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Paediatric HUS
A 4-year-old boy attends the Emergency Department with a 1-week history of fever and bloody diarrhoea. He is seen by …
Checkpoint inhibitor colitis
A 63-year-old male comes into your ED. Hey! You’ve met him before; metastatic melanoma, brain mets, pretty much coning then, …
Renal trauma
A 26-year-old man has been brought to the ED after falling from a horse. A CT scan has been performed.
Penile amputation
You are the senior medical officer in charge at a tertiary hospital ED. You receive advance notification that an ambulance …
Pelvic crush injury
A 22-year-old Ubereats delivery man is brought in by retrieval to your tertiary ED having been run over by a …
Dog bite hand
A 29-year-old woman presents after sustaining a dog bite to her non-dominant hand, 3 hours prior. She is a masseuse …
Neck laceration
A 15-year-old male has been brought into the resuscitation room of your trauma centre by ambulance. He has a large …
Child polytrauma
You are the ED consultant in a tertiary hospital with a mixed ED. A 10-year-old boy has been hit by …
Maxillofacial trauma
A 58-year-old gentleman presents after being assaulted with a baseball bat. He was repeatedly struck around the face and head. …
Severe burns
A 28-year-old female is brought to your rural ED after dousing herself with accelerant, then setting herself on fire. She …
Femur fracture
A 78-year-old pedestrian male has been knocked over by a cyclist. X-rays are performed.
Toddler limp
A 2-year-old boy is brought to your ED not weight-bearing on his left leg for 5 days, progressively reluctant to …
Rural open fracture
A 34-year-old man has been brought to your rural ED after falling out of a tractor on his farm. He …
Wrist injury
A 55-year-old woman has fallen and presents with a deformed wrist. Her X-ray is shown below:
Thrombosed haemorrhoid
A 30-year-old male with perianal pain attends your rural emergency department. On examination, you find a thrombosed external haemorrhoid.
Chorioamnionitis
A 35-year-old woman, 27/40 pregnant with twins, self-presents to a small outer metropolitan hospital with PV loss and contractions. She …
Temporal arteritis
A 65-year-old woman presents with atraumatic loss of vision in one eye and headache.
Fishhook removal
A 5th year medical student is attached to you today while you are working in Fast Track. You just picked …
Fever and groin pain
It is a busy evening shift and you have been asked to urgently review a 29-year-old man who has presented …
Urinary retention
A 70-year-old man presents with suprapubic abdominal pain and an inability to pass urine for 12 hours. There is no …
Small bowel obstruction
A 60-year-old woman presents to your Emergency Department with two days of increasing abdominal pain and vomiting. She has no …
Painful red eye
A 10-year-old boy presents to the ED with a 3-day history of fever and painful, swollen leti eye.
Fever and pain post scopes
A 52-year-old man presents to your district hospital at 2000h with SOB, abdominal pain and fever. He has had an …
Neonatal jaundice
A 5 day old male who was discharged 48 hours ago from the post-natal ward has been brought in by …