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Trauma and Pregnancy Redux

One of the patients seriously injured in a multi-vehicle pile up is pregnant. What are the implications for radiological imaging and decision-making in trauma management?

Emergency Musical Interlude

EMI 032 Living Arrhythmias

The arrhythmia learning construct was based on 'Living Arrhythmias', a film by Dr John C Grammar MD FACC and Michael M Dehn made in 1980.

Trauma Tribulation 340 256

Trauma and Pregnancy

One of the patients seriously injured in a multi-vehicle pile up is pregnant. What are the implications for trauma management?

Trauma Tribulation 340 256

Roman Breastplate

Burns were sustained by a 35 year-old man from a house fire. They are extensive and severe, affecting his trunk and upper limbs. He undergoes escharatomy.

Trauma Tribulation 340 256

A Fiendish Finding

A 21 year old female presents with acute onset of unrelenting abdominal pain and vomiting four years after a major motor vehicle accident. A chest X-ray is performed:

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Caleb Hillier Parry

Caleb Hillier Parry 1755–1822 English physician described Hemifacial atrophy; angina pectoris; Hirschprung disease; Graves disease in 1825

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John Floyer

Sir John Floyer (1649–1734) English physician, Inventor of pulse watch (1707); advocate of cold bathing and hydrotherapy and asthma therapy

Graves Ophthalmopathy

Graves Ophthalmopathy: constellation of findings, apparent in 25-50% of patients with Graves disease. Robert Graves 1835

Trauma Tribulation 340 256

A bashed head

A 27 year-old male was involved in head on collision at high speed. He was GCS 8 at the scene.

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Graves disease

Graves disease: Autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. A form of hyperthyroidism manifesting the triad of goitre, exophthalmos and pretibial myxoedema.