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Sign Up Learn MoreA 4 year old child is brought to the Emergency Department after receiving a burn at a bonfire party. The triage nurse thinks the burn is ful
>A 28 year old patient presents to ED following a collapse. His arterial blood gas results are: pH = 7.25 PaO2 = 11.1 kPa PaCO2 =
>A 75 year old lady is brought to the Emergency Department with acute onset weakness of her left side which began about 5 hours previously. S
>A 65 year old man is brought into ED by an air ambulance following a gas explosion at his home. Primary survey demonstrates the following.
>A 34 year old tree surgeon is brought to the Emergency Department by his colleagues after falling from a tree. He is complaining of pain in
>A 45 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 week history of increasing back pain on the background of several years of
>You have been asked to give a teaching session to a group of final year medical students. The topic of the session is hypokalaemia. Which of
>A 45 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department by his wife. She describes worsening confusion and agitation over the last 2 days.
>You are asked to perform an open thoracostomy and chest drain insertion on a trauma patient with a large pneumothorax. You are identifying t
>A 27 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 12 hour history of a painful, red left eye. She describes the pain increasin
>A 74 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of pain in his neck that has been ongoing over the past week. He denies t
>A 58 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department by his family. He has become increasingly fatigued over the previous week and in th
>A 26 year old woman is brought to ED following a road traffic accident. Focussed assessment for sonography in trauma (FAST) on the supine pa
>A 19 year old male presents to the Emergency Department having sustained a human bite injury to his forearm whilst involved in a brawl outsi
>A 78 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a history of syncope at rest. His family explain he has experienced multiple sim
>A 47 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a central band-like chest pain. He is obese with a history of type 2 d
>A 68 year old man is brought to the hospital following a seizure. He had a 2-week history of confusion before this. You note his plasma sodi
>A 37 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of headache and blurred vision. She is 27 weeks pregnant with no signif
>The triage nurse asks for your advice about a 19 year old female patient. She has presented after a fall and is complaining of ankle pain. T
>A 19 year old rugby player presents to the Emergency Department 3 days after injuring his nose during a game. He tells you he received a kne
>A 25 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of worsening pain and paraesthesia in his lower leg. He was only discharg
>A 32 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of right shoulder pain after falling at work. On examination you note a l
>A 55 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of recurrent daily episodes over the past week of facial pain. The epis
>A 32 year old man presents to the Emergency Department after falling from a quad bike. He complains of pain around the left knee. On examina
>You are asked to assess a 5 month old girl brought to the Emergency Department by her parents. They describe several days of "runny nose" an
>A 21 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of an itchy, crusting rash over his face. He has no past medical
>A 21 year old known drug user is brought into ED with a GCS of 7 and RR of 6. He did not respond until a total of 800mcg of naloxone was giv
>A 67 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with left sided chest pain. Whilst being assessed he becomes unresponsive and cardiac
>A 7 year child is brought to the Emergency Department after becoming increasingly unwell over the last day. He was recently diagnosed with t
>A 5 year old boy is brought to the Emergency Department with painful right-sided facial swelling occurring over the last 24 hours. Prior to
>A 63 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 3 month history of right sided abdominal pain, a change in bowel habit and wei
>A 27 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department after being found unresponsive in a local park. Whilst examining him you note a med
>A 23 year old man presents to the Emergency Department after returning from a holiday in Thailand. He is complaining of 3 days of pain in bo
>A 75 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of left calf pain and swelling. You calculate his two level Well's Score
>A 45 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of increasing back pain. He cannot recall any specific trauma. H
>A basketball player presents to the Emergency Department having fallen heavily onto his right arm during a game. X-ray shows a fracture of t
>A 60 year old man is brought to ED after losing control of his vehicle whilst intoxicated and hitting a brick wall at approximately 60 mph.
