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UTI and dementia
An 80-year-old male, with a history of dementia, from a residential aged care facility (RACF), is referred to your ED …
Delirium with agitation in an older patient
An 87-year-old lady is brought in from home with confusion. Her daughter has been contacted by phone and reports that …
Frailty and goals of care in geriatric trauma
You are the consultant working in a major trauma centre when an 85 year old man is brought in by …
Neonatal jaundice
A 15-day old male is referred in by community midwives for ongoing jaundice. He was born at 39 weeks via …
Neonate with fever and vomiting
An 8-day-old boy has presented with fevers and frequent vomiting. He was born at term with no complications.
Severe pneumonia in infant
An 11-month-old girl is brought into your rural emergency department with suspected community acquired pneumonia after being unwell for 5 …
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 …
Child with a limp
Your next patient is a paediatric patient who has been limping and complaining of a sore leg for the last …
Minor head injury in toddler
A toddler is brought to your emergency department after a fall. The exact mechanism is unclear but was reported as …
Blunt abdominal trauma
A 28-year-old man is brought into your tertiary ED having been witnessed to jump from a 2nd storey balcony (approximately …
Traumatic limb amputation
A 70 year old male is brought into your tertiary Emergency Department after pre-hospital notification of a suicide attempt by …
Penetrating neck trauma with aerodigestive injury
A 17-year-old man has presented to your rural ED following a quadbike accident where he impacted a wire fence and …
Trimalleolar ankle fracture-dislocation
A 65-year-old female presents to your urban district hospital at 11.30pm having slipped on wet floor and is unable to …
Arm injury
A 35-year-old man presents with a painful right arm after a fall from his jet ski 1 hour prior to …
Paediatric elbow injury
A 5-year-old girl presents with a painful elbow following a fall in the playground at school. She is distressed with …
Wrist injury
A 30-year-old male presents to your rural Emerg. Dept. with a painful and swollen right wrist after a fall.
Trauma in pregnancy
A 25-year-old female is BIBA following a high speed MVA. She was driving on a highway at 100kph when an …
Pelvic inflammatory disease
A 23-year-old female presents to ED with 3 days of lower abdominal pain and malodorous vaginal discharge. She reports to …
Shoulder dystocia
A 32-year-old woman presents to your ED complaining of crampy abdominal pain. She is G2P1 at 38 weeks’ gestation and …
HIV with fever, cough and confusion
A 45-year-old man known to be HIV positive, presents to your department with fever, nonproductive cough, weight loss and mild …
Fever and groin pain
You are asked to review an unwell 64-year-old male in your emergency department. A quick review of previous records reveals …
Fever and rash
A 6-year-old boy is brought into the Emergency Department with a 3-day history of skin rash and fever. He looks …
Paediatric septic shock
A 2-year-old 15 kg child presents in the care of their parent. They have been febrile, and unwell for the …