Extrapyramidal Side Effects
I drew my inspiration for the Extrapyramidal Side Effects flashcard from the pop photography of Andy Warhol.
Category Medical Specialty
Opiate Withdrawal
In the flashcard we added the classic dead baby on the ceiling as seen later in the film. Lastly, while I didn’t include an antidote flashcard for Narcan (Naloxone), I would have surely drawn inspiration from Renton’s visit to Mother Superior.
Toxicology Antidote Hyperbaric Oxygen
In this flashcard I drew my friend and colleague Dr Jawad Kassem, a Board Certified Hyperbaric Medicine doctor.
Ultrasound Case 090
A 30 year old woman presents with right iliac fossa pain. Quantitative BHCG is positive at 2500 IU. Her bladder is empty so you proceed to transvaginal ultrasound.
H Kirk Watson
Biography 1960 – Graduated George Washington University Medical Eponyms Watson’s test (1988) [scaphoid shift] – to assess scapholunate instability Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications Watson HK, Ashmead D 4th, Makhlouf MV. Examination of the scaphoid. J Hand Surg Am. 1988…
Toxicology Antidote Ipecac
Ipecac is no longer recommended for the induction of emesis in acute toxic ingestions, but it is fun to meme its use with the Family Guy
Rabies Vaccine
Indications and Role: The UK recommends a vaccine called Rabipur or Rabies vaccine BP. These are both freeze dried chick embryo cells or human diploid cells retrospectively with inactivated virus. Once reconstituted they should be used within the hour. Administration and…
Synthetic Marijuana
It is probably more appropriate to use the term 'cannabinoid analog' rather than Synthetic Marijuana, but now we’re talking semantics.
Ultrasound Case 089
A woman of 40 presents with intermittent RUQ pain and nausea. You try to find her gallbladder. Wall-echo-shadow (WES) sign
Rabies MCQ
So you can't get enough of tropical medicine and you want to be tested to the extremes of altitude medicine or you are feverish for some tropical torment then this is the page to get your fix of ACT, RIG or schizont. Get your rabies MCQ fix now.
Defibrillation Basics
The ACEM fellowship focuses on ARC guidelines for defibrillation. See this post for the current standards of practise and controversies.
Basic Life Support
The most recent BLS 2015 guidelines (ILCOR 2015) retain many of the 2010 recommendations, again reinforcing the chain of survival. However, there is an increased emphasis on simplification of compression method, good quality bystander CPR and encouragement thereof, dispatcher guided…