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  • Burns: Assessment

    A 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

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  • Arterial Blood Gas Analysis

    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 =

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  • Stroke: Management

    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

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  • Inhalation Injury: Management

    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.

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  • Forearm Injuries: Monteggia Fracture-Dislocation

    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

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  • Back Pain: Cauda Equina Syndrome

    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

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  • Hypokalaemia: Pathophysiology

    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

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  • Hyperthyroidism: Thyroid Storm

    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.

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  • Chest Drain Insertion: Open Thoracostomy

    You are asked to perform an open thoracostomy and chest drain insertion on a trauma patient with a large pneumothorax. You are identifying t

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  • Anterior Uveitis: Risk Factors

    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

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  • Neck Pain: Cervical Radiculopathy

    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

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    Hepatitis A: Clinical Features

    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

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  • Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST)

    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

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  • Bite Wounds: Management

    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

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  • Valvular Heart Disease: Mitral Stenosis

    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

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  • Acute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion: Management

    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

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  • Pre-Eclampsia: Investigations

    A 37 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of headache and blurred vision. She is 27 weeks pregnant with no signif

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  • Ankle Injuries: Ottawa Rules

    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

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    Nasal Fracture: CSF Rhinorrhoea

    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

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  • Compartment Syndrome: Investigations

    A 25 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of worsening pain and paraesthesia in his lower leg. He was only discharg

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  • Shoulder Injuries: Anterior Shoulder Dislocation

    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

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  • Headache: Trigeminal Neuralgia

    A 55 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of recurrent daily episodes over the past week of facial pain. The epis

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  • Knee Injuries: Patellar Tendon Injury

    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

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  • Bronchiolitis: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Impetigo: Microbiology

    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

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    Opioid Toxicity: Management

    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

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  • Post-Resuscitation Care: Management

    A 67 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with left sided chest pain. Whilst being assessed he becomes unresponsive and cardiac

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  • Paediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Management

    A 7 year child is brought to the Emergency Department after becoming increasingly unwell over the last day. He was recently diagnosed with t

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  • Mumps: Diagnosis

    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

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    Anaemia: Iron Deficiency Anaemia

    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

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  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Management

    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

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  • Chlamydia: Complications

    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

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  • Deep Vein Thrombosis: Management

    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

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  • Back Pain: Cauda Equina Syndrome

    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

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  • Upper Limb Nerve Injuries: Axillary Nerve

    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

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  • Thoracic Trauma: Diaphragmatic Rupture

    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.

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  • Head Injury: Assessment

    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

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  • Rhabdomyolysis: Management

    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

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  • Visual Pathway: Pathophysiology

    A 45 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of 2 hours of headache and visual loss. Her partner describes an episod

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    Anticoagulants: Warfarin Pharmacology

    A 76 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of recurrent epistaxis. He is anticoagulated with warfarin for atrial fib

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    Paracetamol Toxicity: Management

    A 38 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department after having taken an intentional overdose of thirty 500 mg paracetamol tablets abo

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  • Thoracic Trauma: Open Pneumothorax

    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

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  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: Investigations

    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

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  • Adrenal Disorders: Phaeochromocytoma

    A 46 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a headache and palpitations. He describes multiple similar episodes over the las

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  • Pyelonephritis: Management

    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

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  • Retinal Artery Occlusion: Clinical Features

    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

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  • Cirrhosis: Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

    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

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  • Vaginal Discharge: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Ectopic Pregnancy: Investigations

    A 26 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of right lower quadrant abdominal pain. She tells you her last menstrua

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    Retinal Artery Occlusion: Management

    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

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  • Intraosseous Access

    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

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    Transient Ischaemic Attack: Management

    A 72 year old patient presents to the Emergency Department after experiencing a funny episode, lasting for about 30 minutes, where her voice

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    Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis

    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

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    Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Diagnosis

    A 29 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 1 hour history of sudden onset, severe, diffuse headache, and vomiting. She

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  • Alcohol Misuse and Withdrawal: Wernicke’s Encephalopathy

    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

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  • Arterial Pressure Waveform

    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

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    Sexual Assault: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

    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

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    Arterial Pressure Waveform

    Whilst on your ITU rotation a nurse asks for your assistance with assessing the arterial pressure waveform. You determine the trace is overd

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  • Head Injury: Assessment

    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

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  • Burns: Referral

    A 54 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department having sustained burns whilst lighting a barbecue using petrol. Your Emergency Depa

