Environmental emergencies

A 16-year-old boy collapses at the finish of a school cross-country race in Perth on a 39-degree day. He is confused, cannot say where he is, and is unsteady wh…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 19-year-old man walks into a small country hospital 40 minutes after being bitten on the right calf by a snake he disturbed while moving hay bales. A bystande…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 24-year-old man is brought to the surf club first aid room at a Perth beach in February. Ten minutes ago, while swimming, he felt sudden severe burning pain i…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 27-year-old man is bitten while walking through long grass near Tamworth, New South Wales. He brings a photograph of a slender brown snake, but the species ca…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 21-year-old man collapses at the 14 km mark of a city fun run on a 34°C day. In the trackside medical tent he is confused and agitated with a Glasgow Coma Sca…

Pre-internship · common

A 26-year-old backpacker is snorkelling off Port Douglas in far north Queensland in December when she feels a mild sting on her forearm, leaving only faint redn…

Clinical rotations · common

A 34-year-old man in suburban Sydney felt a sharp pinprick on the back of his hand while moving pot plants stacked against the house. Over the next two hours he…

Clinical rotations · common

A 9-year-old boy is brought to a regional Victorian hospital 45 minutes after a suspected snakebite to the calf while walking through long grass. A pressure imm…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 58-year-old farmer near Dubbo, New South Wales, felt a sharp scratch on his ankle while moving hay bales and briefly lost consciousness about ten minutes late…

Clinical rotations · niche