Walter Bastedo
Walter Arthur Bastedo (1873 - 1952) was a Canadian gastroenterologist. He is eponymously associated with Bastedo sign (1909) of chronic appendicitis.
Year 2021
Macewen medal
The DAS Macewen medal was founded in 2009, by the Difficult Airway Society (DAS). The medal is to recognise distinguished members of the society for their service to the society and airway management.
John Lehane
John Robert Lehane (1945 – 2018) was an English anaesthetist. With Ronald Cormack in 1984: Cormack-Lehane laryngoscopy grades
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome or Bean syndrome is characterized by multiple recurrent vascular malformations involving the skin and the GI tract
ST depression does not localise
This review will change your approach to localised ST depression on the ECG, which on its own does not accurately localise ischaemia, and may be the first sign of subtle occlusion
Ronald Cormack
Ronald 'Ronnie' Sidney Cormack (1930 - ) English anaesthetist. With John Lehane in 1984: Cormack-Lehane laryngoscopy grades
Pacific Island Playlist: Mental Health
Pacific Island Playlist – Track 5: Mental Health with Jess Morton and Cian McDermot. Jess speaks candidly about her own mental health journey.
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is one of the most common forms of peripheral vertigo. Whilst its name may not be the most imaginative or succinct, it accurately describes the syndrome
ECG Case 122
With a great case example, we discuss diagnosing OMI in the presence of intraventricular conduction delay and/or prior anterior myocardial infarction
James Syme
James Syme (1799–1870) was a Scottish General Surgeon. The Syme ankle amputation attributed to him was a triumph of conservative surgery in the days where more proximal amputations had much higher mortality rates.
Vaccination Hesitancy
Review of the different motivations for vaccine “hesitancy” or “refusal” with discussion on vaccination hesitancy in the model of a new syndrome
Pediatric CXR Cases 019
March 2021 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Lizz Olson, MD and Kendra Jackson, MD