NEW: An 83-year-old male is pre-alerted to your emergency department (ED) following an intentional overdose of one of his medications. On arrival, he admits to taking the medication around 12 hours ago with the intent to end his own life #ClinicalCase www.rcemlearning.co....

NEW: These modules discusses the management of genitourinary foreign bodies (GUFB) in the Emergency Department Learning Objectives: Understand the clinical features of genitourinary foreign bodies (GUFB) Consider the clinical management options of GUFBs (1/2)

UPDATE: A 20-year-old woman presents with lower abdominal pain waking her from sleep and radiating into her right lower back. She feels her lower abdomen is swollen and she is finding it difficult to urinate. (1/2)

UPDATE: '"Doctor to cubicle 5 for c-spine assessment please," you hear over the tannoy. Unfortunately, you're the only doctor around, and so, with a heavy heart, you pop to cubicle five, and try to think how you can assess the patient's c-spine.'

UPDATE: A 29-year-old woman is referred to your Emergency Department (ED) from the local Mental Health team for medical clearance prior to further treatment. She had attended them on two occasions with a six-week history of agitation, anxiety, intermittently slurred speech [CONT]

First #SundayQuestion of December! Which of the following options is the most likely diagnosis?

Have you tried our latest Curriculum Cup - Gastroenterology and Hepatology? The current high score is 86.67%! Can you beat this score? www.rcemlearning.co....

NEW: A 32-year-old man presents to emergency department (ED) after being found to have elevated blood pressure during a military fitness assessment. He has no significant past medical or surgical history, takes no medications, and does not smoke or drink alcohol.

UPDATE: Whilst Vaccination programmes have resulted in a reduction in the occurrence of many childhood illnesses, Emergency Clinicians should still be aware of common childhood exanthems, as well as newer types such as Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome.

NEW: It's #SBA day A 68-year-old man with a prior history of MI is pre-alerted to hospital as having had a pre-syncopal episode with an abnormal ECG. What should be the initial first steps? www.rcemlearning.co....

UPDATE: ECGs can be challenging, right? And so can children. Add the two together and……..arrghh - Paediatric ECGs!! Don't worry, we got you covered in our updated #blog www.rcemlearning.co....

NEW: A male presents with a large bulge to his bicep area after going to punch and then missing a punch bag in an arcade. Why does he now have such a big bicep? #ClinicalCase www.rcemlearning.co....

The last SUNDAY QUESTION of the month! What is the correct answer?

UPDATE: A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 1 week history of increasing lethargy, intermittent tingling in both arms and palpitations Check out our updated #ClinicalCase here: www.rcemlearning.co....

It's time!! We've released our latest #CurriculumCup - Gastroenterology and Hepatology Can you reach the top of our leader board? Give it a try here: www.rcemlearning.co....

NEW: A female patient in her 50s’ presents to the Emergency Department (ED) at 8:00am following ingestion of tea brewed with yew tree leaves at approximately 3:30am. Her partner found her at 7:20am drowsy but rousable Check out our latest #ClinicalCase www.rcemlearning.co....

NEW: A 75-year-old male patient is brought in by an ambulance with 3 episodes of frank hematemesis, total volume around 500ml. He is on Rivaroxaban and Bisoprolol for Atrial Fibrillation and last took his tablets 4 hours ago #SBA www.rcemlearning.co....

UPDATE: For Addiction Awareness Week (24th - 30th November), we revisit our #blog. Stories can help us understand patients, ourselves and colleagues better, and so be better emergency physicians www.rcemlearning.co....

"A failure to act means more people will be left to grieve the loss of a loved one." The deaths of more than 900 people in Wales were associated with long waits in A&E last year, new analysis from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine reveals. Read more here:

UPDATE: An 18-year-old male is brought to the emergency department (ED) by his mother complaining of a 1-week history of worsening weakness of both lower limbs, a tingling sensation in both hands and an unsteady gait. Read our updated #ClinicalCase here: www.rcemlearning.co....

SUNDAY QUESTION: Taken from our module "Picking your brain (or blood) cells …" What is the correct answer?

UPDATE: Has being overwhelmed with tasks become “the norm"? What are your thoughts? #blog www.rcemlearning.co....

NEW: A 46-year-old male self-presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with 3 months refractory headache, subacute forehead swelling (unknown duration) with acute periorbital oedema What is the most appropriate first line of investigation? #ClinicalCase www.rcemlearning.co....

UPDATE: These modules looks at the techniques available to collect urine samples from children in the ED You can read our #LearningSession (LS) and #Reference (Ref): LS: www.rcemlearning.co.... Ref: www.rcemlearning.co....

