Our ever-creative PEM registrars came up with some teaching cards using medicolegal and patient outcomes to highlight the implication that mismanaged minors cases can have on the children we see.

The SBAR tool helps to convey information effectively in a range of situations including handovers, referrals and when seeking senior advice.

Honour-Based Violence is a violent crime or incident which may have been committed to protect or defend the honour of a family or community.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and we are collaborating on a series of topics tailored to frontline clinicians, starting with Domestic Abuse.

35-year-old male attending ED admitting to taking an overdose of amitriptyline. Very reluctant to talk, but when he does answer he's very obnoxious and keen to leave.

A round-up of key learning points from this month’s F2 teaching day. Topics include: Mental Health, Toxicology, Head Injury & End of Life care

It’s always important to remember when considering a CT: there is no safe low level of radiation exposure!

What to do when patients are refusing life-saving treatment.

35-year-old patient with a fracture dislocation of the ankle, with no pedal pulse.

Approx. 18 year old Male, witnessed to collapse and have a seizure in town. When he wakes up he tells you he is only 15!

You enter the cubicle and the patient is gone... what would you do?

31 y/o female, found unresponsive by her housemates. Empty packets of tablets in the room. She smells of alcohol.

1.5% of Emergency Department (ED) attendances are from those with mental health issues.