Spit, Scratch, Splash, Stick
Spit, scratch, splash or stick? Assess HIV exposure risk in the ED, identify when PEP is needed, and start treatment promptly after significant exposure.
The Critical Debrief: Sedative Drug Overdose
Shreyas launches Ask Pramod, a new series under The Critical Debrief in which we walk through Pramod's research and discuss clinical application. In this first episode we discuss sedative drug overdose and evaluate if there are features of the early clinical assessment that can reliably predict the outcome?
Know Your Lines
Know Your Lines: adult and paediatric trauma radiograph guides covering key lines, angles, ratios, signs and fracture classifications.
CXR eponyms in pulmonary embolism
CXR eponyms in pulmonary embolism: Westermark, Hampton, Fleischner, Chang and Palla signs, their history, original descriptions and modern relevance.
Awake in VF
Awake in VF. Inferior OMI complicated by refractory ventricular fibrillation, CPR-induced consciousness, stellate ganglion block and successful PCI.
The Mono That Wasn’t
Recognising HIV one ED visit at a time By the time HIV is diagnosed, the patient may already have passed through the emergency department more than once. The median interval between acquiring HIV and diagnosis is around three years, and…
Hip and pelvic lines and arcs
Hip and pelvic radiographic lines, arcs, angles and eponyms used to assess developmental dysplasia, SCFE, mature hip morphology and alignment.
Basic Fracture Treatment
Customisable fracture treatment poster with radiographs, splinting guidance and fillable local follow-up pathways for emergency department use.
Bennett fracture
Bennett fracture: definition, imaging, management, distinction from Rolando fracture, and the history of Edward Hallaran Bennett’s eponymous injury.
Köhler line
Köhler line is the ilioischial line on AP pelvis X-ray, to assess coxa profunda and protrusio acetabuli. History and interpretation.
Gilula carpal arcs
Gilula carpal arcs. Three smooth lines used to assess carpal alignment on PA wrist X-rays. Definition, disruption, variants and history.
Shenton Line
Shenton line is the cervico-obturator arc used to assess hip alignment on AP pelvic radiographs. Definition, history, Ménard attribution and eponymythology.