A 30-year-old lady presents to the ED feeling “numb from the waist down”.…
The Twitching Tot
The paramedics arrive with a 3-year-old boy who has had two seizures today. He has known developmental delay but has no history of seizures previously…
Carbamazepine – A Toxic Shock
A 46-year-old man is brought by ambulance to the ED. He has been drinking alcohol all afternoon and, according to collateral from his wife, he has taken some tablets two hours prior the presentation.…
Doctor! Why Can’t I Walk?
A 65-year-old male presents to the emergency department by ambulance with an episode of collapse.…
To drain or not to drain?
A 67-year-old man presents with shortness of breath and fever. He has recently completed his first 2 week chemotherapy course for auricular Squamous Cell Carcinoma, administered via a PICC line.…
Pop Goes the Lung
A 23-year-old male was playing rugby 4 days ago. He was touching down in his in-goal area for a 5-metre scrum when he was kneed in the back towards his left side.…
A Kick in the Chest
A 47-year-old man presents to the ED after being thrown off his horse.…
Pelvic Injury Following a Fall
A 53-year-old lady with MS presents with left hip and pelvic pain after a fall.…
Wee Considerations
An elderly man comes in acutely unwell. He’s pyrexial, tachycardic, and isnt passing urine.…
Torticollis
A 4-year-old girl presents to the Emergency Department with a four-day history of fever and sore throat.…
Cardioversion Conundrum
A 48-year-old gentleman presents at 3am to the ED having woken at 2am with palpitations.…
Painful Big Toe
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.…
Heating: It’s not just the bills giving you a headache
A 35-year-old lady is brought to the ED by her husband after developing acute confusion, vomiting and unsteadiness on her feet.…
Mini Mono
A 3-year-old girl presents to ED with a swollen left knee, limping.…
A Constant Cough
A 9-week-old female infant presents to Paediatric A&E at 2200 hrs with a history of coughing, difficulty in breathing, lethargy and reduced feeding.…
Sudden Collapse in a Young Man
A 27-year-old man presents to the ED with a history of collapse whilst on a treadmill at his local gym. He was witnessed to have been briefly unresponsive but there was no seizure activity.…
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…
Seatbelts On…
A 54-year-old driver of a pick-up truck is involved in a head on collision with a stationary vehicle at approximately 30mph.…
Clubbing in Cambridge
A 68-year-old man attends the ED one evening with a painful right knee.…
A Blood Gas Brain Freeze
You are asked to see a 51-year-old lady who has been taken to the resus room. The ambulance crew tell you she has taken an overdose 5 hours previously.…