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  • Clinical Case

Knee Dislocation Following a Basketball Injury

A 17-year-old male who sustained a patellar dislocation and an avulsion fracture following a fall during a basketball game.
  • Blog

Emergency Casebook 3: Cauda Costs

This is the third in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department
  • Clinical Case

Painful Joint Swelling

A 56-year-old gentleman can’t bend his knee after 3 days of increasing pain and swelling.
  • Clinical Case

An Unusual Cause of Hip Pain in an Athlete

A 30-year-old female athlete patient presents with hip pain progressively worsening for 3 weeks.
  • SAQ

Fractures of the Midfoot and Forefoot

10 X-rays in SAQs and 5 in MCQs to test your knowledge of fractures of the midfoot and forefoot.
  • SAQ

Tired purple legs

A 7-year-old girl presents with an acute, painful hot knee and a red-purple non-blanching rash.
  • Reference

Acute Lower Back Pain

Back pain is common: it is estimated that 60-80% of the population have back pain at some time during their life.
  • Learning Session

Acute Lower Back Pain

Low back pain is a very common problem and it is estimated that 80% of the population suffer from it at some stage of their life. It is also a common presentation to emergency departments.
  • Blog

The Limping Child

We've all seen limping children. Maybe some of us have even had limping children. Some departments have excellent management strategies and pathways. Some don't. Here's some of our thoughts, musings and suggestions.
  • SBA

Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia

A 36-year-old female presents with acute thoracic back pain and develops weakness in her right leg, eventually diagnosed as spinal cord ischemia.
  • Blog

Back Pain Advice – Do you know what to say?

Acute back pain is something that we see fairly often in the emergency department
  • Guideline

Management of Pain in Adults – Guideline

This guideline sets out the standards for timeliness of provision of analgesia and provides an approach to the delivery of analgesia for adult patients presenting to the ED.

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