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.
Category LITFL
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
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
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 191
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 191 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Pacemaker Panic #2
An ECG case of pacemaker failure. Can you guess the underlying cause of the Pacemaker Panic?
ICE008: ABG Puzzler
A femoral arterial blood gas sample is obtained from a 41 year old man...obtained when the barometric pressure was 272mmHg and the PiO2 47mmHg
Apgar Score
APGAR scoring system is a comprehensive screening tool which should be used to assess newborns at birth. Virginia Apgar 1953
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 190
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 190 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Miller laryngoscope
The Miller laryngoscope is a straight blade designed to obtain a view of the vocal cords by directly lifting the epiglottis. It has useful application in ‘floppy’ airways making it popular within paediatric anaesthesia
Winter is Coming
A case of anterior MI presenting with De Winter T waves. Learn to recognise this sign of critical LAD stenosis on the ECG...
ICE 007: Abdominal pain investigations
A 57 year old man presents to the ED with 18 hours of severe upper abdominal pain, fever, nausea and vomiting. He looks jaundiced, his HR is 120bpm, BP 110/60, RR 22 and his temperature is 37.8oC. He is tender and guarded in his right upper quadrant on abdominal palpation.