>An 85 year old man, who lives alone, is brought to the Emergency Department after falling from a ladder. He hit his head on a nearby wall. H
>A 67 year old man presents to the Emergency Department after being found on the floor by his family after having no contact with him for 2 d
>A 45 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of 2 hours of headache and visual loss. Her partner describes an episod
>A 76 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of recurrent epistaxis. He is anticoagulated with warfarin for atrial fib
>A 38 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department after having taken an intentional overdose of thirty 500 mg paracetamol tablets abo
>A 21 year old is brought into the Emergency Department by ambulance with a stab wound to his left upper back. You notice bubbling of blood a
>A 62 year old female is brought to the Emergency Department with suspected sepsis. The patient is in shock and has a purpuric rash. She star
>A 46 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a headache and palpitations. He describes multiple similar episodes over the las
>A 24 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of dysuria and flank pain. She has no significant past medical
>A 79 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 hour history of painless vision loss in the right eye. Your Consultant exami
>A 46 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 1 day history of abdominal pain and fever. She has a past medical history of
>A 31 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department concerned by a change in vaginal itch and irritation over the last 7 days. On exami
>A 26 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of right lower quadrant abdominal pain. She tells you her last menstrua
>A 69 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 6 hour history of painless vision loss in the right eye. After fundoscopic exa
>A 10 year old boy is brought into ED following a collapse. He has no signs of life and paramedics have started CPR. They have not yet manage
>A 72 year old patient presents to the Emergency Department after experiencing a funny episode, lasting for about 30 minutes, where her voice
>A 4 year old girl is brought to the Emergency Department by her parents. They describe 4 days of watery diarrhoea and abdominal pain. In the
>A 29 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 1 hour history of sudden onset, severe, diffuse headache, and vomiting. She
>A 49 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 week history of increasing confusion and ataxia. He has a past medical histo
>Whilst on your ITU rotation, you are on a ward round when your consultant asks about the arterial waveform displayed on the patient's monito
>A 19 year old student attends ED reporting a sexual assault that occurred in last 24 hours. She reports that she was intoxicated at a party
>Whilst on your ITU rotation a nurse asks for your assistance with assessing the arterial pressure waveform. You determine the trace is overd
>An adult man is brought to the Emergency Department after falling from a ladder. He hit his head on a nearby wall. Which of the following is
>A 54 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department having sustained burns whilst lighting a barbecue using petrol. Your Emergency Depa
>The parents of a 6 month old baby boy bring him to the Emergency Department. They describe him having a 30 second episode of unresponsivenes
>You have been asked to give a teaching session to junior colleagues on the topic of the Mental Health Act (MHA). You are discussing the vari
>You have been asked to review a 32 year old man who fell through a greenhouse window. He has multiple lacerations over all four limbs. His w
>A 32 year old intravenous drug user presents to the Emergency Department with a fever. Whilst performing venepuncture you sustain a needlest
>A 45 year old patient presents to ED with a 24 hour history of a painful, red lower leg as shown. He suffered an insect bite the day before
>A 10 year old boy presents to the Emergency Department with his parents. He has severe, painful, facial swelling of his left face. He also c
>A 2 year old girl is brought to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of cough and fever. Her parents describe a harsh, productive c
>A 7 year old boy is brought to the Emergency Department by his mother. She gives a 2 day history of fever, headache, neck stiffness and phot
>You have been asked to review an elbow x-ray of a 1 year old child who has fallen. The junior colleague reviewing the x-ray is uncertain if
>A 40 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of vertigo. She describes intermittent episodes that usually last aroun
>A 23 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of pain in the right shoulder following a fall whilst intoxicated. On e
>A 43 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 1 day history of polyuria and polydipsia. She underwent a resection of a pit
>A 37 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with abdominal pain and vomiting. She has a past medical history of type 1 diabetes
>A 73 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of abdominal pain. After investigation you diagnose large bowel
>A 64 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 3 day history of scrotal pain and fever. On examination you find a normal appe
>You are leading a teaching session for junior ED colleagues and discussing airway assessment in the ED. Which of the following is a distance
>A 65 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department after being found unresponsive in a shopping centre. His urea and electrolyte resul
>A 45 year old presents to the Emergency Department with a fever, dysphagia and sore throat. The triage nurse notes a stridor and moves the p
>The parents of a 2 month old girl bring her to the Emergency Department as they are concerned about a fever. They describe her as being "irr
>A 28 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department concerned by a change in vaginal discharge over the last 3 days. She describes feel
>A 45 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 week history of fever, malaise and weight loss. On examination you note a ne
>A 27 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of double vision and problems swallowing. He has no previous medical hist
>The triage nurse approaches you to ask advice regarding isolating a patient. The patient is a 32 year old man with known active tuberculosis
>A 71 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a sudden, painless, loss of vision in the left eye. On fundoscopy you note a pal
>A 89 year old patient presents to ED feeling unwell with palpitations. He is pale and sweaty and his blood pressure is 80/60 mmHg. His ECG s
