in or out ???
the case. A 34 year old insulin-dependent diabetic male presents to your ED following a “collapse” stating he thinks he has had a seizure. He has had hypoglycaemic seizures previously. He lost his glucometer 3 or 4 weeks ago and…
Category Orthopaedics
slip and fall…
The Case. A young boy is bought to your ED with an obviously swollen painful left arm after a slip and fall… These are his xrays… [DDET Describe this injury…] Type III Supracondylar…
a tonne of bricks…
… well it wasn’t really a tonne; more like a dozen or so individual bricks falling from a height of 3-4 metres that peppered and glanced a patient I saw 48 hours ago. Whilst he presented as a ‘trauma’ and…
Fingertip Injury
A guide to the assessment and management of common finger tip injuries in the emergency department.
Another Ankle Sprain
A 23 year-old female netball player presents c/o pain and swelling to her right ankle post playing netball. Does she meets the criteria for X-ray to rule out a fracture?