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  • SAQ

Working from home

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.
  • Clinical Case

Chest Pain in a 12-year-old

A 12-year-old boy presents to your local ED complaining of a 2-day history of chest pain.
  • Clinical Case

Headache and Vomiting

A 16-year-old patient with headache and vomiting with a past medical history of dysmenorrhoea.
  • Clinical Case

Spill the Tea

A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with RUQ, tachycardia and diarrhoea after starting a new herbal supplement for weight loss.
  • Guideline

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome – Guideline

How to recognise and manage Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome as a cause of vomiting and abdominal pain.
  • Podcast

May 2024

This month we have: New in EM - Clonidine for pain, Guidelines for EM - NEXUS Chest CT Rule, an interview with Matt Reed, Coca cola for food boluses and New Online.
  • SBA

Persistent Fever with Rash in Children

A 3-year-old child presents to your emergency department with a rash, fever and vomiting.
  • Clinical Case

It’s a AAA, isn’t it? You’ve got some ex-pleening to do

A 76-year-old presents with abdominal pain. He is clinically shocked (hypotensive and tachycardic) with a known abdominal aortic aneurysm.
  • Podcast

April 2024

This month we have Ketamine and Ondansetron, Hyperemesis Gravidarum, an interview with Vicky Price (SAM), Antibiotics for brain injury and New Online
  • SAQ

Paracetamol Toxicity during Pregnancy

A pregnant female accidentally takes an excess of paracetamol. This SAQ explores the important considerations taken when managing acute paracetamol poisoning during pregnancy.
  • Clinical Case

Gastric Volvulus in an Elderly Patient

A frail elderly female is brought to the emergency department following two episodes of “coffee-ground vomit”.
  • Clinical Case

A Rare and Serious Adverse Event Related to Codeine

An 80-year-old woman presented to the ED at 2am with acute chest pain and shortness of breath.

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