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The Coronavirus Cough

A 58-year-old primary school teacher with type 2 diabetes mellitus presents to your ED with shortness of breath. His breathlessness has increased overnight and is exacerbated on minimal exertion.
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Ouch my jaw

It’s a busy Friday night in the emergency department and another facial injury presents following an alleged assault to the left jaw.
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Eye Trauma

It's a busy Friday night in the emergency department and another facial injury presents following an alleged assault to the right eye.
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Sudden Back Pain

A 56-year-old plumber presents to the ED with a 24-hour history of worsening lower back pain after lifting some heavy bags of cement.
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The Swollen Scrotum

A 45-year-old man attends the ED with a presenting complaint of a "personal problem".
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A Spotty Boy

A new rash in a 5-year-old boy.
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A Parrot Bite

A 10-year-old male, fit and healthy child was brought in to A&E by a parent after sustaining a parrot bite injury to left index finger
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A Diagnostic Challenge

A keen fisherman attends following a flu-like illness. He has a small head wound and is now jaundiced. One sign brings it all together, can you spot it?
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Neonatal Jaundice

Not one, but two teeny tiny yellow wailing babies present to your Paediatric ED! Their worried parents ask you: "why have the twins turned yellow?"
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Major Pelvic Trauma

What will you do when called to attend a trauma call for a motorcyclist with a suspected pelvis problem?
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De Quervain tenosynovitis

“Why can't I write anymore?”
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Optic neuritis

A previously healthy 28-year-old male accountant presents to the ED with pain in his left eye.
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Doctor, my son can’t move his arm

A preschool aged child is refusing to use an arm. There is no obvious trauma and he is otherwise well.
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Back Pain in Children

4-year-old child unable to weight bear, and inconsolable crying.
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Paediatric Major Burns

This SAQ explores major burns in a paediatric patient, recognising the signs of inhalation injury and interventions instigated during the primary survey

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