Vertigo — ER action cards
This chapter covers the clinical assessment, differential diagnosis (peripheral vs. central), and emergency management of vertigo, including the HINTS exam. Mastering this is crucial for board exams to safely distinguish benign causes from life-threatening neurologic emergencies.
About these Vertigo action cards
These 1 infographic condense Vertigo into the decisions examiners expect in the first minutes: recognition, immediate stabilisation, key investigations, first-line drugs with doses, and disposition. They are built for fast revision before emergency medicine board exams such as ABEM, MRCEM, the Saudi Board, the Arab Board and the Egyptian Board.
Use them as a last-minute checklist, then go deeper in the full Vertigo topic, which adds an English and Arabic podcast with live captions, a structured summary, a mind map, board-style MCQs with explanations and an interactive case simulation.
Part of the Neurology chapter on RescueEM. For education and exam preparation only; not a substitute for clinical judgement or local protocols.