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  • Neurology

  • 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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    Stroke: Vascular Territories

    A 65 year old lady, with a history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, presents to the Emergency Department with a 1 hour history of sudd

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  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Diagnosis

    A 35 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a 5 day history of progressive muscle weakness and paraesthesia whic

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  • Febrile Seizure: Diagnosis

    A 20 month old child is brought in to the Emergency Department by his parents who describe a 2 minute episode of shaking, jerking movements.

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  • Paediatric Meningococcal Disease: Management

    A 14 year old boy presents to the Emergency Department having been unwell with a 8 hour history of fever, drowsiness and a rapidly spreading

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  • Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Features

    A 69 year old man presents to the Emergency Department following a fall. He has a past medical history of Parkinson's disease. Which of the

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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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    Headache: Vertebral Artery Dissection

    A 35 year old lady presents to ED with a sudden onset headache which started in the neck and moved into the occiput, associated with multipl

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  • Stroke: ROSIER Score

    A 65 year old man presents to the ED with sudden onset weakness. He describes a 1 hour history of weakness and loss of sensation to the left

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  • Paediatric Status Epilepticus: Management

    You are called to the waiting room to see an 8 year old girl with known epilepsy  who has started having a generalised tonic clonic seizure

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  • Epilepsy: First Seizure

    A 17 year old girl presents to the Emergency Department following a collapse episode at school where her friends describe her falling to the

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  • Tetanus Prone Wounds: Management

    A 65 year old farmer presents to the Emergency Department with a soiled puncture wound to his thenar eminence which he sustained whilst fixi

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  • Tetanus Prone Wounds: Management

    A 70 year old female farmer presents to ED with a dog bite sustained to her left hand 2 hours ago. She explains that she had to separate two

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  • Febrile Seizure: Management

    A 2 year old is brought to the Emergency Department by his parents. They describe him having a seizure that lasted "a few minutes". They des

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  • Headache: Migraine

    A 23 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a headache. Which of the following is most consistent with a diagnos

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  • Stroke: Management

    A 65 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 3 hour history of right sided weakness and dysphasia. You are considering if h

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  • Parkinson's Disease: Pathophysiology

    A 65 year old man presents to the Emergency Department following a fall. On examination you note he has a resting tremor, rigidity, bradykin

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  • Status Epilepticus: Management

    A 21 year old woman with known epilepsy has a seizure in the waiting room. The seizure has been ongoing now for 5 minutes. You proceed to gi

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  • Stroke: Diagnosis

    A 75 year old lady is brought into the Emergency Department with an acute onset weakness of her left side which began about 2 hours previous

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  • Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Management

    A 31 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 1 hour history of sudden onset severe, diffuse headache and vomiting. She ha

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  • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: Diagnosis

    A 35 year old woman presents to ED with a gradual onset severe headache, preceded by a generalised seizure which terminated after 2 minutes.

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  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Management

    A 29 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 3 day history of worsening lower limb weakness that is affecting her ability

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  • Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Diagnosis

    A 45 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of headache. A CT head is performed. What is the single most likely dia

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  • Status Epilepticus: Management

    A 25 year old homeless woman is brought to the Emergency Department by paramedics, she is unconscious and having a seizure. The paramedics e

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  • Paediatric Status Epilepticus: Management

    A 6 year old boy, with known epilepsy, is carried into the Emergency Department by his parents having a convulsive seizure. The parents tell

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  • Tetanus Prone Wounds: Assessment

    A nurse practitioner working in minors is concerned about a patient's wound and asks for your advice. Which of the following is NOT consider

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  • Epilepsy: First Seizure

    A 23 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department after collapsing at work. Her colleagues describe 3 minutes of twitching followed b

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  • Paediatric Meningococcal Disease: Causes

    A 16 year old boy presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a headache with neck stiffness and photophobia. On examination you not

