the case. 16 year old female presents to your Emergency Department after falling from her mountain bike on a nearby track. As she fell to the ground, she reports landing on the handlebars which struck her upper abdomen.
cracking under pressure…
the case. a 44 year old male presents to your Emergency Department with severe, crushing retrosternal chest pain. He reports that the pain started suddenly approximately one hour ago whilst at rest.
an abominable airway…
the case. a 28 year old male presents to your Emergency Department with a 2-3 week history of increasing neck swelling. He is now spitting out frank purulent discharge from his mouth and reports fevers and night sweats.
shrouded shock…
the case. 46 year old male is bought into your resuscitation bay by local ambulance following a three metre fall from a work platform onto a horizontal metal railing below.
another bubble of trouble…
the case. 43 year old female is brought into your resuscitation bay by the paramedics. She has a 2 day history of vomiting and diarrhoea on the background of type 2 diabetes and alcohol abuse. Her son is concerned that she has become increasingly confused despite drinking her usual amount of alcohol.