Summary of Emergency Medicine for MRCEM SBA

Learn resuscitation fundamentals across adults, children, and infants, including CPR sequence, defibrillation for shockable rhythms, airway management, ventilation, adrenaline and amiodarone use, and key conditions like sepsis, hemorrhagic shock, choking.

Explore essential cardiac emergencies, including acute coronary syndrome, arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation, pericarditis, aortic dissection, infective endocarditis, valvular heart disease, heart failure, and congenital heart disease, with exam-focused guidance.

Covers recognition and management of anaphylaxis and angioedema, urticaria, and key dermatologic emergencies such as cellulitis, necrotizing fasciitis, chickenpox, measles, and erythema multiforme.

Explore ENT emergencies from otitis externa and acute otitis media to vertigo, epistaxis, sore throat, airway threats, and foreign bodies, with exam-focused management tips and diagnostic cues.

Identify delirium as an acute, fluctuating disturbance of consciousness, differentiate it from dementia, and outline osteoporosis with fragility fractures, vertebral fractures, and treatments like calcium, vitamin d, and bisphosphonates.

This lecture highlights essential emergency endocrinology topics—diabetes mellitus and its complications (hypoglycemia, DKA, HHS), diabetes insipidus and SIADH, adrenal disorders (Addison’s, Cushing’s), pheochromocytoma, and thyroid disease (hypo/hyperthyroidism, thyroid storm, Graves’).

Explore environmental emergencies, including hyperthermia, heatstroke, hypothermia, frostbite, drowning, decompression illness, and radiation injuries, with exam-focused management tips and key syndromes like malignant hyperthermia.

Explore gastroenterology and hepatology essentials, from alcohol withdrawal, cirrhosis and ascites to hepatitis, gastroenteritis, inflammatory bowel disease, peptic ulcer disease, and upper GI bleed, with practical exam tips.

Explore key hematology topics relevant to emergency medicine, including anemia types and sickle cell disease, major coagulopathies like DIC and hemophilia, and frontline treatments for anticoagulation, leukemia, and lymphomas.

Explore key infectious disease topics in emergency medicine, including HIV, TB, malaria, mumps, Kawasaki disease, and pediatric fever, with emphasis on transmission, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, including post-exposure prophylaxis.

Explore maxillofacial and dental emergencies, including mandibular and temporomandibular joint injuries, orbital and zygomatic fractures, Le Fort injuries, dental trauma, and infections, with imaging and management strategies.

Identify depression using five of nine criteria for two weeks and assess self-harm risk with the modified sad persons scale; cover acute psychosis, de-escalation, and consent and capacity basics.

Explore core musculoskeletal emergencies, including nerve compression like carpal tunnel, common tendon injuries, back and neck pain red flags, inflammatory and septic joint disorders, and pediatric limp.

Explore neonatal emergencies including resuscitation of the newborn, delayed cord clamping, Apgar scoring and life support steps, plus management of jaundice and neonatal sepsis.

Explore core nephrology topics for emergency medicine, including acute kidney injury, electrolyte disorders like hyperkalemia and hyponatremia, hypocalcemia, hypernatremia, and rhabdomyolysis management.

Explore key neurology topics for exams, including the Glasgow Coma Scale, neurological examination basics, seizure management, stroke protocols, headache types, and neuromuscular conditions.

Cover key emergency obstetrics and gynecology topics for the MRCEM SBA, including cardiac arrest in pregnancy, vaginal bleeding, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage, and pre-eclampsia.

ophthalmology lecture covers visual pathway anatomy, eye reflexes and movements, and common emergencies from acute angle-closure glaucoma to retinal detachment, emphasizing urgent referral and core management.

Explore pain, sedation, pharmacology and poisoning in emergency medicine, covering local and topical anesthetics, procedural sedation agents, analgesics, NSAIDs, opioids, and management of toxic exposures and toxidromes.

Explore respiratory emergencies from ARDS criteria and ventilation to acute asthma and COPD exacerbations, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, pertussis, foreign body aspiration, pleural effusion, pulmonary embolism, and spontaneous pneumothorax.

Explore emergency contraception options—levonorgestrel, ulipristal acetate, copper IUD—plus Gillick and Fraser guidelines, and key sexually transmitted infections including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, and warts.

Explore vascular emergencies, including abdominal aortic aneurysm assessment by ultrasound with rupture risk, and management of acute limb ischemia and deep vein thrombosis.

Explore surgical emergencies from gallstone disease and biliary complications to bowel obstruction, appendicitis, volvulus, hernias, diverticular and ischemic bowel, hemorrhoids, anorectal abscess, and lower gastrointestinal bleed.

Master emergency urology essentials, from lower urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis to testicular torsion, priapism, paraphimosis, and acute urinary retention, with management and imaging cues.

Learn CT criteria for head injury in adults and children, skull base fracture signs, and raised intracranial pressure management; master the Canadian C-spine rules, spinal tracts, and spinal cord syndromes.

Examine thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic trauma to identify tension pneumothorax, hemothorax, tamponade, and flail chest, and manage with rapid decompression, resuscitation, and imaging.

Identify and manage upper and lower limb trauma, including compartment syndrome, Salter-Harris injuries, dislocations, fractures, tendon and nerve injuries, and key imaging rules for elbow, knee, and ankle injuries.

Assess burn extent with the rule of nines and determine depth to guide resuscitation, airway management, wound care, and burn center transfer decisions.

Master essential emergency procedures, including airway assessment and predicting difficult intubation with lemon mnemonic and the 332 rule, rescue airway techniques, ventilation, capnography, and common diagnostic and chest procedures.