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Colles’ fracture

Colles' fractures are a common presentation to emergency departments across the globe. The eponymous fracture is a dorsally angulated extra-articular distal radial metaphyseal single segment fracture. Everything else is a distal radial fracture or a Smiths or a Bartons or a Chauffeur fracture or Galeazzi.
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Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine – Level 1 Instruction

This document covers FAST, Assessment of the Abdominal Aorta and IVC, Vascular Access and Echocardiography in Life Support.
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Ultrasound: Skills of Ultrasound-guided Vascular Access

Vascular access is a common procedure in the emergency department. Using ultrasound to visualise vessels is helpful, but the additional skill of using ultrasound to guide the procedure is even more so
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Inexpensive Teaching Models for Fascia Iliaca Blocks

Most of us are convinced that fascia iliac blocks for pain relief are fabulous. Models to teach and practice on can be expensive. Inspired by one of the ED registrars I work with, Dr Grace O’Connell, I am going to show how to make a simple model for simulating going through the fascial layers at the hip.
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Mandibular and Temporomandibular Joint Injuries

Fractures of the mandible are the second most common facial fracture seen in the ED after nasal fracture
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The Dislocated Shoulder

A 92-year-old man attends the emergency department complaining that his right shoulder "looks a funny shape".
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Foot Injuries

Foot injuries are common and because they affect mobility, they can have significant effects on a patient's life and so are important.
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Tiny Tot’s Ticker Flicker

A 5-week term baby is brought in by his parents with a 24-hour history of poor feeding. No fever or infective features.
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Supraventricular Tachycardias

Supraventricular Tachycardias can be divided into three pathophysiologicaly distinct conditions.
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Chest Drain Insertion in Adult Trauma

This session provides training in chest drain insertion. It looks at the indications for carrying out this procedure, as well as how to prepare for it, and shows a chest drain being inserted. Post-procedure management and complex cases are also covered
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Fascia Iliaca Block

The use of FI blocks in the emergency department has been shown to provide effective pain relief in the acute setting and to reduce the use of opiate analgesia.
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Slow and steady doesn’t always win the race

A previously well and fit 70-year-old man presents with acute shortness of breath, pre-syncopal symptoms and a significantly reduced exercise tolerance.