This blog discusses why reflection is at the core of our learning.…
Acute Epistaxis
This session covers the assessment and management of epistaxis in the emergency department.…
Acute Epistaxis
This session covers the assessment and management of epistaxis in the emergency department.…
Name that Broken Bone
This 18-year-old patient was allegedly punched by a stranger during a night out.…
It’s all in her head
A 10-year-old girl presents with lethargy, vomiting, headaches and an unsteady gait. She collapsed at home a few hours prior to arrival at your ED.…
Dental Emergencies
This session describes the different types of dental infection and the pathophysiology of their development.…
Dental Emergencies
This module describes the different types of dental infection and the pathophysiology of their development.…
Another Saturday Night Facial Injury: Am I Managing These Patients Correctly?
It is Saturday night and your next patient is a 28-year-old man who has been assaulted earlier that evening.…
Think Outside the Box…
An 18-month old boy is brought in to the ED by his grandmother with a cough, mild constitutional upset and increasing stridor for approximately 12 hours. He is previously well and immunised up to date…
Vertigo
Vertigo is a false perception, experienced by the patient, of rotation or movement of the external world or of the individual in space.…
Holiday Sore Throat: are Antibiotics required?
You take a history from a 16-year-old American boy and his parents who are on holiday in the UK for the next 2 weeks. He is complaining of a severe sore throat of 5 days duration.…
Acute Sore Throat
This session covers the assessment, investigation and management of the patient who presents to the ED with a sore throat. It also covers the more serious conditions that can present in this way.…
Acute Sore Throat
This session covers the assessment, investigation and management of the patient who presents to the ED with a sore throat. It also covers the more serious conditions that can present in this way.…
Pain on swallowing
A 65-year-old gentleman attends with a 4 week history of increasing pain on swallowing – although he is still managing to eat and drink.…
Eye Don’t Believe It
You are on the ED observation unit morning ward round. Your next patient is a 25-year-old man, admitted during the night for head injury observations following an alleged assault.…
In Your Face
A 30-year-old professional martial artist sustained a direct blow to the left side of his face during training.…
Mandibular and Temporomandibular Joint Injuries
Fractures of the mandible are the second most common facial fracture seen in the ED after nasal fracture…
Zygomatic Complex and Nasal Injury
This session covers the assessment, investigation and management of injuries to the bones of the midface; the zygoma, zygomatic arch, maxilla, orbit and nose.…
More Dental Emergencies
An injury to the tooth-supporting structures with no increase in tooth mobility, and no displacement of the tooth. The tooth however is tender to touch…
More Dental Emergencies
This session aims to give a brief overview of dental emergencies that may present in A&E, including aetiology, diagnosis and management…