Trauma

A 19-year-old man had a closed mid-shaft tibial fracture reduced and placed in a below-knee cast eight hours ago after a football tackle. He now has severe pain…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 9-year-old boy is brought to a regional emergency department after a heavy tackle at football. He is alert and orientated with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 1…

Clinical rotations · niche

A 24-year-old man comes off a trail bike at speed and arrives in a semi-rigid cervical collar and head blocks applied at the scene. He opens his eyes to voice,…

Pre-internship · niche

A 17-year-old boy returns to the emergency department 18 hours after a below-knee plaster cast was applied for an undisplaced fracture of the distal tibia. He h…

Pre-internship · common

A 24-year-old motorcyclist is brought in thirty minutes after a high-speed collision. Blood is pulsing from a deep laceration on the medial aspect of his left t…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 31-year-old man is brought in after his utility vehicle struck a tree at speed. He is pale and cold and speaks in short phrases. Heart rate 132/min, blood pre…

Clinical rotations · common

A 32-year-old woman is brought in after her car left the road and struck a tree at speed. She is alert and cold to touch. Blood pressure 84/52 mmHg, pulse 126/m…

Clinical rotations · common

A 24-year-old man is brought in by ambulance after his motorcycle struck a guardrail. His left leg is partly amputated below the knee and bright blood is wellin…

Pre-internship · common

A 58-year-old man is freed after six hours trapped beneath a collapsed brick wall. He is alert, and both thighs are swollen and tender. He reports tingling in b…

Foundations · middle twist

A 46-year-old labourer is freed after six hours trapped beneath a collapsed brick wall. Both thighs are tense, swollen and tender, and he cannot move his toes.…

Foundations · middle twist

A 22-year-old man is struck in the left lower chest by a cricket ball. Two hours later he has constant pain at the tip of the left shoulder, worse when he lies…

Foundations · common

A 19-year-old man sustains a closed fracture of the right tibial shaft in a football tackle. The leg was grossly angulated at the scene and was straightened bef…

Foundations · middle twist

A 28-year-old electrician receives an electrical injury while working on industrial equipment. There is a small contact mark on the palm and a larger mark at th…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 29-year-old man presents after completing an unusually strenuous cross-country event with severe thigh pain and dark urine. His creatinine concentration is 28…

Clinical rotations · common

A 24-year-old man sustains a closed fracture of the midshaft of the left tibia playing football. A plaster backslab with encircling crepe bandage is applied and…

Pre-internship · middle twist