Case Reports and Reviews: Open Access

Emergency Medicine Case Reports & Reviews is a dedicated specialty collection within Case Reports and Reviews: Open Access that publishes peer-reviewed case reports, case series, clinical images, review articles, and original research covering emergency medicine and acute care. The collection provides an international platform for sharing clinically significant cases, diagnostic challenges, innovative emergency interventions, and evidence-based management strategies that contribute to the advancement of emergency and acute care practice.

Emergency medicine encompasses the rapid recognition, assessment, stabilization, and management of acute illnesses, traumatic injuries, and life-threatening emergencies across patients of all ages. Articles published in this collection highlight uncommon clinical presentations, time-critical diagnoses, resuscitation strategies, trauma management, toxicological emergencies, cardiovascular and neurological emergencies, infectious diseases, and other complex conditions encountered in emergency departments and acute care settings.

Case reports remain an essential educational resource in emergency medicine by documenting rare presentations, atypical manifestations of common diseases, unexpected complications, diagnostic pitfalls, and innovative management approaches. These reports provide valuable clinical insights through rapid clinical assessment, differential diagnosis, point-of-care investigations, emergency imaging, procedural interventions, and multidisciplinary decision-making, supporting evidence-based practice and improving patient outcomes.

The collection also showcases advances in resuscitation, trauma care, emergency ultrasound, point-of-care diagnostics, disaster medicine, prehospital emergency care, toxicology, airway management, and critical care. Many published articles reflect collaboration among emergency physicians, trauma surgeons, intensivists, radiologists, neurologists, cardiologists, anaesthesiologists, and other healthcare professionals, highlighting the multidisciplinary approach required for optimal emergency patient care.

Articles are organised within this collection to improve discoverability and help emergency physicians, acute care clinicians, residents, researchers, paramedics, and healthcare professionals quickly locate clinically relevant cases and educational resources across the field of emergency medicine. 

We welcome submissions from authors worldwide that present meaningful clinical observations, innovative emergency management strategies, and evidence that contributes to improved diagnosis, patient care, and advances in emergency medicine.