Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 189
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 189 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
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Another Widow Maker
A 55 year old man presents with a good chest pain story that makes you nervous. A review of ST elevation in aVR and LMCA Stenosis
David Drummond
Sir David Drummond (1852–1932) was an English physician. Drummond sign of tracheal whiff with thoracic aortic aneurysm 1908
UCEM Waiting Room Movies
Waiting Room Medical Movies series we can now demonstrate one of the practical applications of twitter to advancing the field of health and medical education
ICE 006: Knee injury X-ray
A 24 year old man is brought into the ED with an injury suffered playing touch rugby. He tried to stop and turn suddenly just as another player collided with him. Describe his X-ray
Letter From America #5
Well that's it, just like that the conference has come to end. The last few days have been a wild ride through the essentials of emergency medicine. Mel Herbert and his team have put on one hell of a show, and San Francisco played host superbly
Shock, syncope and severe chest pain
A 67-year old male is brought to hospital by ambulance with severe chest pain, sweating, vomiting and syncope. LMCA Occlusion
Jules Falret
Jules Philippe Falret (1824 - 1902) was a French psychiatrist. 1877, along with Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816-1883) first described the concept of Folie à deux, initially termed Lasègue-Falret syndrome.
ICE 005: Collapse ECG
A 27 year old man had a dizzy spell and then collapsed while playing indoor soccer. Bystanders thought that he had a brief loss of consciousness but he woke up quickly and now feels well. Describe his ECG
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 188
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 188 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Letter From America #4
Days 2 and 3 of essentials 2010 have come and gone. It was no surprise to me, nor to other EMCrit fanatics, that Scott Weingart, MD stole the show with his talks on (p)re-oxygenation; delayed sequence intubation, and post-arrest care. More detailed information on these topics be found on EMCrit - go there now!
Ten Commandments of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
A decade after Wrenn and Slovis gave us the 'Ten Commandments of Emergency Medicine', Timothy Givens proposed the following 'Ten commandments of Pediatric Emergency Medicine' to supplement the originals.