A 45-year-old man attends the ED 3 days after a motorbike accident.…
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…
Chainsaw Injury of the Neck
A 21-year-old man presents with a chainsaw injury to his neck on the left side.…
Salicylic Stress
A 52-year-old male electrician presents in the ED with a complaint of abdominal pain.…
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.…
AHHHdrenaline, why is this not working!?
You are met with a patient who you believe is suffering an anaphylactic reaction, however the adrenaline is not having the desired effect. Why might this be and what would you do next?…
Clubbing in Cambridge
A 68-year-old man attends the ED one evening with a painful right knee.…
Scoring Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
A 41-year-old gentleman presented to the ED with a three day history of vomiting blood and the passage of bright red blood rectally.…
Gin and Ketonic
A 45-year-old man attends the department with a 48 hour history of nausea and vomiting. He also has a diffuse upper abdominal pain.…
Just another panic attack?
Palpitations in a young woman for the last week. Her GP says probably a panic attack. Can you stream her to the in-house GP?…
Radiology Updates for Imaging in Paediatric Major Trauma
Struggling to negotiate CT imaging requests for your paediatric patients? Let the guiding principles of ALARA come to your rescue!…
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.…
A Patchy History
A previously fit and well, fully immunised 10-month-old is brought into your ED with a 3 hour history of drowsiness.…
Dazed and Confused
An 8-year-old girl is brought into the ED with a head injury. She was out sledging with her family when she lost control and collided with a tree.…
Off yer bike!
A 55-year-old woman, who is usually fit and well, is brought in on a spinal board having fallen off her bicycle whilst going downhill at high speed.…
Locked in Syndrome: A Narrow Escape
A 40-year-old female is brought in by ambulance having collapsed. She has vomited several times.…
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.…
Epistaxis in a child
A 7-year-old girl is brought into the ED by her mother on a busy Saturday afternoon after experiencing several nose bleeds at home over the preceding few hours.…
Heat Stroke – SAQ
Management of Heat Stroke in the ED…
A Baby with a Bug or a Belly Ache Bugging Him?
An 8-month-old boy is brought to A&E by his mother. He became unwell 2 days ago with vomiting and abdominal pain.…