Minor Burn Management
26 female present to ED after spilling a hot sauce pan of soup onto her left forearm. The patient states that the soup has just been boiled when the accident occurred 20mins before arrival.
Category LITFL
Case of Commotio Cordis
Ventricular fibrillation and sudden death triggered by a blunt, non penetrating, and often innocent appearing unintentional blow to the chest without damage to the ribs, sternum, or heart (and in the absence of underlying cardiovascular disease) constitute an event know as commotio cordis, which translates from the Latin as agitation of the heart.
Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Rocks
Why does Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care rock? Jack Iwashyna may have found the answer...
Come Join the FOAM Party!
The dinner speech "Come Join The FOAM Party" at Bedside Critical Care 2012 is now a podcast on the Intensive Care Network. Probably goes down best with a few beers on board!
SMACC Sim-Video-Wars
The competition at next years SMACC SimWsrs event is hotting up - check out these entries from RPA, Royal North Shore Hospital and the FFF posse.
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I have scaled the pinnacle – retirement is all there is left
Domhnall is of course delighted with the receipt of the accolade of a F.UCEM Diploma from the Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine via litfl.com although this is tinged with disappointment as their promise to invoke “legend” status was cruelly…
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