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Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 340

R&R In The FASTLANE 189

Welcome to the 189th edition of Research and Reviews in the Fastlane. R&R in the Fastlane is a free resource that harnesses the power of social media to allow some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians
Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 340

R&R In The FASTLANE 180

Welcome to the 180th edition of Research and Reviews in the Fastlane. R&R in the Fastlane is a free resource that harnesses the power of social media

shrouded shock…

the case. 46 year old male is bought into your resuscitation bay by local ambulance following a three metre fall from a work platform onto a horizontal metal railing below.

another bubble of trouble…

the case. 43 year old female is brought into your resuscitation bay by the paramedics.  She has a 2 day history of vomiting and diarrhoea on the background of type 2 diabetes and alcohol abuse.  Her son is concerned that…

bubble of trouble…

the case. 76 year old male presents to your Emergency Department via ambulance with right hip pain and a fever of 38.1*C.

an insidious intruder…

the case. 28 year old male presents to your tertiary emergency department with chest pain, exertional dyspnoea and left calf pain.

All Bleeding Stops

I think I can feel an epistaxis post in the works. Before there was Bodies there was Jed Mercurio‘s cult classic Cardiac Arrest. Our mate at Movin’ Meat would agree, all bleeding stops… Eventually. Is it just coincidence that the…

arcanum veritas LITFL 340

Where should I stick this?

Searching my image library for adjunctive multimedia has brought back some great memories. Indeed wearing my retrospectacles affords wistful reminiscences of the persistent, whining and obtuse questions I asked (without research) of my mentors during training.

a perplexing paradox…

The case. a 70 year old female is bought to your ED at 10pm via ambulance with a dense right-sided hemiparesis following a witnessed collapse at home only 30 minutes earlier.