Cut to the Case
             Cases from Emergency 

Luke De La Rue and Jonathan Papson discuss a case of a post arrest patient with ongoing pain and hypovolaemia who is at imminent risk of arresting again. Ultrasound again proves useful not only in identifying the type of shock but also the cause.

Jonathan Papson and Emma West discuss a case of suspected laryngeal fracture. How do you assess? What do you do when the patient then wants to discharge themselves against medical advice?

Emma West and Jonathan Papson discuss a high risk case which which quickly unravels in the CT scanner. Thorough assessment and graded assertiveness save the day!

Junctional Trauma! Jonathan Papson and Emma West discuss a trauma case where the elusive cause of shock turned out to be bleeding obvious. But Fixing the problem would prove to be the real challenge.

ROSC: Now what? Jonathan Papson and Amaali Lokuge discuss the use of ultrasound in assessing the post ROSC patient, finding causality and complications way before anyone books the CT scan.

Dislocated shoulder? Paraplegia? Jonathan Papson and Emma West discuss a case where the temptation to treat serious, but non life- threatening injuries distract from completing the primary survey thoroughly

Jonathan and Emma discuss a patient who arrived with seizures but was unexpectedly found to be in complete heart block. They discuss the how resuscitate with the rapid commencement of external pacing.

Jonathan and Emma discuss the case of a young man presenting with a frightening epistaxis and threatened airway from either a recent tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy. Good setup, as well as a step by step plan as to what to if those plans fail is the key!