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A 31-year-old man presents with vertigo and blurred vision after ingesting home-distilled alcohol. He initially had vomiting and …

A young man presents with palpitations after chronic loperamide misuse (400–600 mg/day). An ECG is performed.

A 4-year-old girl presents after ingesting an unknown amount of her grandmother’s diltiazem.

A 25-year-old woman is brought to ED after a self-terminating seizure at a nightclub. Collateral history suggests recreational …

A 26-year-old man with schizophrenia and polysubstance use presents with severe agitation and requires involuntary psychiatric admission.

A nightshift registrar reports excessive night shifts and burnout during morning handover.

A 23-year-old woman is brought to ED by police with bizarre behaviour four weeks postpartum, found wandering with …

You are reading an article about a new anticoagulant for the management of atrial fibrillation.

You discover a consultant colleague injecting fentanyl in the trauma room. The colleague has a history of anxiety …

A 78-year-old man with advanced dementia dies in the ED overnight with a suspected ruptured AAA previously deemed …

Your department experienced an adverse event where a patient left without being seen and was later found deceased. …

You receive a complaint from a patient regarding a missed injury. The patient was discharged from the ED …

A grandstand has collapsed at a football ground with up to 400 injured people. You are the duty …

A bomb has detonated at a music concert and a major incident has been declared. Over 40 casualties …

A previously well 35-year-old man presents to a rural ED 90 km from the nearest trauma centre following …

You are part of a helicopter retrieval service dispatched to a patient who has collapsed on a dive …

A 42-year-old man presents to your emergency department at midnight with a history of gradually increasing pain to …

A 30-year-old forklift driver ruptures a source of radioactive caesium chloride while unloading brachytherapy equipment and attempts to …

You are the expedition doctor for a tour group of adults completing a 3-week trek in the Nepalese …

A 45-year-old male hasjust arrived in your resus bay. He has been transferred by ambulance from a rural …

A 32-year-old man with pneumonia requires intubation. He is morbidly obese with BMI 42, actual weight 130 kg …

A 50-year-old man presents to ED two days post dental extraction with pain on swallowing.

A 28-year-old man is brought to ED following a rugby match with concern for cervical spine injury. He …

An elderly woman presents with a painful unilateral facial rash involving the upper face and eye.