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Suicidal
A 40-year-old man is brought to your ED after being found alone on a bridge. He was agitated …
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ECMO protocol
Your director has requested that you write a protocol for the use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in …
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Eating disorder
A 13-year-old female is brought in by her concerned mum with significant weight loss and altered behaviour over …
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Autism and agitation
An 11-year-old boy with severe autism is brought by his parents due to agitation at home. He has …
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2023 T1 W13
Mature minor
A 15-year-old female who is 7 weeks pregnant has presented to ED with PV bleeding. Ultrasound confirms an …
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2023 T1 W13
Parent complaint
Your ED has received a complaint from the mother of a 5-year-old girl who remained in your department …
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CVC Complication
A 50-year-old female was seen in your tertiary ED 1 week prior with a deliberate OD of sustained …
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Death while ramped
You are the consultant in charge of a tertiary ED. An 87-year-old man has been brought in by …
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2023 T1 W12
Regional mass casualty
You are the consultant of a regional base hospital. You are informed by local ambulance control of a …
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Prehospital entrapment
You are the retrieval doctor at a pre-hospital scene where there has been a single-occupant rollover MVA. The …
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Major MVA
You are the consultant in charge of a ter ary ED. The ambulance service calls warning that they …
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Trauma Retrieval
You are the ED consultant at a regional centre caring for a 65-year-old polytrauma patient who was injured …
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2023 T1 W10
Climbing Everest
You are a newly qualified FACEM excited about the relaxation of pandemic international travel restrictions and as such …
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2023 T1 W10
Unwell scuba diver
You are the consultant at a coastal base hospital. You receive a BAT call from the ambulance. They …
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2023 T1 W10
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 …
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2023 T1 W9
Infant Intubation
A 6-month-old boy presents obtunded in septic shock and requires intubation.
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2023 T1 W9
POCUS in Cardiac Arrest
A 60-year-old man is BIBA following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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2023 T1 W9
Hot after intubation
Approximately 45 minutes ago you intubated a 25-year-old male with suxamethonium and propofol in your ED. His nurse …
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2023 T1 W9
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 …
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2023 T1 W8
Intubated asthmatic
You have just performed an RSI on a patient with acute severe asthma. Shortly after intubation you look …
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2023 T1 W8
Foot nerve block
You are working in a regional coastal emergency department. A 34-year-old male presents with multiple lacerations to the …
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2023 T1 W8
Ketamine complication
You are in charge of a busy evening shift, when the buzzer goes off in one of the …
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2023 T1 W8
Intubation complications
You are walking past the resus bay where a 50-year-old man has just been intubated by other members …
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