Pharm 101: Nifedipine
ACEM Primary Pharmacology of Nimodipine: the Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical uses; Adverse effects
Month February 2020
Airway management
Adam Rehak provides practical pearls about managing the unexpected difficult airway; emphasising the importance of effective teamwork with the Vortex approach and the DAS guidelines.
Pipkin fracture
Pipkin classification of femoral head fracture designed by Garrett Pipkin (1904-1981) and first published 1957
Paediatric analgesia
Great pediatric care requires excellent pain management, and excellent pain management requires the recognition that sucrose is not a pain medication.
Simon and Neil get plastered
Practical guide: How to apply the backslab in adults and paediatrics. POP, plaster of paris, physical plaster cast back-slab technique
Buddy strap no more
Buddy strap: Stick this poster on that cupboard (now called the finger cupboard) and start your patients finger rehab a week earlier.
Developmental dysplasia of the hip
Description Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), previously referred to as congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH), means that the hip joint of a newborn baby is dislocated or prone to dislocation. History Calot – 1905, 1926 Ortolani – 1935…
Pharm 101: Penicillin G
ACEM Primary Pharmacology of Penicillin: the Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical uses; Adverse effects
A better way to get plastered
Plaster cast templates for fracture immobilisation, including technique for thumb spika, colles cast, backslabs and templates
Spaso reductions and immobilisation
Spaso shoulder reduction technique. For Anterior shoulder dislocation and Posterior shoulder dislocation
Is less best in critical care?
John Myburgh gives a philosophical talk about what life (and death) is really about and what the new challenges are in critical care.