>You have been asked to give a teaching session to a group of Emergency Nurse Practitioners working in the Minor Injury Unit attached to your
>A 2 year old girl is brought to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of cough and fever. Her parents describe a harsh, productive c
>A 25 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 1 year history of abdominal pain and occasional pale and "greasy" stools. He h
>A 56 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 hour history of right flank pain. His urine dipstick is positive for blood,
>A 34 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 month history of fatigue, lethargy and easy bruising. His blood results show
>A 79 year old woman is brought to the Emergency Department after falling during the night. She is unable to give a clear history due to adva
>A 55 year old woman presents to ED following an episode of syncope that occurred while making breakfast. Her ECG is shown. What is the diagn
>A 55 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of visible haematuria for the last 2 weeks. He is otherwise well, with no
>A 73 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 5 hour history of chest pain. His serial troponin shows a marked rise. Which o
>A 32 year old man presents to the Emergency Department after noticing a swelling to the left testis 3 days earlier. He denies trauma or pain
>A 78 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of increasing shortness of breath. He gives a history of a cough producin
>A 45 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a history of progressive hearing loss in the right ear over several months. Th
>A 13 year old boy presents to the Emergency Department complaining of pain in his right knee. He cannot recall any trauma. He has no signifi
>A 73 year old woman is brought to the Emergency Department by her family. She complains of "dizziness" that started 2 hours ago. On examinat
>A 19 year old man is carried into the Emergency Department by his friends. They shout for help on arrival. They tell you he was attacked and
>A 49 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a wound to her hand that is not healing. She has a past medical history of rhe
>A 41 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 3 day history of sudden onset upper abdominal pain and nausea and vomiting. He
>A 13 year old boy is brought to the Emergency Department by a voluntary ambulance service. He was playing rugby in a nearby tournament when
>A 60 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a headache in the right temporal region which has come on over the last couple
>A 57 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a history of chest pain radiating to the left arm 3 hours ago. He is now pain fr
>A 74 year old woman is brought to the Emergency Department after her carers noted a red rash on her left calf. She has a past medical histor
>As part of your anaesthetics rotation you are working on an emergency anaesthetic list with a Consultant Anaesthetist. The current case is a
>A 56 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of feeling "cold all the time" and gaining weight despite a poor appeti
>A 65 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with vertigo on movement. The episodes last around 1 minute and are often associate
>A 5 year old girl is brought to the Emergency Department by paramedics. She has been stung by a bee whilst playing in the garden. Initially
>A 54 year old man presents to the Emergency Department after developing palpitations at work. On examination his heart rate is 185 beats per
>You are assessing a medical student as she examines a 32 year old man who has been assaulted. The medical student believes the patient has f
>A 34 year old man presents to the Emergency Department after being found unresponsive by his partner. He has a past medical history of type
>A 56 year old woman presents with a 2 day history of left calf pain and swelling. She denies any history of trauma. She has a past medical h
>A 15 year old girl is brought to the Emergency Department by her worried parents. She had a collapse episode at school from which she is ful
>A 32 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department by paramedics after being found unresponsive at home by his worried family. They ha
>A 54 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 3 hour history of palpitations. An ECG is performed at triage. What is the dia
>An 8 day old baby girl is brought to the Emergency Department by her parents. They are concerned as she has lost 15% of her birth weight and
>A 32 year old woman walked into the Emergency Department complaining of neck pain which started 30 minutes after her stationary car was knoc
>A 25 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 3 day history of a painful testicle and penile discharge. He returned from a h
>You are giving a teaching session to a group of junior colleagues about arterial cannulation. Which of the following is NOT an indication fo
>A 59 year old woman, weighing approximately 60 kg, presents to the Emergency Department after having taken a staggered overdose of paracetam
>A 32 year old woman is brought to the Emergency Department complaining of a headache and blurred vision. She is 34 weeks pregnant and this i
>A 35 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department after being found collapsed at home by his girlfriend. Calculate his anion gap usin
>You have been asked to come in early to assist in the anaesthetic pre-operative assessment of patients who are due to undergo elective ortho
>An 11 year old boy is brought to the Emergency Department after play fighting with friends at school. He tells you he fell onto his left arm
>A 23 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department by his girlfriend, complaining of hearing voices. Whilst in the department he is sw
>A 5 week old baby boy is brought to the Emergency Department by his mother. She is worried as he seems constantly hungry and is losing weigh
>You are discussing procedural sedation in an Emergency Department peer to peer teaching session. Which of the following best describes the m
>A 31 year old patient with a known nut allergy was eating at a Thai restaurant when he suddenly complained of lip and tongue swelling and di
>A 56 year old woman presents with a painful, red left eye. On examination you use the Snellen chart shown to assess visual acuity. Using her
>A 14 year old boy is brought to the Emergency Department with a limp. He complains of left hip and knee pain which has been increasing over
>A 43 year old man presents to the Emergency Department following a fall. He complains of pain in the left shoulder. What is the diagnosis?
