Is FOAM at fault?
A medical practitioner learns something from FOAM, puts it into practice and things go wrong... Who is at fault?
Category LITFL
ICE 011: Tall Story
An 83 year old man with a past history of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and ischaemic heart disease has become progressively unwell over the last 5 days. His GP discovered a pneumonia on CXR and has been treating him with oral antibiotics for the last 3 days but his clinical condition has continued to worsen.
LITFL Leap of Faith in KL
Sir Peter Wyllie of Alice Springs on a South East Asian LITFL BASE jump odyssey from the Menara Kuala Lumpur
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 193
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 193 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
ICE 010: Skin rash and fever
A 22 year old man has just returned from a surfing trip to Timor. While away he developed a fever, headache and generalised aches and pains. The fever settled for a day or two but has now returned and he has developed a rash. The aches and pains continue unabated. He feels miserable.
Black Snake Antivenom
Black Snake antivenom (equine IgG Fab) can be used to treat envenomation from the black snakes in Australia and Papua New Guinea, these include the mulga snake, Butler's mulga snake, Collett's snake, Papuan black snake, red-bellied black snake and the blue-bellied black snake
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 192
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 192 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
ICE 009: Foot trauma
A 29 year old man stumbled into a gutter, tripped awkwardly and fell injuring his left foot. He has diffuse swelling and tenderness of the mid foot and is unable to weight bear on that limb.
Roth spots
Roth spots: Retinal haemorrhages with white or pale centres, commonly associated with subacute bacterial endocarditis and immune complex mediated vasculitis.
Dressler syndrome
Dressler syndrome: Fibrinous or fibrinohaemorrhagic secondary pericarditis that occurs as a result of injury to the heart or pericardium, either from myocardial infarction (MI) or cardiac surgery. Also known as post myocardial infarction syndrome
Tuohy Needle
Tuohy Needle with Huber point: Non-coring type needle with a transversely curved wall and side hole giving it a long, sharp, curved tip. EB Tuohy (1946)
Funtabulous International Women’s Day
Some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF, introducing the Funtabulous International Women's Day Quiz for 2019 with Dr Colleen Taylor