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Trauma! Are you prepared?

There's been a nasty car crash with a death at the scene. Are you ready to deal with the survivor? A Q&A approach to trauma teams, preparation and the big picture.

Trauma Tribulation 340 256

Adding insult to injury?

Make sure you know the role of the digital rectal examination in the assessment of trauma patients... You don't want to add insult to injury!

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Trendelenburg Position for the Hypotensive Patient

The Trendelenburg position is credited to german surgeon Friedrich Trendelenburg, who created the position to improve surgical exposure of the pelvic organs during operations.The Trendelenburg position involves placing the patients head down, and elevating the feet.

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Lover not a fighter

A distinctly uncommunicative man says he injured his hand in a fall. What is the diagnosis, the mechanism and how will you treat the injury?

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Microwave Meltdown

An ambulance crew have radioed through to the emergency department. They are en route with a patient who has sustained a 'microwave injury'…

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Letters to the Editor 2.0

Scott Weingart gives an example of why the traditional 'Letter to the Editor' found in medical journals is dead. There is a better way!

FOAMed Mongolia

So brilliant to see #FOAMed resources being used around the world. Here is an example of resources being used in Mongolia...

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Hot lips

Your next patient is a 2 year-old girl who has sustained a burn.... to her mouth. See if you know your stuff in this case-based Q&A post.

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Let’s talk about dying

Peter Saul, an Australian intensivist, presents a TEDx talk in which he tells of the crisis of death in the 21st century and implores us all to start talking about dying.