The Komodo dragon is a creature that inspires fear and mysticism in many. It’s got all the characteristics of a good monster movie: only found on rare tropical islands, large, and possessing magical saliva that can kill. First identified by…
A 69 year old man presents with altered bowel habit and some mild left loin pain. He has been feeling weak and tired recently. He has a microcytic anaemia.
In drowning victims, it’s primarily respiratory in nature, and they absolutely need ventilations. But how many of the ads for CCPR are that nuanced?
An 83 year old diet controlled diabetic if brought in by his family with fevers and confusion. He had complained of some mild abdominal discomfort 48 hours before.
A 22 year old woman presents with very mild pelvic discomfort and vomiting in early pregnancy. She has had a previous ectopic pregnancy and is worried this may be an ectopic pregnancy.
Deciding what to carry in your medical kit on an expedition is hard. You don’t want to leave anything out, but you can’t carry an entire hospital on your back. I mean, the wheels on the slit lamp really suck…
A 55 year old woman with hepatitis C and known cirrhosis presents with right upper quadrant pain. You ultrasound her gallbladder.
Last week's Rorschach test is revealed for what it is, and a new F.UCEM is inducted into the hall of infamy.
Many of us make New Year’s resolutions. And we’ve done it for a long time, with resolutions having been recorded since the time of the Babylonians. And while some of them involve repaying old debts, most are attempts at bettering ourselves (losing…
A 51 year old man with known gallstones presents feeling unwell with some dull epigastric ache, dark urine and pale stool. Could it be choledocholithiaisis?
An 58 year old intravenous drug user presents several days after attempting to inject in to the back of his hand. There is a fluctuant red hot swelling over the dorsum of the hand and wrist and you are asked whether this is a tendon sheath collection.
Animal attacks really aren't that bad after all. At least, not according to the CDC WONDER database. When you take 9 years of data from said database, you get a whopping 1802 deaths. That comes out to just a hair over 200 deaths per year.