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  • Brief Resolved Unexplained Event (BRUE): Clinical Features

    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

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  • Mental Health Act: Sections

    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

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  • Local Anaesthetic Pharmacology

    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

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  • Occupational Needlestick Injury: Management

    A 32 year old intravenous drug user presents to the Emergency Department with a fever. Whilst performing venepuncture you sustain a needlest

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    Cellulitis: Management

    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

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  • Mumps: Management

    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

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    Bacterial Tracheitis: Microbiology

    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

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    Paediatric Meningococcal Disease: Management

    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

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  • Elbow and Arm Injuries: Ossification Centres

    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

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    Meniere’s Disease: Diagnosis

    A 40 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of vertigo. She describes intermittent episodes that usually last aroun

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  • Shoulder Injuries: Clavicular Fracture

    A 23 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of pain in the right shoulder following a fall whilst intoxicated. On e

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  • Diabetes Insipidus: Clinical Features

    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

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    Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Management

    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

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  • Bowel Obstruction: Pathophysiology

    A 73 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of abdominal pain. After investigation you diagnose large bowel

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    Epididymo-Orchitis: Microbiology

    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

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  • Airway Assessment

    You are leading a teaching session for junior ED colleagues and discussing airway assessment in the ED. Which of the following is a distance

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    Hyponatraemia: Assessment

    A 65 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department after being found unresponsive in a shopping centre. His urea and electrolyte resul

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  • Epiglottitis: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Paediatric Urinary Tract Infection: Management

    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

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    Vaginal Discharge: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Infective Endocarditis: Clinical Features

    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

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    Botulism: Management

    A 27 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of double vision and problems swallowing. He has no previous medical hist

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  • Tuberculosis: Clinical Features

    The triage nurse approaches you to ask advice regarding isolating a patient. The patient is a 32 year old man with known active tuberculosis

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  • Retinal Artery Occlusion: Management

    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

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  • DC Cardioversion

    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

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  • Nitrous Oxide: Pharmacology

    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

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  • Bacterial Tracheitis: Diagnosis

    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

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    Anaemia: Megaloblastic Anaemia

    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

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  • Renal Calculi: Pathophysiology

    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,

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  • Anaemia: Aplastic Anaemia

    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

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  • Hip and Thigh Injuries: Femoral Neck Fracture

    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

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    Heart Block and Conduction Abnormalities: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Haematuria: Management

    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

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    Acute Coronary Syndrome: Definition

    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

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  • Scrotal Pain and Swelling: Testicular Tumour

    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

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  • Valvular Heart Disease: Mitral Stenosis

    A 78 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of increasing shortness of breath. He gives a history of a cough producin

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  • Acoustic Neuroma: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Acute Childhood Limp: Osgood-Schlatter Disease

    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

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    Peri-Arrest Arrhythmias: Bradyarrhythmia

    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

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  • Thoracic Trauma: Tension Pneumothorax

    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

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    Cushing’s Syndrome: Investigations

    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

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  • Acute Pancreatitis: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Nitrous Oxide: Pharmacology

    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

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  • Giant Cell Arteritis: Investigations

    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

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  • Acute Coronary Syndrome: Management

    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

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  • Cellulitis: Management

    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

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  • Drug-Related Hyperthermia: Malignant Hyperthermia

    As part of your anaesthetics rotation you are working on an emergency anaesthetic list with a Consultant Anaesthetist. The current case is a

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  • Hypothyroidism: Investigations

    A 56 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of feeling "cold all the time" and gaining weight despite a poor appeti

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  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: Diagnosis

    A 65 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with vertigo on movement. The episodes last around 1 minute and are often associate

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  • Anaphylaxis: Management

    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

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  • Peri-Arrest Arrhythmias: Tachyarrhythmia

    A 54 year old man presents to the Emergency Department after developing palpitations at work. On examination his heart rate is 185 beats per

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  • Head Injury: Basal Skull Fracture

    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

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  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Clinical Features

    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

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  • Deep Vein Thrombosis: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Epilepsy: First Seizure

    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

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  • Tricyclic Antidepressant Toxicity: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Atrial Fibrillation: Atrial Flutter

    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

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  • Neonatal Jaundice: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Spinal Injury: Assessment

    A 32 year old woman walked into the Emergency Department complaining of neck pain which started 30 minutes after her stationary car was knoc

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  • Epididymo-Orchitis: Management

