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  • 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.
  • Clinical Case

The Limping Child

A 7-year-old girl presents to the Paediatric A&E with a 3 week history of increasing pain in her right hip.
  • Clinical Case

Polka Dots on a Tiny Tot

A 15-month-old presents to your ED with a rash and swelling on both legs and feet. The patient has a mild fever but is otherwise well.
  • SAQ

Lightning Strike Injury

Learning about lightning injuries
  • SAQ

The Limping Child (Perthes disease)

Investigating a child presenting with a limping gait to your Paediatric Emergency Department.
  • SAQ

Lightning Learning – Struck by Lightning

During Summer storms, lightning strikes can cause fatalities …but what happens to the survivors?
  • SBA

Not Feeling Great on my Great Toe

How will you manage a patient presenting with an atraumatic painful swelling of their great toe?
  • 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.
  • Reference

Acute Dystonia

Acute dystonia is a movement disorder in which there is a state of abnormal tone produced by slow and sustained contractions of opposing muscle groups.
  • Learning Session

Acute Dystonia

Acute dystonia is a common presentation to the ED. Most cases occur as a result of recreational or prescribed drugs.
  • Podcast

December 2023

This month we have a brand new Co-host, Liz Farah. And the topics on discussion are Mortality in older patients boarding overnight in the ED, Hypertension in the ED and Cauda Equina Syndrome, Opioids for back pain & New Online
  • SAQ

Head Injury

Another faller presents to your ED Confused and smelling of alcohol. What will you do? How can you avoid missing the common pitfalls?

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