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Acquired torticollis
A 6-year-old girl is brought in by her parents with neck pain and stiffness. She is unable to straighten her …
Acute mastoiditis
A 12-month-old girl is brought into your Emergency Department with a painful left ear. She has been seen to pull …
Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage
You are the consultant in charge of a tertiary ED. A 2000h a 3-year-old, 15kg male child presents with his …
Lemierre syndrome
An otherwise well 20-year-old male patient presents with sepsis seven days after developing a severe sore throat. You suspect Lemierre …
Ingested foreign body
A 3-year-old male has presented with a history of an ingested foreign body. He is comfortable and talking normally. His …
Button battery nasal foreign body
A 3-year-old boy has been brought into your Emergency Department with a button battery in his left nostril.
Swollen ear
You are the sole FACEM working in a small rural emergency department without surgical cover. A 13-year-old male presents with …
Acute otitis media
A 12-month-old, otherwise well, boy is brought to your emergency department with a 1-day history of fever and is a …
Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage with shock
An 18-year-old male is brought in by ambulance with several episodes of large volume haemoptysis 10 days post tonsillectomy. He …
Acute facial swelling with fever
A 45-year-old man presents to your emergency department with fever and right-sided facial swelling.
Acute epiglottitis
A 38-year-old man self-presents to your ED with fever, sore throat and stridor. You are concerned about epiglottitis, and he …
Blocked tracheostomy with haemorrhage
A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis presents with sats of 75%, central cyanosis and poor respiratory effort. He has a …
Epistaxis on apixaban
A 76-year-old man self-presents to the Emergency Department with epistaxis. He describes on and off bleeding for most of the …
Ludwig’s angina
A 50-year-old man presents to ED two days post dental extraction with pain on swallowing.