Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 275
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 275
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Macintosh laryngoscope
The Macintosh laryngoscope has a curved blade which allows exposure of the larynx by positioning the tip in the vallecula, anterior to the epiglottis, lifting it out of view. Designed 1943 by Sir Robert Reynolds Macintosh (1897–1989) New Zealand Anaesthetist.
Janeway lesions
Janeway lesions are non-tender, small erythematous or haemorrhagic macular or nodular lesions on the palms or soles only a few millimeters in diameter that are indicative of infective endocarditis.
Edward Janeway
Edward Gamaliel Janeway (1841 - 1911) was an American physician and pathologist. Remembered for his description of Janeway lesions (1899) as a distinctive painless dermatological manifestation seen in some cases of infective endocarditis
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 197
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 197 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
ICE 014: Pleuritic Pain
A 24 year old woman presents to ED with a 12 hour history of shortness of breath and left sided pleuritic chest pain. She has no significant past medical history and is on no regular medications. Her vital signs are normal.
Lung collapse Case 1
This patient suffered right sided chest trauma with a rib fracture, tension pneumothorax and extensive surgical emphysema. Then became more SOB after treatment with ICC
Pneumothorax Case 1
A 20 year old man presents with shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain. What does this ultrasound show?
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 196
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 196 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
ICE 013: Marathon runner develops chest pain
A 36 year old man has just completed a marathon. He develops chest heaviness, shortness of breath, nausea and feels dizzy and faint. He has no known past medical history and considers himself to be in excellent health, regularly competing in long distance running events.
Spaso technique
Spaso Miljesic (1946 - ) Croatian, Nurse Specialist. Famous for the 'Spaso technique' for the reduction of shoulder dislocations described in 1998.
Luck of the Irish
“Luck of the Irish” – the Australian program (RYDA) saving Irish lives on the road - Just one Life