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  • Clinical Case

It’s ALL very vague

A young child presents to your Emergency Department with non specific upper respiratory tract symptoms. You’ve seen him before on a previous visit.
  • SBA

An Electrolyte Emergency

An adult presents with a variety of symptoms. Can you identify and treat the electrolyte disturbance?
  • Clinical Case

To drain or not to drain?

A 67-year-old man presents with shortness of breath and fever. He has recently completed his first 2 week chemotherapy course for auricular Squamous Cell Carcinoma, administered via a PICC line.
  • Clinical Case

Headache with Stealthy Hypertension

A 45-year-old male with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome presents to the ED with paroxysmal headaches and elevated blood pressure.
  • SAQ

Is it a clot?

A 65-year-old female presents to the ED with a painful swollen left leg. How confident are you in risk assessment and management of DVT?
  • Reference

Management of Haematuria

This session covers the management of patients who present to the emergency department with macro or microscopic haematuria.
  • Learning Session

Management of Haematuria

This module covers the management of patients who present to the emergency department with macro or microscopic haematuria.
  • SBA

Bone Pain

A young lady presented with abdominal pain, lethargy, (Groin) bone pain, depression and headache.
  • Clinical Case

More than a pea-sized problem

A man with weight loss, abdominal pain and fevers attends your ED. He has HIV and is on antiretroviral therapy.
  • SAQ

An interesting case of fingernail clubbing

A 68-year-old man attends the ED one evening with a painful right knee.
  • SAQ

The Oncology Emergency

Patients present to ED with complications of etiologies that might not yet have been diagnosed. As ED physicians, it’s imperative to connect the dots and identify themes, beyond the acute complaints.
  • SBA

Paediatric Oncology

This SBA will test your knowledge on worrying presentations to ED, and when fevers come and go.
  • Clinical Case

A Pain in the…. Arm?

A 50-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with non-traumatic neuropathic sounding upper limb pain.
  • Clinical Case

My tummy hurts!

A young boy with abdominal pain and distension is brought in by his father. The triage nurse mentions that he is hypertensive, with microscopic haematuria on his urine dipstick.
  • Blog

An Approach to Paediatric Oncological Presentations in the Emergency Department

The ED often plays a vital role in making the first diagnosis of cancer.
  • SBA

Oncology Emergencies

Life threatening complications of cancer – more than neutropenia.
  • Reference

Phaeochromocytoma

The spontaneous presentation of phaeochromocytoma is normally between the age of 40 and 50 years, however the hereditary forms often present in younger individuals, including children.
  • Learning Session

Phaeochromocytoma

Describing the key features relevant to the history of phaeochromocytoma
  • Blog

Malignant Spine Presentations

Here are two cases of oncological and palliative care emergencies that might present to the emergency department, that we should know how to treat.
  • Reference

Hypercalcaemia in Malignancy

Hypercalcaemia is commonly seen in patients with malignant disease. This session explains the assessment and management of the problem in the emergency department
  • Learning Session

Hypercalcaemia in Malignancy

Hypercalcaemia is commonly seen in patients with malignant disease. This session explains the assessment and management of the problem in the emergency department
  • Reference

Hereditary Angioedema

Patients frequently attend the emergency department (ED) with episodes of cutaneous and mucosal swelling.

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