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Acute testicular torsion
A 26-year-old male presents to your rural emergency department with severe atraumatic left scrotal pain. You suspect a possible acute …
Neonatal adrenal crisis
2-week-old male is brought to your Emergency Department by concerned parents. He is floppy and listless and brought into the …
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
A 46-year-old man is brought in by ambulance having been unwell for the past 3 days with fever, abdominal pain …
Erythema multiforme
A 4-year-old girl has been brought to the ED by her parents. She has had a rash for the last …
Giant cell arteritis
A 72-year-old woman presents with new onset headache over the past week. She describes general fatigue and intermittent visual disturbance.
Inflammatory polyarthritis
A 26-year-old woman has presented with atraumatic pain and swelling to multiple joints. She has no prior medical history.
Itchy rash
A 3-year-old child presents to your Emergency Department with an itchy rash. There is no fever or systemic unwellness.
Febrile infant
An otherwise well 5-month-old girl presents to the Emergency Department with fever (39.2°C) for 24 hours, vomiting and reduced feeding.
Flank pain and fever
A 47-year-old man has presented with R-sided flank pain and fever. Two slices from his CT scan are provided below.
Acute kidney injury
A 78 year old man is sent into your ED by their general practitioner with concerns for acute kidney injury …
Acute bacterial prostatitis
A 54-year-old male presents to the Emergency Department with fever, malaise and lower urinary tract symptoms. You suspect he may …
Paediatric urinary retention
A 6-year-old girl is brought in by her mother with abdominal pain and a history of not passing urine for …
Non blanching rash
A 5-year-old girl is brought to the Emergency Department by her parents with a non-blanching rash that has appeared overnight. …
Cough, fever and unable to lie flat
A 6-year-old girl presents to a large mixed ED with 2 weeks of cough and intermittent fever. For the past …
Collapse after vomiting
A 21-year-old female presents after collapse following a 3-day history of vomiting. ABG: pH 7.65 pCO2 55 PO2 80 HCO3 …
Paediatric diabetic ketoacidosis
A 4-year-old boy presents to ED with a 2-day history of worsening nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. He is drowsy, …
Cardiac arrest on a beach
You are working at a regional hospital in a coastal city in northern Australia. You are pre-alerted that the ambulance …
Acute radiation exposure
You receive notification of a 30-year-old fork-lift driver who while unloading a delivery of brachytherapy equipment accidentally drove the fork-lift …
Decompression illness
A 39 year old man returns from a diving trip and presents to your Emerg Dept. with severe lower back …
Metoprolol ingestion in toddler
A 2-year-old boy has been taken to triage by his parents who found the child playing with an open box …
Insulin overdose
A 14-year-old girl has presented after an intentional overdose of insulin.