Understanding paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (PIMS-TS).…
Time for PIMS-TS
Understanding paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.…
Facing it again!
It’s a busy Saturday night in your ED and another patient with a facial injury presents following an alleged assault.…
Facing it
Another night out and another facial injury.…
Pneumothorax?
At the 8am departmental handover, you discuss a 69-year-old man with COPD who presented two hours earlier with SOB.…
Fractures of the Midfoot and Forefoot
10 X-rays in SAQs and 5 in MCQs to test your knowledge of fractures of the midfoot and forefoot.…
Tired purple legs
A 7-year-old girl presents with an acute, painful hot knee and a red-purple non-blanching rash.…
Blue Baby Spell
A 21-day-old term baby presents to your emergency department in respiratory distress and appears dusky blue.…
Wound Management
Explore the NICE guidance on wound management of dog bites (NICE CKS and NICE Guidance)…
The Shocked Neonate – SAQ
A 22-year-old lady delivers a 36-week-old baby unexpectedly at home. The baby was initially pink with an Apgar of 9, and a birth weight of 7lbs.…
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…
The Collapsing Child
A 10-year-old boy is brought into hospital after a fainting episode at school.…
Emergency Surgical Airway
56-year-old presents with a bleeding base of tongue tumour. You cannot intubate and you cannot ventilate. How do you proceed?…
Acute Asthma Exacerbation: It ain’t easy bein’ wheezy!
You are called by a resident doctor to help manage a 22-year-old male brought into the ED resuscitation area, presenting with wheeze, cough and shortness of breath.…
The Swirl sign, you must act now!
Mr X is a middle aged gentleman who was assaulted with a house brick whilst riding a push bike.…
Down the Troponin Rabbit Hole
An 81-year-old presents following a collapse. His blood tests from triage included a troponin level. Its significantly elevated. What next?…
Working from home
It is a busy winter evening in the ED. The next patient to be seen is a 37-year-old female presenting with a headache, nausea and general malaise.…
Pinch me, thumbs up and give me four
An 8-year-old girl is brought to the ED by her mother after having fallen from a climbing frame.…
Just add a pinch of salt
A patient starts seizing in your ED, standard management is commenced but the cause and management may not be so straightforward.…
Canal No.5
A 17-year-old man attends your ED having taken an unconventional shortcut on his way home. Check out this SAQ on Drowning.…