Category Medical Specialty
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Massouh sign

Farouk Massouh is a British General Surgeon eponymously associated with the Massouh Sign in acute appendicitis

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Canadian Medical Emergency Response Team

Lieutenant Colonel Leilani Doyle recounts how this was accomplished from the early concept, through development and finally to the deployment of the CMERT (Canadian Medical Emergency Response Team)

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Ultrasound for LP

Wendy Chang takes us through the use of ultrasound for lumbar puncture and how this should be used consistently, not just for difficult cases and field cases.

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Preparing for the unknown

Training and psychological preparedness is essential for prehospital and disaster clinicians, in order to effectively care for victims in austere environments.

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TCA overdose – beyond bicarbonate

A 38 yr old male presents to your ED, 2 hours after ingesting an unknown quantity of amitriptyline (TCA) with a GCS of 13, HR 130, BP96/50. How do you proceed?

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Cardiac transplant

When time is muscle every second counts. Cardiac failure may not be so terminal after all, with Emily Granger

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Ultrasound in Trauma

The scope of ultrasound in trauma; the evolution of point-of-care Ultrasound in Trauma, and the FAST examination with Resa Lewiss

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Neuro Research

Naomi Hammond talks to us about applying research in the Neuro ICU and following up after critical illness.