Emergency Medicine

EM cases

139 cases for Emergency Medicine.

139Units

139Chapters

Arterial blood gas interpretation

1 entry

ABG interpretation — mixed disorder resus

Non-invasive ventilation

1 entry

Acidotic COPD exacerbation — BiPAP settings, failure criteria, and when to intubate

Sickle cell crisis

1 entry

Acute chest syndrome — the hypoxic sickle resus station

Oxygen therapy and acute respiratory failure

1 entry

Acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure — oxygen and escalation

Acute ischaemic stroke

1 entry

Acute ischaemic stroke with large-vessel occlusion — resus station

Vertigo and dizziness

1 entry

Acute vestibular syndrome — HINTS vs stroke

Deliberate self-harm and risk assessment

1 entry

After the overdose — risk assessment and safety planning

Anaphylaxis

1 entry

Anaphylaxis — refractory shock resus

Fracture and dislocation reduction

1 entry

Anterior shoulder dislocation reduction station

Polypharmacy and adverse drug events

1 entry

Anticoagulant-associated major bleed with polypharmacy

Anticoagulated trauma

1 entry

Anticoagulated head injury — resus station

Applied pharmacology for EM

1 entry

Arrest drugs and interaction storm — resus teaching station

Biliary disease — colic, cholecystitis, cholangitis

1 entry

Ascending cholangitis — Grade III resus station

Guillain-Barré and myasthenia

1 entry

Ascending paralysis — resus station

Aspiration pneumonia and lung abscess

1 entry

Aspiration pneumonia vs pneumonitis — resus station

Bell palsy and cranial nerve palsies

1 entry

Bell palsy vs stroke — facial palsy OSCE station

Abdominal trauma

1 entry

Blunt abdominal trauma — unstable FAST-positive resus station

Primary survey

1 entry

Blunt polytrauma primary survey — <C>ABCDE resus station

Cervical spine injury

1 entry

C-spine clearance after trauma — resus station

Carbon monoxide poisoning

1 entry

Carbon monoxide poisoning — fire survivor resus station

Cardiac arrest and ALS

1 entry

Cardiac arrest — ALS resus station

Bites and stings

1 entry

Cat bite hand infection risk — resus station

Resuscitation team leadership and CRM

1 entry

Chaotic arrest — lead, closed-loop, defixate

Myocarditis & pericarditis

1 entry

Chest pain, diffuse ST elevation, troponin rise — pericarditis vs ACS vs myocarditis

Chest trauma

1 entry

Chest trauma lethal six — resus station

Lithium poisoning

1 entry

Chronic lithium toxicity — resus station

Applied anatomy and physiology

1 entry

CICO anatomy and central access — resus teaching station

Paracentesis and thoracentesis

1 entry

Cirrhotic with fever — diagnostic paracentesis for SBP

Heat illness and heat stroke

1 entry

Classic heat stroke in the heat wave — the elderly found down

Bradyarrhythmias

1 entry

Complete heart block — pacing resus

Seizures and first fit

1 entry

Counselling after a first seizure — the communication station

Sexual assault and intimate partner violence

1 entry

Counselling after acute sexual assault — the communication station

Laboratory interpretation

1 entry

Critical labs — resus station

Imaging choice and radiation risk

1 entry

CT counselling and ALARA — communication station

CT interpretation and usage

1 entry

CT decisions under pressure — resus teaching station

Plain radiograph interpretation (approach)

1 entry

CXR systematic read — missed PTX and line position

Damage control resuscitation

1 entry

Damage-control resuscitation — trauma resus

ECG — the deadly patterns

1 entry

Deadly ECG patterns — hyperkalaemia and the wide complex

Communication and breaking bad news

1 entry

Death notification — communication station

Front-of-neck access / surgical airway

1 entry

Declared CICO — scalpel-bougie-tube station

Paediatric fluid and electrolyte management

1 entry

Dehydrated toddler — Holliday-Segar, isotonic maintenance, and sodium safety

Alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal

1 entry

Delirium tremens — the agitated alcoholic resus station

ABCDE approach

1 entry

Deteriorating ward patient — ABCDE resus station

Patient disposition and safety-netting

1 entry

Discharge counselling and safety-netting — the communication station

Drowning

1 entry

Drowning — paediatric submersion resus station

Palliative and end-of-life care in ED

1 entry

Dying patient with breathlessness — resus station

Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia (ED)