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  • Botulism: Diagnosis

    A 53 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of difficulty swallowing over the previous 3 days. He has no significant

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  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Diagnosis

    An 18 year old man presents to ED complaining of sudden onset bilateral lower limb weakness and tingling. He has a history of a recent sore

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  • Febrile Seizure: Clinical Features

    A boy is brought into the Emergency Department by his parents. They describe a shaking episode at home. The child has been complaining of a

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  • Stroke: Vascular Territories

    A 65 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a sudden onset of left sided weakness. She has a past medical history of type

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  • Tetanus Prone Wounds: Management

    A 35 year old farmer presents to the Emergency Department after being bitten by a pig earlier that day. The wound appears clean. He has no p

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  • Headache: Migraine

    A 30 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a severe headache. She says it came on earlier that day at work, and she had t

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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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  • Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis

    A 25 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 4 day history of tremor in the left hand and difficulty walking. She has no

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  • Headache: Trigeminal Neuralgia

    A 39 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of right sided facial pain and headache. The pain is exacerbated by lig

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  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Causes

    A 42 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a 3 day history of progressive muscle weakness and paraesthesia which

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  • Encephalitis: Causes

    A 21 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a fever, headache and fluctuant confusion. She has no past medical history. Yo

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  • Acute Dystonic Reaction: Diagnosis

    A 21 year old man, with known schizophrenia, presents to the Emergency Department complaining that he is unable to move his neck, and it has

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  • Myasthenia Gravis: Myasthenic Crisis

    A 35 year old woman is brought to the Emergency Department with worsening difficulty in breathing. She has a past medical history of myasthe

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  • Stroke: Complications

    A 69 year old man presents to the Emergency Department (ED) complaining of headache and vomiting. On examination you find he is aphasic with

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  • Status Epilepticus: Management

    You witness a member of nursing staff in the Emergency Department collapse to the floor and start having a tonic-clonic seizure. After what

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  • Paediatric Meningococcal Disease: Investigations

    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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    Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis

    A 26 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of back pain, trouble walking and difficulty emptying her bladder. She

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  • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: Management

    A 34 year old woman is brought to the Emergency Department by paramedics following a seizure at home. The seizure was self limiting and the

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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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  • Stroke: Investigations

    A 75 year old lady is brought into the Emergency Department with an acute onset weakness of her left side which began about 2 hours previous

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  • Headache: Cluster Headache

    A 30 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a 30 minute history of a severe headache. He is complaining of a sharp

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  • Status Epilepticus: Management

    A 19 year female student, with known epilepsy, is brought into ED by ambulance with ongoing generalised tonic-clonic seizures for 30 minutes

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  • Status Epilepticus: Management

    A 23 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of headache and fever. A urinary pregnancy test is negative. Whilst in

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  • Stroke: ROSIER Score

    A 67 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a sudden onset of left sided weakness following a seizure. You discuss the case

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  • Headache: Migraine

    A 23 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 4 hour history of a unilateral, severe headache. She tells you she could see

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  • Paediatric Status Epilepticus: Management

    A 10 year old boy with known epilepsy, is brought into ED by ambulance in status epilepticus. The seizure has been ongoing for 15 minutes. T

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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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  • Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Management

    A 54 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 hour history of a sudden onset headache. A CT head has been performed which

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  • Tetanus Prone Wounds: Management

    A 22 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a puncture wound sustained while trying to climb over a barbed wire fence yester

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  • Encephalitis: Causes

    A 50 year old woman present to the Emergency Department complaining of a generalised headache over the last 24 hours which is getting worse,

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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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    Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis

    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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  • Headache: Tension-Type Headache

    A 25 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a headache that has been ongoing for the last few hours. She tells you she has

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    Stroke: Diagnosis

    A 76 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department after being found collapsed at home by his family. They had not seen or heard from

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  • Febrile Seizure: Management

    A 2 year old girl is brought to the Emergency Department by her parents following a seizure at home. She is febrile but otherwise well. You

