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Unwell scuba diver
You are the consultant at a coastal base hospital. You receive a BAT call from the ambulance. They are bringing …
A fisherman swept off the rocks
A 72-year-old fisherman is retrieved from the ocean after being swept off a rock-ledge. He has a history of type …
Infant Intubation
A 6-month-old boy presents obtunded in septic shock and requires intubation.
POCUS in Cardiac Arrest
A 60-year-old man is BIBA following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Hot after intubation
Approximately 45 minutes ago you intubated a 25-year-old male with suxamethonium and propofol in your ED. His nurse has become …
Weakness after vomiting and diarrhoea
A 64-year-old male presents to your emergency department feeling generally unwell. He has been troubled with profuse vomiting and diarrhoea, …
Intubated asthmatic
You have just performed an RSI on a patient with acute severe asthma. Shortly after intubation you look up at …
Foot nerve block
You are working in a regional coastal emergency department. A 34-year-old male presents with multiple lacerations to the sole of …
Ketamine complication
You are in charge of a busy evening shift, when the buzzer goes off in one of the resus bays. …
Intubation complications
You are walking past the resus bay where a 50-year-old man has just been intubated by other members of the …
Vertigo
A 52-year-old man presents with vertigo. He has no past medical history. He is not on any regular medications. His …
Melaena
A 76-year-old woman has been brought in from home with melaena. She has a background of hypertension, ischaemic heart disease …
DKA
A 10-year-old girl has presented to your urban district emergency department at 3pm with fever and feeling lethargic for the …
Painful facial rash
A 34-year-old woman presents with a painful facial rash that started 2 days ago. Vital signs are normal but she …
3yo with a rash
A 3-year-old girl is brought into your Emergency Department with an erythematous rash. She has no significant past medical history …
Anaphylactic shock
A 59-year-old woman is brought to your resus room by paramedics. She was unwell until about 30 minutes prior to …
5yo with cough, fever and hypoxia
A previously well 5-year-old girl presents with cough, fever, hypoxia and R sided chest pain. She has no allergies and …
Mesenteric ischemia
A 78-year-old male presents with 16 hours of severe colicky abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Following your initial assessment, you are …
Elderly fall off ladder
A 75-year-old man is brought to the Emergency Department following a fall approximately 1.5m off a ladder. He reports hiting …
Red eye, headache and vomiting
A 77-year-old lady presents with right sided headache and vomiting.
8yo impaled on a stick
An 8-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department following a bicycle accident. She was wearing a helmet but no …
4yo fall and neck pain
You are assessing a 4-year-old girl in your emergency department. She fell from the monkey bars at her school, and …
Lab fire
You receive a call from the paramedics about a 36yo male who has just been pulled from a lab fire. …