Heart HQ: Atrial fibrillation
Heart HQ - Episode 19: Atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia that we see in our patients. In this podcast, we explain the different types of AF
Year 2022
Oxygen Cylinder
Oxygen Cylinder: Portable supply of supplemental oxygen to maintain aerobic metabolism during patient transport
Steroid Conversion
A simple summary table of approximate equivalent synthetic steroid doses and their relative mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid potencies.
William R. Pugh
William Russ Pugh (1806-1897) was an English anaesthetist and surgeon. Pugh's inhlaer; First use of Ether for surgery in Australia
Modifications to blood components
Modifications to blood components that can be requested / are performed on products which include washed, phenotype matching etc.
Red Cells
Human Red Cells are administered for significant anaemia, and to replace any medical, traumatic or surgical blood loss.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 344
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 344 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind, enter the medical trivia of FFFF.
Fibrinogen Concentrate
Aka. RiaSTAP or Fibrinogen (Factor I) Concentrate DESCRIPTION INDICATIONS ADMINISTRATION / DOSING Intravenous (IV) PREPARATION PHARMACEUTICS GROUP / CROSSMATCH ADVERSE EFFECTS LOCATION OF ACTION MECHANISM OF ACTION CONTRAINDICATIONS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES TO CRYOPRECIPITATE Advantages Disadvantages RECONSTITUTION TIPS It is a…
Adult CXR Cases 021
December 2021 Adult Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Daniel Escobar, Angela Pikus, Alex Blackwell, and Marianne Dannemiller
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome is a combination of the presence of a congenital accessory pathway and episodes of tachyarrhythmia.
Fontaine lead
Fontaine bipolar precordial leads (F-ECG) are used to increase the sensitivity of epsilon wave detection, characteristic of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD/C)
Comms Lab: Be Kind
Comms Lab 21: Does it really take more time to be kind? We take a deep dive into the skill of responding to emotional cues