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An interesting case of fingernail clubbing

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

Scoring Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage

A 41-year-old gentleman presented to the ED with a three day history of vomiting blood and the passage of bright red blood rectally.

Complications of Alcohol Excess

A 45-year-old man attends the department with a 48 hour history of nausea and vomiting. He also has a diffuse upper abdominal pain.

Persisting Palpitations

Palpitations in a young woman for the last week. Her GP says probably a panic attack. Can you stream her to the in-house GP?

Radiology Updates for Imaging in Paediatric Major Trauma

Struggling to negotiate CT imaging requests for your paediatric patients? Let the guiding principles of ALARA come to your rescue!

Acute Toxicity

You are asked to see a 51-year-old lady who has been taken to the resus room. The ambulance crew tell you she has taken an overdose 5 hours previously.

The Drowsy Infant

A previously fit and well, fully immunised 10-month-old is brought into your ED with a 3 hour history of drowsiness.

Paediatric Head Trauma

An 8-year-old girl is brought into the ED with a head injury. She was out sledging with her family when she lost control and collided with a tree.

Severe Sore Throat

You take a history from a 16-year-old American boy and his parents who are on holiday in the UK for the next 2 weeks. He is complaining of a severe sore throat of 5 days duration.

Epistaxis in a child

A 7-year-old girl is brought into the ED by her mother on a busy Saturday afternoon after experiencing several nose bleeds at home over the preceding few hours.

The crying infant with abdominal pain

An 8-month-old boy is brought to A&E by his mother. He became unwell 2 days ago with vomiting and abdominal pain.

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.

A Diving Injury

Trauma Pre-alert for a 35-year-old gentleman who sustained injury to head and back after diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool.

Fish Poisoning

From somewhere under the sea, sun... and food container.

Jaundice in a Newborn Baby

What will you do when your weekend shift in the Paediatric ED turns into seeing a stream of yellow babies?

An Intentional Drug Overdose

A 29-year-old male presents after being poisoned with an unknown drug.

A mother has rushed into the ED very concerned that her baby is blue. This case covers the importance of understanding cyanosis, with consideration for the potential causes and management in a 3 week old.