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  • Tetanus Prone Wounds: Assessment

    You are working in the Minor Injury area of your Emergency Department. A nurse practitioner asks you to review a wound as she is concerned i

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  • Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis

    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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  • Headache: Cluster Headache

    A 28 year old man, with a history of cluster headaches, presents to ED with a severe unilateral temporal headache associated with conjunctiv

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  • Headache: Tension-Type Headache

    A 23 year old student presents to the Emergency Department with a 2 day history of frontal headache.  She describes the pain as a tightness

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  • Tetanus Prone Wounds: Assessment

    A 60 year old farmer presents to ED following an incident where he sustained a dog bite to his face from his working sheepdog. He has a 2 cm

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  • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: Clinical Features

    You have been asked to give a teaching session to a group of medical students attached to the Emergency Department (ED). You are discussing

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  • Headache: Cluster Headache

    A 32 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a severe headache. Which of the following is most consistent with a di

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  • Acute Dystonic Reaction: Causes

    A 19 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with an acute dystonic reaction secondary to one of her medications. Which drug is

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  • Encephalitis: Diagnosis

    A 14 year old is brought to ED by his parents following a seizure that occurred at home this morning while he was off school with a headache

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  • Headache: Cluster Headache

    A 30 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a 30 minute history of a severe headache. He is complaining of a sharp

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    Stroke: Clinical Features

    You have been asked to a give a teaching session to a group of triage nurses detailing stroke presentations. You are discussing posterior ci

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  • Epilepsy: First Seizure

    A 19 year old woman is brought to the Emergency Department following a seizure. What is the most common metabolic cause of seizure activity?

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  • Status Epilepticus: Management

    A 45 year old man is witnessed to have a tonic-clonic seizure lasting more than 5 minutes in the Emergency Department. He is known to have e

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  • Myasthenia Gravis: Diagnosis

    A 53 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with repeated attacks of double vision over the last week. She describes the diplop

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  • Transient Ischaemic Attack: Diagnosis

    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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  • 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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  • Tetanus Prone Wounds: Management

    An 85 year old veteran presents to the Emergency Department with a puncture wound on his leg sustained on a rusty nail whilst out walking hi

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  • Encephalitis: Management

    A 50 year old woman present to the Emergency Department complaining of a generalised headache over the last 24 hours which is getting worse,

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  • Acute Dystonic Reaction: Management

    A 24 year old woman, with known schizophrenia, presents to the Emergency Department complaining that she is unable to move her neck, and it

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  • Paediatric Meningococcal Disease: Diagnosis

    A 16 year old boy is brought to ED with a non-blanching petechial skin rash that appeared on his lower limbs. He is complaining of lethargy,

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  • Stroke: ROSIER Score

    A 75 year old lady is brought to the Emergency Department with acute onset weakness of her left side which began about 2 hours previously. S

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  • Headache: Trigeminal Neuralgia

    A 45 year old woman presents with 2 day history of facial pain. Which of the following features is most consistent with a diagnosis of trige

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  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Clinical Features

    A 45 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a 4 day history of progressive muscle weakness and paraesthesia which

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  • Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Investigations

    A 54 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 8 hour history of headache. She gives a history of a sudden onset of occipit

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  • Myasthenia Gravis: Myasthenic Crisis

    A 47 year old woman is brought to the Emergency Department with worsening difficulty in breathing. She has a past medical history of myasthe

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  • Stroke: ROSIER Score

    A 67 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a sudden onset of left sided weakness following a seizure. You discuss the case

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  • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: Diagnosis

    A 30 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a 2 day history of worsening headache and double vision. She has no

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  • Myasthenia Gravis: Investigations

    A 45 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a history of diplopia and ptosis that progresses through the day. You suspect

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  • Headache: Tension-Type Headache

    A 45 year old man presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a headache. Which of the following is most consistent with a diagnosis

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