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Scenario You are the consultant taking morning handover of patients in your emergency department observation ward. There is a 54 year old male patient who was admitted with apparent anaphylaxis. His condition stabilised after adrenaline. The plan was for review and likely discharge. Question 1 Outline the issues you will consider when reviewing this patient [...]
Scenario You are the consultant in a busy rural emergency department, when one of the junior doctors presents a case of an 18 month old boy with 24 hours of vomiting and diarrhoea. The parents report that he vomits every time he is given anything orally. He has a temperature of 37.9oC; a pulse of [...]
A 25 year old male soldier is brought by ambulance to your emergency department. He was found collapsed at the top of a large hill while participating in military exercises
A 57 year-old man presents to the ED with 12 hours of severe upper abdominal pain, fever, nausea and vomiting. He appears jaundiced.
Initial assessment:HR 120 bpm; BP 110/60 mmHg; RR 22, Temperature 37.8oC.
A 48 year old man arrives by ambulance to your rural emergency department after being found collapsed on the floor of the shed of his property. He was vomiting violently and has a history of hypertension
A 31 year old man presents with 6 hours of severe central chest pain, in the background of a flu-like illness over the last week.
A 29 year old man presents with fever, and acute ankle and wrist pain, with no history of trauma. – interpret ankle joint aspiration fluid
An 18 year old man presents with increasing left hand pain 36 hours after an injury. He is unable to recall the details of how the injury occurred. – interpret clinical photo
A 62 year old woman, with a past history of bronchiectasis, presents with 3 days of increased cough and shortness of breath. Describe and interpret the chest XR
An 80 year old woman presents with a 2 day history of increasing shortness of breath. She has a history of treated hypertension – describe the ECG
