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This month, for the May 2026 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, Rob speaks with another seven amazing speakers from the RCEM Annual Conference.
A 44-year-old male collapses and is subsequently brought into Resus. He presents with sudden-onset chest tightness and sweating, preceded by progressive shortness of breath over the past 24 hours.
Following a recent travel to Zambia, a pregnant woman develops high fever, dark urine, and confusion after a seizure; she arrives in the ED acutely unwell with hypoglycaemia.
Tuberculosis can feel like a disease from a different era. The truth is, it is still very much with us and in a busy urban ED you will see it. The real question is whether you think of it before the patient leaves the department, or three months later when theyre back worse.
A 50-year-old man presents with severe chest pain and vomiting after eating pork meat; diagnosed with spontaneous oesophageal rupture.
A 62-year-old patient presents to the ED complaining of shortness of breath. You are asked to prescribe their oxygen.
A 50-year-old male presents with painful Horner's syndrome. The initial CT scan is reported as normal, and stroke consultant suggests discharge, creating a challenge in clinical reasoning and professional advocacy.
A 25-year-old in her 37 weeks of pregnancy presents with itchy rash one week after receiving whooping cough vaccination and anti-D immunoglobulin injections.
A 5-year-old presents with refusal to walk after a brief viral illness.