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Category LITFL
Pulse Oximeter
Pulse Oximeter: measurement of arterial oxygen-haemoglobin saturation (SaO2) — denoted SpO2 when measured by pulse oximetry
Foley Catheter Balloon Tamponade
Use of a Foley catheter (FC, aka urinary catheter) to achieve hemorrhage control in penetrating trauma to the neck
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 109
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 109 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Teaching Course Copenhagen & Melbourne 2017
OVERVIEW The Teaching Course was held in Copenhagen in June 2017 (see the website here: ) and in Melbourne in August 2017 This page contains resources for the sessions I taught in ‘The Sim Course’ (Copenhagen) and ‘The Learning Course’ (…
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 108
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 108 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Medically cleared?
A young woman is 'talking to voices' and is admitted to the psychiatric unit. Does she have a mental illness, or is something else going on?
Bullet in the Head
A gun shot wound to the head provides the basis for a question-and-answer based discussion on penetrating traumatic brain injury and multi-modal monitoring.
Look left, look right
An elderly woman had a fall. On examination she has an unusual constellation of eye movements. What's going on?
Eye movements, coma and pseudocoma
A man is about to intubated for coma. What can be learned from a rapid neurological exam that includes assessment of eye movements? Could this be a pseudocoma?
Pseudobulbar and bulbar palsies
You have an emotionally labile patient in the department who sounds like 'Donald duck'. Before rounding up some students to 'pimp' you decide to test yourself on bulbar and pseudobulbar palsies so that you don't get caught out...
Coma in a spinal patient
The spinal patient from Microbial Mystery 005 has returned from the operating theatre. Within 15 minutes she is unconscious. What's going on?