You take handover for a patient in resus. They have presented with new onset of focal seizures. You start treatment but the convulsions are worsening. What will you do?
A 57-year-old male patient presents with acute back pain and numbness in both legs.
A 56-year-old woman is brought to the ED by her husband as she has been unable to stop a nosebleed.
A 69-year-old man presents to the Emergency Department after a minor road traffic accident.
A 10-day-old male infant presents with redness and discharge from both eyes.
An 11-year-old boy has reattended for the 3rd time with blistering skin lesions.
An 81-year-old gentleman presents to the ED with a 3 week history of worsening pain and erythema of his great toe despite antibiotics.
A pregnant patient presents with signs of shock
A 30-year-old female attended the Emergency Department after vomiting, feeling weak and not quite with it.
A 70-year-old female presents to the ED with headache, jaw pain and visual disturbance.
An 80-year-old woman presented to the ED at 2am with acute chest pain and shortness of breath.
A 46-year-old female presents with a three-month history of progressively worsening vaginal bleeding.
A 69-year-old man presents to the ED with a heart rate of 28bpm. He is hypotensive and clammy.
A young girl collapses suddenly at school and presents to your ED with an altered level of consciousness what could have happened?
A 23-year-old man presents to the ED following a rugby tackle with left rib pain.
A 40-year-old man is brought in by ambulance at 2am. He looks visibly anxious and is clutching his chest. The paramedics think its ACS.
A 37-year-old male maintenance worker presents following a 440 volt electric shock with entry in the left hand.
An elderly lady presenting with vague symptoms is found to have a deranged blood gas.
A female with a spontaneous pneumothorax suddenly becomes breathless and hypotensive after insertion of a chest drain.
A 43-year-old cyclist arrives after being struck by a car. He arrives with spinal immobilisation on a scoop stretcher with evidence of bruising to the right chest, abdomen, and pelvis.
A 50-year-old male attends with chest pain that has now resolved. He wants to know if he can go home.
A large fluid filled mass
A 25-year-old man has attended the Emergency Department four times in the last fortnight with low back pain.
A 55-year-old female presents to the ED with worsening diplopia for 2 days.