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This innovative book is based on real patients seen in the emergency department of a busy London teaching hospital. Developed from a project designed to offer an online alternative to in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the material will appeal to readers and educators seeking digital content to supplement traditional print-based learning resources. Seventy high-yield cases are illustrated with a variety of static images, including clinical photographs, radiographs and scans, blood films and ECG traces, coupled with integrated imaging videos to enhance understanding. Knowledge is tested via best of three questions, reflecting the format of qualifying examinations, while extensive answers provide further opportunities for learning and revision..Key Features:Challenging real-life cases coupled with imaging videos as well as static images, optimized for mobile viewingScenarios that appeal to both the novice and experienced doctor in the ED and allied specialtiesComprehensive coverage across a range of speciality areas reflecting the caseload of acute and emergency hospital settings through which doctors in training rotateMeets increasing expectations that non-radiologists are required to interpret and act upon imaging resultsIdeal as a revision aid for those in preparation for FRCEM and equivalent international examinations in emergency medicineReflecting both common and more complex clinical scenarios, the content will teach and challenge its readers, from the newly qualified resident doctor to more experienced clinicians and allied health personnel working in emergency and acute settings.
Alice Yearwood is an Anaesthetic Trainee, London, UKDipak Mistry is Education Lead for Emergency Medicine at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cases1. A curiously high lactate2. A cycling wrist injury3. A deformed arm after falling on the train4. A gardener's eye5. A painful foot6. A painful rash7. A smashing Christmas8. Abdominal pain and distension in a child9. Abdominal pain in a heatwave10. Abnormal blood gas11. An elderly patient on warfarin12. An unusual ECG13. Assault14. Blown pupil15. Bradycardia16. Burning chest pain17. Central chest pain18. Chest pain and weakness19. Chest pain in an IVDU20. Complex headache21. Complication of HIV22. Dazed and confused23. Do you think it's from the vaccine?24. Epigastric pain25. Facial trauma26. Fall from a wheelchair27. Fall in the playground28. Fever and back pain29. Fever in a returning traveller30. Haemoptysis and a swelling31. High fevers in a child32. Hyperlactataemia33. I can't stop vomiting34. In a place called vertigo35. Loss of vision after an overdose36. Lower abdominal pain & distension37. Message in a bottle38. My arm doesn't feel right39. My legs gave way40. Off legs41. Packing, stuffing, pushing42. Palpitations43. Pleuritic chest pain44. POCUS45. Right iliac fossa pain46. Right upper quadrant pain47. Seizure and leg trauma48. Seizure in an international student49. Sepsis50. Severe respiratory distress51. Short of breath at rest52. Shortness of breath & palpitations53. Slurred speech54. Sporting injury under the influence55. Stridor56. Swollen eye57. Swollen knees58. Testicular Pain59. They told me to do it60. Thigh pain61. Thunderclap headache62. Transient loss of consciousness63. Trauma to the chest64. Vomiting and ECG changes65. Wound problemAppendix: vital signs normal valuesAppendix: laboratory test normal valuesAppendix: abbreviationsIndex