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  • Clinical Case

Rare Cause, Common Presentation!

An elderly female patient presents to the ED with abdominal pain, constipation, and vomiting, with a picture of large bowel obstruction with unusual aetiology.
  • Blog

Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the Emergency Department

Toni is a 35-year-old lady who attends the ED regularly with chest pain. Nothing seems to make it better, and her troponin is always normal. You wonder if there is a potential cause. Read on to find out that there is more to IBS than abdominal 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.
  • SAQ

Abdominal Pain – SAQ

A 14-year-old boy attends the Paediatric ED with a 2 day history of worsening colicky central abdominal pain.
  • Reference

Urinary Tract Infections in Children

This session looks at the techniques available to collect urine samples from children in an emergency department. It discusses the evidence basis and the relative merits of each technique
  • Clinical Case

The Apoplectic Abdomen

A 22-year-old man presents to the ED following a collapse with abdominal pain and no history of trauma.
  • Clinical Case

A Diagnostic Trap – Euglycaemic DKA Masquerading as Diverticulitis

A 77-year-old woman presents to the ED with generalised abdominal pain. She describes the pain as dull and constant, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and anorexia.
  • Clinical Case, Pocus

Gall Bladder POCUS

A patient presents with RUQ pain, how do you use POCUS for your assessment?
  • Clinical Case

Nursing Home Patient with Constipation

An 82-year-old nursing home resident is brought into the ED with abdominal distension and a 2 day history of constipation.
  • Reference

Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage

This session covers the assessment and management of upper gastrointestinal (GI) haemorrhage.
  • Learning Session

Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage

This session covers the assessment and management of upper gastrointestinal (GI) haemorrhage.
  • Clinical Case

Under Pressure

A normally well man in his 50’s presents with severe chest pain following vomiting.
  • Learning Session

Ultrasound: Skills of carrying out Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Assessment (AAA)

This module describes focused ultrasound for suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm.
  • EM Quiz

Curriculum Quiz: Surgical Emergencies

25 questions. 25 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
  • Clinical Case

Returning from Spain with new epigastric pain, in shock

A hypotensive female in her 60s is pre-alerted to resus with severe abdominal pain radiating to both shoulders.
  • Clinical Case

Blunt trauma to the abdomen – don’t forget the kidneys!

A 37-year-old man is brought into the emergency department following a road traffic collision.
  • Clinical Case

Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Early Pregnancy

A 31-year-old woman presents with a one-day history of sudden onset of the left shoulder pain and shortness of breath.
  • SBA

Neonatal PR Bleeding

What are potential causes for blood in a neonate’s nappy?
  • Clinical Case

Think: Screen the Spleen

A 75-year-old female with no significant past medical history presents to the ED with sudden onset of sharp left upper quadrant pain.
  • Reference

Pancreatitis

This module provides information on Pancreatitis, including the diagnosis, basic science, assessment and management.

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