Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 108
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 108 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Month January 2019
Professor Elemental connected to IDC
UCEM recognises the meritorious wearing of fighting trousers by Professor Elemental and ZDoggMD.
CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q18
Questions 18. A previously fit and well 24 year old man sustained an isolated C5-C6 spinal injury following a diving accident resulting in a tetraplegia. The spinal fracture was surgically fixed the following day and the patient was extubated on…
Capnography in Cardiac Arrest
Current ILCOR guidelines advise that capnography is useful during cardiac arrest resuscitation. ETCO2 can be used as a surrogate marker of cardiac output
Medically cleared?
A young woman is 'talking to voices' and is admitted to the psychiatric unit. Does she have a mental illness, or is something else going on?
Bullet in the Head
A gun shot wound to the head provides the basis for a question-and-answer based discussion on penetrating traumatic brain injury and multi-modal monitoring.
Look left, look right
An elderly woman had a fall. On examination she has an unusual constellation of eye movements. What's going on?
Eye movements, coma and pseudocoma
A man is about to intubated for coma. What can be learned from a rapid neurological exam that includes assessment of eye movements? Could this be a pseudocoma?
Coma in a spinal patient
The spinal patient from Microbial Mystery 005 has returned from the operating theatre. Within 15 minutes she is unconscious. What's going on?
Pseudobulbar and bulbar palsies
You have an emotionally labile patient in the department who sounds like 'Donald duck'. Before rounding up some students to 'pimp' you decide to test yourself on bulbar and pseudobulbar palsies so that you don't get caught out...
More brainstem lesions
4 more scenarios for Peter Gates Brainstem Rule of 4. Neurological lesion identification and neuro examination quiz
Brainstem lesions
4 more scenarios for Peter Gates Brainstem Rule of 4. Neurological lesion identification and neuro examination quiz