A child presents following a collapse at a football game…

A child presents following a collapse at a football game…
Alcohol withdrawal is a common presentation to UK EDs and patients can present significant management challenges to clinicians…
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is defined by the World Health Organisation as consuming more than 40g/day of alcohol for males and 30mg/day of alcohol for females…
This session describes the management of presentations of non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage in the emergency department.…
Chest pain is one of the most common reasons adults come to an ED…
The nurse at triage comes to speak to you: “Theres a pregnant 28year old with vaginal bleeding in the waiting room. Shes been here nearly four hours can you go and sort her out quickly please?&…
This is a very common but also very varied ED presentation. A triage of collapse ?cause can mean anything from a young patient having fainted in phlebotomy to an elderly patient being found on the flo…
It’s a phrase you’ll come to know well. Especially, you’ll find, if you’re sitting at a certain desk or in a certain area…
The December 2017 Podcast…
This session is about assessment and management of patients presenting with transient loss of consciousness to the emergency department…
The new podcast for October 2017…
The new podcast for August 2017…
The new podcast for July 2017…
A 47 year old nurse with a 2 week history of headaches and lethargy presented with a pre-syncopal episode at work. She was pale and sweaty before the collapse and had slow speech during the episode…
Athletes in the ED, my ED, we hardly ever see them..or so you might think…
This is the first in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department…
A 94 years old female with dementia was referred to the ED from her residential home. She had a 2 day history of anorexia, lethargy and loose stools 3 times a day…
A 27 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a history of collapse whilst on a treadmill at his local gymnasium. He was witnessed to have been briefly unresponsive but there was no seiz…
An 86 year old lady was admitted to the Emergency Department following a vacant episode during the night…