1 entry

Eclamptic seizure — ED resus station

Ectopic pregnancy

1 entry

Ectopic pregnancy — ruptured tubal ectopic resus station

Handover (ISBAR)

1 entry

ED-to-ICU ISBAR handover — communication station

Geriatric emergency medicine

1 entry

Elderly woman after a fall — resus station

Acute limb ischaemia

1 entry

Embolic acute limb ischaemia — resus station

Massive haemorrhage and transfusion

1 entry

Exsanguinating trauma — MTP resus station

Team-based care and CRM

1 entry

Failed trauma resus leadership — CRM communication station

Regional nerve blocks

1 entry

Fascia iliaca block and LAST — procedural resus station

Paediatric fever and serious bacterial illness

1 entry

Febrile infant with evolving petechiae — SBI resus station

Immunocompromised host and febrile neutropenia

1 entry

Febrile neutropenia — septic shock and line infection resus station

Mass gathering medicine

1 entry

Festival medical command — communication

Spider and marine envenomation

1 entry

Funnel-web spider envenomation — resus station

Geriatric trauma

1 entry

Geriatric trauma — occult shock and rib fractures

End-of-life and goals of care

1 entry

Goals-of-care family meeting — communication station

Altitude illness

1 entry

HACE and HAPE at altitude — field-to-ED resus station

Wound assessment and management

1 entry

Hand laceration assessment and management — the procedural station

Transient ischaemic attack

1 entry

High-risk TIA — the secondary prevention station

Electrical and lightning injury

1 entry

High-voltage electrical injury resus

Disaster preparedness

1 entry

Hospital preparedness drill — HICS and surge continuum

Acute kidney injury

1 entry

Hyperkalaemic AKI — resus station

Electrolyte emergencies — potassium and sodium

1 entry

Hyperkalaemic cardiotoxicity — resus ladder station

Pulmonary oedema

1 entry

Hypertensive acute pulmonary oedema — CPAP and nitrate resus station

Acute decompensated heart failure

1 entry

Hypertensive cardiogenic pulmonary oedema — the phenotype resus station

Hypertensive emergency

1 entry

Hypertensive emergency with flash pulmonary oedema

Delirium in the elderly

1 entry

Hypoactive delirium — geriatric station

Hypothermia

1 entry

Hypothermic cardiac arrest — the cold water fisherman

Mental Health Act and compulsory treatment

1 entry

Involuntary assessment — least-restrictive care and the detained agitated patient

Wound closure and suturing techniques

1 entry

Laceration repair OSCE — layered closure vs bite

Local anaesthesia & topical agents

1 entry

LAST after regional block — resus station

Pelvic inflammatory disease

1 entry

Lower abdominal pain and cervical motion tenderness — treat now, β-hCG first

Maxillofacial and dental emergencies

1 entry

Ludwig's angina — resus station

Antepartum haemorrhage

1 entry

Major antepartum haemorrhage — resus

Burn management

1 entry

Major burn with inhalation injury — resus

Major trauma resuscitation

1 entry

Major trauma non-responder — CT versus theatre

Spinal cord compression

1 entry

Malignant spinal cord compression — clinical management station

Lower gastrointestinal bleed

1 entry

Massive lower GI bleed — the unstable resus station

Paracetamol poisoning

1 entry

Massive paracetamol overdose — the deteriorating resus station

Mental health and behavioural emergencies

1 entry

Medical screening of the behavioural patient — communication station

Meningitis and encephalitis

1 entry

Meningitis and meningococcaemia — the deteriorating resus station

Foreign body removal

1 entry

Nasal button battery and corneal rust ring

Radiation and chemical exposure

1 entry

Nerve-agent cluster — CBRN receiving resus station

Foreign body ingestion and aspiration

1 entry

Oesophageal button battery emergency

Teaching, supervision and feedback

1 entry

One-minute preceptor and R2C2 feedback

Limb and extremity trauma

1 entry

Open fracture and threatened limb — resus station

Opioid poisoning and toxidrome

1 entry

Opioid resus — titrate naloxone, start the infusion

Paediatric respiratory distress

1 entry

Paediatric respiratory distress — the severe asthma resus station

Paediatric sepsis and septic shock

1 entry

Paediatric septic shock — the first-hour resus station

Acute appendicitis

1 entry

Perforated appendicitis — the septic RIF station

POCUS biliary and renal

1 entry

POCUS teaching and AAA safety-net — OSCE station

Toxidrome approach and general management

1 entry

Poisoned patient resus — toxidrome call and decontamination decision

Post-cardiac arrest care

1 entry

Post-ROSC bundle — oxygen, MAP, temperature, cause

Renal colic and nephrolithiasis

1 entry

Pyonephrosis — infected obstructed kidney resus station

Anaemia and transfusion

1 entry

Restrictive transfusion and TACO — resus teaching station

100

Recognition of deterioration (track and trigger)

