Sir John Charnley
Sir John Charnley (1911 – 1982) was an English orthopaedic surgeon recognised as the founder of modern hip replacement. Charnley prosthesis
Category LITFL
Hirschsprung disease
Hirschsprung disease is a developmental disorder characterized by the absence of ganglia (aganglionosis) in the distal colon, resulting in functional obstruction
Harald Hirschsprung
Harald Hirschsprung (1830 – 1916) was a Danish pediatrician. Eponym - Hirschsprung disease, congenital idiopathic aganglionosis with colonic dilatation
Crisis Resource Management (CRM)
Crisis Resource Management (CRM) refers to the non-technical skills required for effective teamwork in a crisis situation
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.
Communication in a Crisis
Communication is a key non-technical skill for effective crisis resource management (CRM)
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
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…
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…
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...
Capacity Building in International Emergency Medicine
Bishan Rajapakse interviews ACEM IEM SIG Chair Gerard O'Reilly about capacity building in International Emergency Medicine (IEM) ahead of the upcoming IEM Symposium at the Alfred in Melbourne.
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.