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  • Learning Session

Decompression Illness

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.
  • Reference

Decompression Illness

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.
  • Clinical Case

Spill It Like It’s Hot

A 60-year-old patient presents to the ED with a leaking ambulatory chemotherapy pump. The chemotherapy helpline is unreachable, and staff must manage a potential cytotoxic spill safely.
  • Blog

Bites and Infestations

This blog will focus on some of the finer details in bite management, or complications that may be seen. (Apologies in advance for any itching caused by this blog).
  • Clinical Case

Revise your Resuscitation: The Drowning Child

You are working on a rapid response vehicle (RRV) as a part of a PHEM-rotation and attend a ‘red’ call: “3-year-old cardiac arrest. Unsupervised child fallen into outdoor pond. Not breathing. Not responsive”.
  • Blog

Chemical Eye Injuries in the ED

Chemical eye injuries are time-critical emergencies. This blog outlines how to rapidly recognise and manage them in the ED, with practical tips on irrigation, pH monitoring, grading, and safe discharge.
  • Clinical Case

Chemical Burns

A 30-year-old, 50kg, factory worker presents to your ED following a chemical burn injury. While operating a machine at the Royal Mint an accident sprayed chemical over his face, neck and upper chest.
  • Clinical Case, ECG

What does this ECG suggest?

An elderly lady presents to the emergency department from a nursing home having been found on the floor in her room
  • Clinical Case

Not Just Iron Man: A Mysterious Case of the Blues

A 45-year-old male, with unresolved cyanosis despite oxygen, presents with pleuritic chest pain and recent PE history. Arterial blood gas was performed to assess underlying hypoxemia.
  • SBA

Summer Sun and Heat Illness

Here comes the Summer Sun…and Heat Stroke.
  • Clinical Case

Slow to warm up

You receive a standby call – female found at the bottom of a mountain, her temperature is unrecordable… What would you do?
  • SAQ

Drowning – SAQ

A 17-year-old man attends your ED having taken an unconventional shortcut on his way home. Check out this SAQ on Drowning.

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