1 entry

Rising NEWS2 on the ward — track-and-trigger resus station

101

ED airway management and RSI

1 entry

RSI in the shocked septic patient — resus station

102

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

1 entry

Ruptured AAA — the hypotensive older man resus station

103

Rural and retrieval trauma

1 entry

Rural major trauma package — resus station

104

POCUS — aortic, lung & cardiac

1 entry

RUSH protocol — undifferentiated shock resus station

105

Salicylate poisoning

1 entry

Salicylate resus — gas, bicarb, dialysis call

106

Infective endocarditis

1 entry

Septic native-valve endocarditis — resus station

107

Fluid resuscitation

1 entry

Septic shock fluid strategy resus

108

Acute pancreatitis

1 entry

Severe acute pancreatitis — the hypoxaemic resus station

109

Community-acquired pneumonia

1 entry

Severe CAP with sepsis — resus station

110

DKA, HHS and hypoglycaemia

1 entry

Severe DKA — fluid, insulin and potassium station

111

Acute agitation and sedation

1 entry

Severe methamphetamine agitation — rapid tranquillisation resus station

112

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

1 entry

Severe pre-eclampsia — resus station

113

Traumatic brain injury

1 entry

Severe TBI with herniation signs — resus station

114

Cyanide poisoning

1 entry

Smoke-inhalation cyanide — the fire-survivor resus station

115

Snake envenomation

1 entry

Snake envenomation — unidentified bite resus station

116

Status epilepticus

1 entry

Status epilepticus — the refractory resus station

117

Acute coronary syndromes (STEMI/NSTEMI)

1 entry

STEMI with ventricular fibrillation — the resus station

118

Antimicrobial stewardship

1 entry

Stewardship under sepsis pressure — resus teaching station

119

Bowel obstruction

1 entry

Strangulated small bowel obstruction — the deteriorating station

120

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

1 entry

Subarachnoid haemorrhage — the deteriorating resus station

121

Lumbar puncture

1 entry

Suspected bacterial meningitis — LP after antibiotics, CT decision

122

Deep vein thrombosis

1 entry

Suspected DVT pathway — resus teaching station

123

Tuberculosis ED

1 entry

Suspected pulmonary TB isolation — resus station

124

Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning

1 entry

TCA resus — QRS, bicarb, avoid the wrong drugs

125

Pneumothorax

1 entry

Tension pneumothorax — clinical decompression resus station

126

Testicular torsion

1 entry

Testicular torsion — time-critical acute scrotum station

127

Upper airway obstruction

1 entry

Threatened airway with stridor — resus station

128

Red-flag headache approach

1 entry

Thunderclap headache — resus/clinical management station

129

Thyroid storm and myxoedema coma

1 entry

Thyroid storm — resus sequencing station

130

Retrieval and inter-hospital transfer

1 entry

Time-critical neurosurgical transfer packaging

131

Iron poisoning

1 entry

Toddler iron overdose — chelation resus station

132

Toxic alcohols methanol ethylene glycol

1 entry

Toxic alcohols — methanol-like dual-gap resus station

133

Disaster and mass casualty

1 entry

Train derailment MCI — triage and command station

134

Trauma team leadership

1 entry

Trauma bay CRM failure — resus station

135

Australasian Triage Scale

1 entry

Triage safety — under-triaged elderly sepsis

136

Central and arterial lines

1 entry

Ultrasound-guided central line — procedure station

137

Pelvic trauma

1 entry

Unstable pelvic fracture with shock — resus station

138

Peri-arrest arrhythmias

1 entry

Unstable VT with a pulse — peri-arrest resus station

139

Upper gastrointestinal bleed

1 entry

Variceal upper GI bleed — the deteriorating resus station