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  • Clinical Case

Can you put your finger on it?

An elderly lady presents with a fall and subsequent left upper limb pain.
  • Clinical Case

Oh doctor, my left leg hurts! I am pregnant and worried about my baby!

A young lady, 13 weeks pregnant, presents with one day history of left lower limb swelling, pain and discolouration.
  • Clinical Case

Feeling PUQE – Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy

A 19-year-old woman of 9 weeks gestation presents to the emergency department with intractable vomiting.
  • Clinical Case

Doctor! Why Can’t I Walk?

A 65-year-old male presents to the emergency department by ambulance with an episode of collapse.
  • Clinical Case

Ultrasound Saves the Day!

A man in his 60’s presents to the ED with a syncopal episode.
  • Clinical Case

Sudden Collapse: The Hidden Hazards of Pulling Pints

A 29-year-old male is working a shift behind the bar and complains of feeling dizzy. He collapses and makes a quick recovery. This is not the first time.
  • Guideline

Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Dissection in the Emergency Department – Guideline

Diagnosis of thoracic aortic dissection in adult patients attending the emergency department. CT Aortogram is modality of choice for chest pain with high risk past medical history, symptoms, or clinical signs.
  • Induction Module

Risk Stratification and Venous Thromboembolic Disease – Induction

Suspected VTE is a common presentation in the ED, yet investigation and management of these conditions remains a challenge.
  • Podcast

March 2024

This month we have Low vs High Dose Dexamethasone for Migraine, Thoracic aortic aneurysm, Transfusion thresholds in MI and New Online.
  • Reference

Deep Vein Thrombosis

DVT typically presents in the lower limb, although it can also rarely occur in the upper limb.
  • Learning Session

Deep Vein Thrombosis

This module deals with the assessment and management of possible deep vein thrombosis in the emergency department.
  • Reference

Acute Aortic Dissection

This session covers the diagnosis and initial management of a patient with acute aortic dissection.
  • Learning Session

Acute Aortic Dissection

This session covers the diagnosis and initial management of a patient with acute aortic dissection.
  • Clinical Case

Shoulder Dislocation

A 51-year old man presents at 3am to the Emergency Department with severe pain in his left arm.
  • SAQ

Is it a clot?

A 65-year-old female presents to the ED with a painful swollen left leg. How confident are you in risk assessment and management of DVT?
  • Learning Session

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

This module describes focused ultrasound for suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm.
  • Clinical Case

A leaky pipe?

A 65-year-old male is brought to the ED with severe abdominal pain and nausea.
  • SBA

Acute Back Pain

Another pain in the back SBA
  • SBA

A Crowding Challenge

Your department is crowded with multiple ambulances arriving, very few empty clinical spaces and multiple boarded patients due to exit block.
  • Clinical Case

Aorta… Aneurysm and beyond!

A 65-year-old male presents to your busy ED with pain in lower abdomen and radiating to testicular area.
  • SBA

Another Chest Pain

You think this is a regular day at the office and a very straight forward case, but is it?
  • SBA

Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound

Using PoCUS to identify the abdominal aorta is an important skill and a curriculum requirement for completion of EM training. Can you identify all the relevant structures using ultrasound?
  • Learning Session

Ultrasound: Assessment of patients in shock

This session explores how to use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to assess patients presenting with shock to the ED .
  • Learning Session

Acute Limb Ischaemia

This session covers the diagnosis and initial management of a patient with acute limb ischaemia.
  • Reference

Acute Limb Ischaemia

This session covers the diagnosis and initial management of a patient with acute limb ischaemia.
  • Blog

Aortas

As I write this, it’s aortic dissection awareness day. Not another blog on AAD I hear you cry…But we thought you might all like an update and a consolidation on what is happening in the world of this black swan diagnosis.
  • Learning Session

Ultrasound: Image Acquisition

Evaluate various patient entry methods.
  • Reference

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.
  • SAQ

AAA Ultrasound

Ultrasound in AAA decision making
  • Podcast

June 2020

This month is in 2 parts. Part 1 has LoDED Study, Trauma Top 5 Papers, Neurosurgical Emergencies. Part 2 has New in EM - Peripheral pressors, VTE Guidelines, New in EM - Thirst guided IV fluid
  • Learning Session

Critical Appraisal: Appraising a Diagnostic Test: D-Dimer

Critical Appraisal: Appraising a Diagnostic Test: D-Dimer

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