Month February 2019
CICM Exam Library 340

CICM SAQ 2014.1 Q8

List the determinants of central venous pressure (CVP) and Discuss the role of CVP monitoring in the critically ill.

Ultrasound cases top 100 340

Lung Point Case 3

45 year old male presents with left sided chest pain after scuba diving. What does the ultrasound show? Tiny pneumothorax and lung point

LITFL CCC SMILE2 340

The victim of medical mistakes

Mary Ellen Mannix’s life was turned upside down when her baby, James, died while in the care of a hospital in the US.  In this piece, she talks to me frankly and openly about her experience.

EMA Journal 340 2

EMA August 2014

Issue 4 (Vol. 26) of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) for 2014 was published online on 4 August. Editorial overview by Andrew Gosbell & Geoff Hughes

ECG-Exigency-LITFL-Clinical-Cases-340 2

Risky Rhythyms

This ECG Exigency serves up 5 different risky rhythm strips. Each tells a story. Can you work out what is happening before its too late?

Charles Frederick Morris Saint (1886 - 1973) 1200

Charles Saint

Charles Frederick Morris Saint (1886 – 1973) was a British abdominal surgeon. Saint’s Triad association of hiatal hernia, gallbladder disease, and diverticulosis is named after him Biography Born 14 August 1886 Bedlington, Northumberland 1908 – Durham University College of Medicine,…

LITFL CCC SMILE2 340

The doctor who exposed his own error

Rather than hiding in shame from his mistakes, Bryan Bledsoe went public to tell the world about his error. Here, he tells me about the reasons behind that decision, and the consequences it has had for his career.

CICM Exam Library 340

CICM SAQ 2010.2 Q27

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various biomarkers that can be used to diagnose patients with acute myocardial infarction?