Though less common locally than in some areas, tick bites pre and post removal do offer some concern to patients.
Working out what your patient might have been vaccinated for can be tricky, and more so if they were raised outside of the UK. Luckily there are a couple of tools online you can use to make this easier.
Measuring for and advising patients on the use of elbow crutches is an important skill for ED staff.
Mallet Deformity is an inability to maintain extension of the distal phalanx of the finger at the distal intraphalangeal joint.
Neck of fifth Metacarpal (Boxer’s) fractures are a common injury, and how we treat them locally is changing.
Assessment of nerve function after upper limb injury in children has been shown to be poorly documented. The following assessment tool has been shown to improve.
Dog, and other mammalian bites, are a common presentation with the ED.
They can be easy to treat, but need some particular attention if we are going to get them right.
Bleeding under the nail from blunt trauma can be very painful. Lucky we have the tools on hand to ease some of that pain.
A common sporting injury, especially in disciplines that require stop start sprints or rapid changes of direction
