so measles is back in our departments and has to be in our differential diagnosis list.
This session covers the correct procedure for a thorough and comprehensive dermatological examination to allow the correct diagnosis of patients presenting to the ED with dermatological conditions.
This module covers the correct procedure for a thorough and comprehensive dermatological examination to allow the correct diagnosis of patients presenting to the ED with dermatological conditions.
Group A Streptococcus is responsible for many skin and soft tissue infections, which can be identified based on the appearance of the associated skin rashes.
There are hundreds of skin diseases, many present with (often similar looking) rashes. Diagnosis of skin conditions can be a challenging task for non-dermatologists.
This session aims to increase the awareness of Kawasaki disease with a focus on recognising the principal clinical features, in line with recent updates to the NICE guidelines
This learning session aims to increase the awareness of Kawasaki disease with a focus on recognising the principal clinical features, in line with recent updates to the NICE guidelines.
We’ve all seen diabetic foot presentations in the ED but many more of them are managed successfully in primary care and podiatry clinics. As in many other areas, the ED has a huge role to play in prevention as well as treatment.
An 18-year-old female presents to the ED of your local hospital during a night shift with a spider bite over the thigh. She is feverish and tachycardic.
A third of deaths from food anaphylaxis occur despite appropriate early management. Consequently, the RCUK have recognised a need for standardised algorithms for ongoing resuscitation in cases of refractory anaphylaxis.
Chest pain in children and young people is thankfully, in the most part, not too concerning. But explaining exactly what the cause of it is, can be tricky. And when do we need to worry?
Lyme disease is a spirochete infection transmitted by ticks. ED presentation, although rare, is important to identify to enable early treatment.
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