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The True Angina

A 44 year-old man presents to the ED 2 days after having an infected left mandibular second molar tooth extracted by his dentist.

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Collective Competence

Collective competence is a complementary concept to individual competence that is relevant in healthcare as patient care is dependent on teams and networks of individuals working together within a complex system

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Just a sore throat

aka ENT Equivocation 002 A 38 year old male with a background history of type 2 diabetes presents with fevers, rigors and pain on swallowing. There is no sign of impending airway compromise; however, marked trismus is noted. The following…

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Help African Emergency Medicine Now!

This ‘postcard from the edge’ is by Swedish Emergency Physician Dr Katrin Hruska (@akutdoktorn), who writes a predominantly Swedish language blog called akutdoktorn. Immaculate Nagaddya is a registered nurse, working in Lugada Hospital in Uganda. It is a small hospital…

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Emergency Doc as Italian Patient

Sandy Inglis writes an unusual Postcard from the Edge - the experience of an Australasian-trained emergency physician as a patient in an Italian Emergency Department...

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A Taste of Guinness and Irish A&E

This 'postcard from the edge' comes to us from Dr Sandy Inglis, a peripatetic FACEM (currently) based in France, who recently visited the Northern part of the Emerald Isle.

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Emergency Medicine Training in LDCs

aka Postcards from the Edge 009 This ‘Postcard from the Edge’ highlights a talk given by Dr Chris Curry at ACEM2011 conference in Sydney. Chris discusses the development of emergency medicine training in LDCs (Least Developed Countries), using the examples…