Case 1

A 35 yo male presents with palpitations and pleuritic chest pain. He’s recently had a viral illness but has no other medical history. At 1am i...

 CASE

A 36 yo woman presented to the emergency department complaining of numb feet. “I can’t feel the pedals in the car when I’m driving…….. It start...

A 78yo male woke up in the morning feeling dizzy. The patient was well when lying down, but became light headed every time he got up. He waited, but s...

Hypertensive emergencies are defined as sudden and prolonged increases in the arterial blood pressure, with associated organ damage. The degree of inc...

 The CASE

A 7 yo child is brought in by ambulance after having tonic clonic seizures that morning. The whole family had been travelling for a holiday...

 Bell's Palsy is an ipsilateral Cranial Nerve VII (lower motor neurone) palsy. There is usually a sudden onset of facial weakness, that progressively ...

 The Case

A 35 year old woman, who is a known intravenous drug user, is admitted with septic shock secondary to bacterial endocarditis. She is acidot...

 The CASE

52 yo with chest pain and hypotension

It’s a busy afternoon in a rural emergency department and the ambulance bring in a 52 yo with centra...

In this Papercut review we look at some major studies and what they tell us about the use of Adrenaline in cardiac arrest. Adrenaline is the most used...