NEW: A 58-year-old man presents to your Emergency Department with a headache and right sided vision loss. Which clinical feature most strongly suggests an ocular rather than central cause of his symptoms? #SBA www.rcemlearning.co....#SBA

NEW: A 2-year-old presents to the emergency department with 2 days history of fever, irritability and a rapidly spreading rash. What is your most likely diagnosis? #ClinicalCase www.rcemlearning.co....#ClinicalCase #Infections #Skin #Rash

NEW: These modules covers common #MentalHealth challenges faced by children and how they often manifest in the Emergency Department setting. Check out our latest #LearningSession (LS) and #Reference (Ref): LS: www.rcemlearning.co.... Ref: www.rcemlearning.co....#MentalHealth#LearningSession#Reference#Depression

SUNDAY QUESTION, take from our POCUS series. Remember you can access them for a short amount of time by going here. Then they will become Members only content www.rcemlearning.co....

Measles is nearly twice as contagious as the common cold. And far more serious! What are the risk factors of measles to look out for in the ED?

UPDATE: An elderly woman attends with a vague history of weakness and confusion but an unremarkable clinical examination. How will you proceed? #SBA #Electrolyte #Disorders #Weakness www.rcemlearning.co....

UPDATE: These modules covers the recognition and management of potentially difficult airway scenarios, including appropriate equipment preparation and more! Check out our #LearningSession (LS) and our #Reference (Ref): LS: www.rcemlearning.co.... Ref: www.rcemlearning.co....

NEW: A 40-year-old male with B-cell lymphoma presents to the ED complaining of lethargy, dry mouth and generalized weakness. The patient has no fever. How will you manage this? #SBA www.rcemlearning.co....#SBA #Cancer #Treatment #Complications

UPDATE: It’s Friday evening and you’re at work in the ED. Jack is a 15-year-old boy who has taken an overdose of paracetamol a couple of hours ago. His girlfriend soon after called an ambulance. So…What do you do? Call his mum right? www.rcemlearning.co....

We’ve already released TREC modules 1 & 2 and are looking for volunteers to help test Modules 3 & 4. Keen to build your research skills? You help shape future EC training, by getting involved Sign up: docs.google.com/form...

NEW: Young female presents with sudden onset left sided flank pain. What is the most likely diagnosis? #ClinicalCase #LimbPain #Swelling #Joint www.rcemlearning.co....

SUNDAY QUESTION What is the most likely diagnosis? Answer below with the correct answer

We've launched a new section on the RCEMLearning website. If you want to solely focus on ECG, visit out ECG Topic Hub. www.rcemlearning.co....

UPDATE: Gabo, a 19-year-old college student was brought to the Emergency Department (ED) by his mother who is concerned about strings of unusual behaviours in the past 3 weeks You want to examine his mental state, where do you start? #SAQ www.rcemlearning.co....#SAQ #MentalHealth

NEW: The baby looks well at first, nothing really worrying - but he has been crying for last 2 days, which is unusual for him. His mother`s concern leads us to a serious diagnosis. #ClinicalCase www.rcemlearning.co....

NEW: A patient presents to the Emergency Department with a painful swollen knee. He cannot move his knee fully and has a fever. Read our latest #SBA here: www.rcemlearning.co....

Join us in congratulating Dr Eslam Elshafie for achieving 100% on our Curriculum Cup Neurology 2 quiz! Well done on your result!

📨 The latest RCEM Member Newsletter has landed! Dive into the #RCEMnewsletter for the latest College news, events, and opportunities straight from your inbox.

UPDATE: This week marks the start of #StressAwarenessWeek Our #blog is to convince you why the conversation about our breaks, our sleep and our rest is one to start having, keep having and not stop having. Keep reading. And keep talking. www.rcemlearning.co....

NEW: It's Monday which means another addition to our #POCUS series on RCEMLearning Today's question: How does POCUS help in evaluation of pneumonia? #ClinicalCase www.rcemlearning.co....

We are hiring two Digital Education Fellows RCEMLearning funds up to £4,000 towards a relevant postgraduate education qualification and both Fellows will remain based in their Trusts on an 80:20 split (80% clinical, 20% RCEMLearning) Learn more and apply www.rcemlearning.co....

SUNDAY QUESTION: Taken from "Silver Shock", answer below with the correct answer

What is the chain of virus transmission? Transmission usually occurs when an infectious agent is transmitted from an infected individual to a susceptible person

UPDATE: A 67-year-old man with a history of psoriasis presents in hypovolaemic shock with a 3 day history of malaise, oliguria and widespread erythema. Check out our #ClinicalCase here: www.rcemlearning.co....

UPDATE: These modules covers the anatomy, common pathology and the clinical and radiological assessment of the shoulder and brachial plexus. Check out our latest #LearningSession (LS) and #Reference (Ref): LS: www.rcemlearning.co.... Ref: www.rcemlearning.co....#LearningSession#Reference

NEW: An elderly lady is brought to your ED by ambulance after falling at home. She is hypotensive, tachypnoeic and agitated. She has a wound on her right shin with no active bleeding Check out our latest #SBA here: www.rcemlearning.co....#SBA #AcuteConfusion #Older #Patient #MedEdu