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.
Category Medical Specialty
High Pressure-Injection Injury
A review on the emergency department assessment and management of high-pressure injection injuries.
6th Annual SKINS Cup
This day...June 2nd 2011, marked the 6th running of the SKINS Cup...A classic 100m dash with staggered handicapped starts akin to the Stawell Gift
Cure for obstructive sleep apnoea?
Swiss start prescribing the playing of the didgeridoo as a treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea.
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Just finished reading an amazing manuscript... 'Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis: An Evidence-Based Guide to Recovery'. It was a real eye opener!
A Motorcyclist’s Irreparable Injury
aka Trauma Tribulation 008 A 26 year-old male was BIBA after falling off his stationary motorbike at a set of traffic lights. C-spine precautions were removed following palpation of his neck and assessment of his sphincter tone. Initially, his only…
Fever, Abdominal pain, Constipation and Mary
Tropical Traveler Clinical Case. Salmonella Typhi, aetiology, differential, diagnosis, management, treatment and prevention
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?
Trauma and Pregnancy
One of the patients seriously injured in a multi-vehicle pile up is pregnant. What are the implications for trauma management?
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.
Jellybean 097 with Prof Jean-Louis Teboul
CICM ASM in Hobart. Professor Jean-Louis Teboul. Unexpectedly Unorthodox (CICMxJB 5) Professor of Therapeutics and Critical Care Medicine
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: