Quick Case #01
A 24 year old male rugby player presents to your ED with a severely painful, swollen left hand which occurred during a tackle and subsequent ruck. These are his x-rays…. [DDET What about the lateral ??] [/DDET] [DDET What’s…
Month April 2013
in or out ???
the case. A 34 year old insulin-dependent diabetic male presents to your ED following a “collapse” stating he thinks he has had a seizure. He has had hypoglycaemic seizures previously. He lost his glucometer 3 or 4 weeks ago and…
tPA – black and white or shades of grey?
This is a micro-post just to illustrate yet another problem with the Boehringer Ingelheim/Neurology juggernaut pushing the Emergency Medicine community towards lysing anyone with a tingle.
in with a chance…
the case. a 19 year old female arrives to your resuscitation bay following a high-speed rollover MVA where she was the restrained passenger. she has a clinically fractured mandible with some oropharyngeal bleeding, but a GCS of 15. she is…
slip and fall…
The Case. A young boy is bought to your ED with an obviously swollen painful left arm after a slip and fall… These are his xrays… [DDET Describe this injury…] Type III Supracondylar…