Procedure: Lumbar Puncture
Emergency Procedure: Lumbar Puncture. This core skill is worth knowing inside out. You need the confidence to put the patient at ease and perform it well.
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Procedure: Lumbar Puncture
Emergency Procedure: Lumbar Puncture. This core skill is worth knowing inside out. You need the confidence to put the patient at ease and perform it well.
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Procedure: Thoracotomy
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Thoracotomy. Possibly the most terrifying emergency procedure, but also one which carries a high chance of saving a life.
Procedure: Thoracotomy
Emergency Procedure: Thoracotomy. Possibly the most terrifying emergency procedure, but also one which carries a high chance of saving a life.
Procedure: Priapism management
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Priapism management. Management of Low flow ischaemic priapism (98%) and High flow non-ischaemic priapism (2%)
Procedure: Priapism management
Emergency Procedure: Priapism management. Management of Low flow ischaemic priapism (98%) and High flow non-ischaemic priapism (2%)
Edouard Brissaud
Biographical Timeline Medical Eponyms Brissaud–Sicard syndrome (1908) A crossed pontine syndrome characterised by ipsilateral facial spasm (hemifacial spasm/cramps) with contralateral hemiparesis, due to a lesion involving the pons (classically the basilar/anterolateral pons affecting corticospinal pathways with irritation of facial nerve…
William Cowper
William Cowper (1666-1709) was an English surgeon and anatomist. Cowper's gland and Cowper's fluid 1699 as well as defining capillaries, atherosclerosis and aortic stenosis
Procedure: Craniostomy
Emergency Procedure: Emergency department Burr holes (Craniostomy). That’s right we are drilling through skulls to save lives!
Procedure: Male Seldinger catheter
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Difficult male catheters - We recommend a Seldinger technique
Procedure: Craniostomy
Emergency Procedure: Emergency department Burr holes (Craniostomy). That’s right we are drilling through skulls to save lives!