    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

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  • Arterial Cannulation

    You are giving a teaching session to a group of junior colleagues about arterial cannulation. Which of the following is NOT an indication fo

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    Paracetamol Toxicity: Management

    A 59 year old woman, weighing approximately 60 kg, presents to the Emergency Department after having taken a staggered overdose of paracetam

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    Pre-Eclampsia: Management

    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

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  • Arterial Blood Gas Analysis

    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

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  • Airway Assessment

    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

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    Paediatric Pain Management

    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

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  • Acute Behavioural Disturbance: Management

    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

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  • Pyloric Stenosis: Investigations

    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

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  • Procedural Sedation: Drugs

    You are discussing procedural sedation in an Emergency Department peer to peer teaching session. Which of the following best describes the m

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  • Anaphylaxis: Management

    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

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  • Acute Red Eye: Assessment

    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

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  • Acute Childhood Limp: Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis

    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

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  • Shoulder Injuries: Posterior Shoulder Dislocation

    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?

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  • Procedural Sedation: Drugs

    You are preparing to perform procedural sedation on a patient who requires a closed reduction of an ankle fracture. You have decided to use

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    Chickenpox: Diagnosis

    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

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    Acute Asthma: Classification

    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

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  • Epistaxis: Management

    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

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  • Hyperthermia and Heat Stroke: Causes

    You have been asked to give a teaching session to junior colleagues. The topic of the teaching session is "Environmental Emergencies" and as

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  • Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures: Risk Factors

    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

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    Transient Ischaemic Attack: Fitness to Drive

    A 65 year old woman, with known hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia, presents to ED complaining of an episode of weakness affecting her l

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    Impetigo: Exclusion Advice

    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

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  • Spinal Infections: Microbiology

    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

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  • Giant Cell Arteritis: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Organophosphate Poisoning: Clinical Features

    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

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  • Scaphoid Fracture: Complications

    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

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    Giant Cell Arteritis: Investigations

    A 74 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of unilateral headache and scalp tenderness. You suspect giant

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  • Acute Childhood Limp: Perthes' Disease

    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

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  • Epididymo-Orchitis: Microbiology

    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

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  • Nitrous Oxide: Pharmacology

    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

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    Female Genital Mutilation

    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

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  • Bronchiolitis: Microbiology

    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

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    Bowel Obstruction: Paralytic Ileus

    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

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  • Paracetamol Toxicity: Management

    A 54 year old man presents to the Emergency Department following an accidental overdose of paracetamol, taken for dental pain. His LFTs are

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    Vaginal Discharge: Trichomoniasis

    A 27 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of vaginal discomfort and discharge. She describes a foul smelling prof

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    Paediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Management

    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

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    Eczema: Management

    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

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  • Glandular Fever: Management

    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

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  • Clostridium Difficile Infection: Microbiology

    A 78 year old woman, recovering in hospital after a fractured neck of femur, develops profuse diarrhoea. She has been on broad spectrum anti

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  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Investigation

    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.

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  • Retinal Detachment: Diagnosis

    A 54 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of visual loss in her right eye. She describes seeing flashes of light

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  • Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: Pathphysiology

    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

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  • Hepatitis B: Serology

    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

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    Pertussis: Investigations

    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

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  • Back Pain: Sciatica

    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

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  • Diverticular Disease: Diagnosis

    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

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  • Miscarriage: Types

    A 29 year old woman who is 8 weeks pregnant presents to the Emergency Department complaining of crampy lower abdominal pain and spotting. Sp

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  • Bier's Block

    A 76 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department after falling at home. She has sustained a dorsally angulated fracture of her domin

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  • Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed: Management

    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

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    Dementia: Alzheimer's Disease

    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

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    Cardiorespiratory Arrest: Management

    A 54 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department by paramedics complaining of central chest pain. Whilst examining the patient he be

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  • Atrial Fibrillation: Risk Stratification

    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

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    Dental Trauma: Management

    An 18 year old rugby player presents to the Emergency Department after getting punched during a game. He was not wearing any dental protecti

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  • Anaemia: Macrocytic Anaemia

    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

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  • Waveform Capnography

    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

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  • Lung Malignancy: Complications

    A 57 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with exertional dyspnoea, facial swelling and a cough. His past medical history is un

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  • Hypernatraemia: Clinical Features

    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

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  • Kawasaki Disease: Management

    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

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    Sickle Cell Disease: Osteomyelitis

    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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