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.
Category Medical Specialty
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%)
CT Case 097
An 85-year-old woman presents with anterior pelvic pain following a mechanical fall. A pelvic x-ray is performed
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…
Procedure: Male Seldinger catheter
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Difficult male catheters - We recommend a Seldinger technique
Charles Sherrington
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) was an English neurophysiologist. Sherrington’s Laws (1897–1900); Liddell–Sherrington Reflex (1924) and defining the synapse
Jean-Athanase Sicard
Jean-Athanase Sicard (1872–1929): French neurologist; caudal epidural pioneer (1901), Lipiodol epidurography/myelography with Forestier, and Collet–Sicard syndrome.
Procedure: Male Seldinger catheter
Emergency Procedure: Male Seldinger catheter. Difficult male catheters - We recommend a Seldinger technique
Ernst Weber
Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795-1878) was a was a German anatomist and physiologist. Weber law and Weber test for hearing assessment
Frederick Weber
Frederick Parkes Weber (1863–1962) English physician and dermatologist; Rendu-Osler-Weber disease; Sturge-Weber syndrome