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One hundred and twenty nine years of X-rays…
Well, technically they’ve always existed. But their discovery dates back to an auspicious autumn night in 1895, when a certain Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), chair of physics at an unassuming Bavarian town named Würzburg, noted an unusual phenomenon. See how it all came to be!
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Just when you thought your brain could unwind, enter the medical trivia of FFFF…
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Inhalational injuries are a critical yet often overlooked aspect of trauma care, with far-reaching consequences in emergency medicine. These injuries can arise from various sources, including thermal injuries from fires, recreational activities such as smoke exposure during camping or outdoor events, and chemical inhalation in both industrial and household settings. Here, we present a unified approach with some special considerations to inhalational injuries in the acute care setting.
EDECMO episode 92 features Dr. Mark Dennis, a cardiologist from Sydney, who has published extensively in the field of ECPR. Zack and Mark talk about so many subjects including pre-hospital considerations, algorithmic management of post ECMO initiation cardiac arrest patients, ventilation management of ECPR patients and much more.
This week Dr Simon Carley is in Gabarone at the African Emergency Medicine conference. He says, “I still love emergency medicine. It’s my home away from home and despite a few years in the business I still genuinely love it. There are no doubts that it’s tough at the moment with seemingly never enough space, staff or support to do the job that I really want to do, but to some extent it’s always been like that and I (perhaps rather strangely) thrive on a little bit of chaos, and so do many of my EM colleagues.”
A 30 yo male presents to the emergency department with intermittent palpitations. The palpitations are associated with a few episodes of depressed conscious state lasting a few seconds. He states he feels a little dizzy, however his blood pressure is 128/65. Take a look at his ECG. What is the diagnosis and how would you treat the patient?
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