Alfred Emergency Education

Croup

by Binula Wickramarachchi | Sep 20, 2022 | Airway, Critical Care, ENT, Paediatrics | 0 |

Croup is one of the diseases we own. This is the quintessential paediatric ED reg condition. Often the triage nurse will give the dex before you’ve even seen the patient. But have you thought about what you are going to do if the dex doesn’t work?

TMJ Dislocation

by Dave McCreary | Jun 29, 2022 | ENT, Fast Track, Procedures | 0 |

A 22-year-old female medical student attends the emergency department. She is unable to close her mouth after yawning in one of her biochemistry lectures. She is in some distress and is struggling to speak clearly.

Neck radiographs: the stridulous child

by James Cameron | May 4, 2021 | ENT, Paediatrics, Radiology | 0 |

So, behold the soft tissue x-rays. This is a historical Part 2 Exam favourite cropping up every few years in some form or another. Just to signpost, for what conditions might soft tissue neck x-rays be used with regards to acute diagnoses in the Emergency Department?

Category: ENT

Croup

TMJ Dislocation

Neck radiographs: the stridulous child