>You are preparing to perform procedural sedation on a patient who requires a closed reduction of an ankle fracture. You have decided to use
>A 2 year old boy is brought to ED by his young anxious parents with a widespread itchy rash. They tell you he has not been himself over the
>You are assessing a 19 year old man who presents to the Emergency Department with wheeze and shortness of breath. He is known to suffer with
>A 64 year old man, with no significant past medical history, presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 hour history of epistaxis. He had
>You have been asked to give a teaching session to junior colleagues. The topic of the teaching session is "Environmental Emergencies" and as
>A 78 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department following a fall. She has a deformed, painful right wrist. Her wrist x-ray shows a
>A 65 year old woman, with known hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia, presents to ED complaining of an episode of weakness affecting her l
>A 12 year old boy is brought to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of an itchy rash around the nose. You see a yellow crust over
>A 32 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 3 day history of fever, back pain and lower limb weakness. She is 1 week pos
>A 67 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 1 day history of severe headache. She describes the headache as being locate
>A 34 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department following an attempted suicide by poisoning. He had left a note telling first respo
>A 27 year old dancer presents to the Emergency Department complaining of pain in the right wrist following a fall the same day. On examinati
>A 74 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of unilateral headache and scalp tenderness. You suspect giant
>A 6 year old boy is brought to the Emergency Department by his parents. They tell you he has been complaining of left hip pain and walking w
>A 25 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 1 day history of scrotal pain and dysuria. On examination you find his left he
>A 13 year old boy is brought to the Emergency Department by a voluntary ambulance service. He was playing rugby in a nearby tournament when
>A 9 year old girl is brought to ED by her grandparents with vaginal bleeding. She has recently returned from a summer holiday visit to her p
>You are asked to assess a 5 month old girl brought to the Emergency Department by her parents. She has a 2 day history of a persistent cough
>A 56 year old man presents to ED with abdominal discomfort and distention. His bloods are shown below: Hb 130 g/L Plt 300 x 109/L
>A 54 year old man presents to the Emergency Department following an accidental overdose of paracetamol, taken for dental pain. His LFTs are
>A 27 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of vaginal discomfort and discharge. She describes a foul smelling prof
>A 12 year old boy is brought to the Emergency Department by his parents. They describe weight loss over the last month, associated with incr
>A 6 year old boy with eczema is brought to the Emergency Department by his mother. She has noticed the backs of his knees have flared up, sh
>A 14 year old girl is brought to the Emergency Department by her parents. She complains of several days of malaise and myalgia. In the last
>A 78 year old woman, recovering in hospital after a fractured neck of femur, develops profuse diarrhoea. She has been on broad spectrum anti
>A 23 year old man presents to the Emergency Department. He has been contacted by a previous sexual partner to inform him he is HIV positive.
>A 54 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of visual loss in her right eye. She describes seeing flashes of light
>A 21 year old male is brought to the Emergency Department by paramedics. They hand over that approximately 15 minutes ago he was involved in
>A 34 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department after being found unresponsive in a nearby car park. On examination you note eviden
>A 17 year old boy presents to the Emergency Department with a 4 week history of a persistent paroxysmal cough. You can hear the characterist
>A 54 year old man presents to the Emergency Department after developing back pain whilst on holiday in Turkey. He underwent a private MRI of
>A 65 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of abdominal pain. She describes the pain as starting more cen
>A 29 year old woman who is 8 weeks pregnant presents to the Emergency Department complaining of crampy lower abdominal pain and spotting. Sp
>A 76 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department after falling at home. She has sustained a dorsally angulated fracture of her domin
>A 54 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department following a syncopal episode. Whilst in triage she has an episode of bright red hae
>A 67 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department by his wife in the middle of the night. She tells you that over the last year he ha
>A 54 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department by paramedics complaining of central chest pain. Whilst examining the patient he be
>A 64 year old woman presents with a 3 day history of palpitations. She has experienced similar episodes for the last 2 months. Her observati
>An 18 year old rugby player presents to the Emergency Department after getting punched during a game. He was not wearing any dental protecti
>A 64 year old man presents to the Emergency Department following a head injury. He is known to be alcohol dependent. On examination you note
>A 24 year old is brought to ED by the police after causing a disturbance in the local high street. She has been involved in a violent alterc
>A 57 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with exertional dyspnoea, facial swelling and a cough. His past medical history is un
>You have been asked to give a teaching session to a group of medical students attached to the Emergency Department. The title of the session
>An 18 month old child is brought to the Emergency Department by his parents. They describe a persistent high fever (39.5°C) and irritabilit
>A 10 year old boy with sickle cell disease, is brought into the Emergency Department with a limp and complaining of pain in his left knee. A
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