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The Tooth Avulsion

An 18-year old man makes a mistake with a beer bottle.
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Parasyncope

A 47-year-old nurse with a 2 week history of headaches and lethargy presents with a pre-syncopal episode at work.
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Supratherapeutic drug overdose

A 50-year-old female presents with acute confusion and vomiting.
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Testicular Torsion

A 10-year-old boy presents to the ED with sudden onset severe abdominal pain.
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Accidental drug overdose

You receive a standby call for red-flag sepsis – Initial pattern recognition triggers the pathway. Shortly after arriving you experience ‘pattern interrupt’ and ponder new evidence in the treatment of this condition.
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Complicated Chest Pain

A rarer cause of pleural effusion
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Wheezing child

A 6-year-old boy is brought in by his mum after becoming wheezy and short of breath.
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Haem and the Heart

An 84-year-old gentleman attends ED with a 48-hour history of tight central chest pain on exertion.
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Acute Urinary Retention

A 51-year-old man is seen in the Emergency Department with severe abdominal pain and inability to pass urine.
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Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS-TS)

Understanding paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (PIMS-TS).
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COVID-19 in Children (PIMS-TS)

Understanding paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
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Facial Injury

It's a busy Saturday night in your ED and another patient with a facial injury presents following an alleged assault.
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Facial Trauma

Another night out and another facial injury.
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Pneumothorax?

At the 8am departmental handover, you discuss a 69-year-old man with COPD who presented two hours earlier with SOB.
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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.
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Tired purple legs

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

A 21-day-old term baby presents to your emergency department in respiratory distress and appears dusky blue.
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The Shocked Neonate – SAQ

A 22-year-old lady delivers a 36-week-old baby unexpectedly at home. The baby was initially pink with an Apgar of 9, and a birth weight of 7lbs.
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Seizures in a child

The paramedics arrive with a 3-year-old boy who has had two seizures today. He has known developmental delay but has no history of seizures previously
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The Collapsing Child

A 10-year-old boy is brought into hospital after a fainting episode at school.
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Emergency Surgical Airway

56-year-old presents with a bleeding base of tongue tumour. You cannot intubate and you cannot ventilate. How do you proceed?
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Acute Asthma Exacerbation

You are called by a resident doctor to help manage a 22-year-old male brought into the ED resuscitation area, presenting with wheeze, cough and shortness of breath.
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Traumatic Head Injury

Mr X is a middle aged gentleman who was assaulted with a house brick whilst riding a push bike.
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The Raised Troponin Result

An 81-year-old presents following a collapse. His blood tests from triage included a troponin level. It’s significantly elevated. What next?

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