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Next to be seen is a 35 year old male, returned from Ghana, presenting with muscle pain, headaches, a history of fever and diarrhoea
A 47-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with descending paralysis.
A 19‑year‑old student presents with fever, headache and malaise 24 hours after receiving a MenB vaccine, worried he has developed meningitis.
This module covers the epidemiology, pathophysiology and lifecycle of Malaria, alongside recognising and managing severe cases and initiating appropriate treatment.
This session covers the epidemiology, pathophysiology and lifecycle of Malaria, alongside recognising and managing severe cases and initiating appropriate treatment.
A young man presents with fever, headache, photophobia and vomiting. Can you interpret the findings to diagnose and treat him appropriately before it’s too late?
Following a recent travel to Zambia, a pregnant woman develops high fever, dark urine, and confusion after a seizure; she arrives in the ED acutely unwell with hypoglycaemia.
Tuberculosis can feel like a disease from a different era. The truth is, it is still very much with us and in a busy urban ED you will see it. The real question is whether you think of it before the patient leaves the department, or three months later when they’re back worse.
A 33-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with atraumatic hip pain.
During a police arrest, a known Hepatitis B positive patient becomes aggressive, spitting directly at an officer. The immediate exposure necessitates urgent post-exposure investigations and treatment for the officer.
Cloudy Hypoxia after foreign travel; a flashback of a pandemic or a rare home-grown complication of a childhood illness in an adult.
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).