An 8-year-old boy with acute agitation and encephalopathy deteriorates rapidly after misattributed behavioral symptoms, revealing a time-critical metabolic emergency with devastating consequences.
An 8-year-old boy with acute agitation and encephalopathy deteriorates rapidly after misattributed behavioral symptoms, revealing a time-critical metabolic emergency with devastating consequences.
This module will help you understand the use of Echo in Life Support (ELS).
There are three pregnant patients in the department who require consideration of Rhesus status and anti-D immunoglobulin. You have been asked to assess each in turn.
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A 75-year-old patient presents with rapidly worsening lower limb pain, swelling, skin discolouration, bullae, crepitus, hyponatraemia and elevated lactate.
A 20-year-old presents to the ED after taking about 20 tablets of an unknown medication.
A 2-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his parents after a detergent capsule burst in his face.
This module deals with the assessment and management of gall bladder and gall stone disease.
A 49-year-old female attends Resus with acute, global abdominal pain. She has recently been discharged from hospital following community acquired pneumonia and constipation.
How will you manage the absconding patient?
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A drowsy marathon runner presents after training in the sun, with a significantly raised temperature and dry skin too hot to touch.
A 77-year-old diabetic man presents with chest pain followed by presyncope. He is hypotensive with pulse deficits and hemopericardium. CT confirms DeBakey type I aortic dissection requiring urgent surgery.
An elderly lady gardening in the hot summer sun becomes unwell soon after midday.
How will you manage her heat stroke?
An elderly male with a shocking diagnosis.
Elderly woman with sudden hip pain and inability to weight-bear. Negative CT, but MRI reveals occult sub-capital fracture. Diagnostic uncertainty in the ED.
A teenager presents to your emergency department after a suspected acid attack sustained near their school. They are distressed with severe burning pain, facial and upper body chemical burns and contaminated clothing.
Sometimes as a doctor it can feel as though everyone has ‘sepsis’ and the term is often bandied about.
Persistent acidosis after DKA resolution should prompt evaluation for additional causes, including renal tubular acidosis.
A young patient presents with chest pain and shortness of breath.