100 Years from ANZAC Cove
Today, ANZAC Day, represents the 100 year anniversary of the entry of Australia and New Zealand into the battle of the Great War. In many ways, it defined our nationhood and marked the time in history where our two nations…
It’s up to us
In the critical care specialties we have to make things happen, sometimes this involves life-saving actions that may have never before performed. We must be ready, after all, in the words of Peter Safar, "it's up to us to save the world!"
Pleural Effusion Case 002
A 27 year old man presents with fevers and increasing shortness of breath presents to your department. He has a vasculitic peripheral rash and feels generally unwell.
Ben Goldacre on Bad Pharma
Ben Goldacre speaks at TEDMED about publication bias, the cancer eating at the heart of evidence-based medicine,
Out, Out
Frost's poem, "Out, Out", powerfully evokes this senseless madness that we see daily in the ED and in the ICU
Valproate: Still Big Trouble!
The patient from Toxicology Conundrum 055 with a massive valproate overdose arrives in the ICU, can you manage things from here?
Valproate: Big Dose, Big Trouble!
A man presents with decreased level of consciousness following a probable ingestion of 96g of sodium valproate. Can you handle this toxicological emergency?
Pneumonia Case 004
A patient presents with fever, cough and purulent sputum. What do you see?
45 Seconds – Memoirs of an ER Doctor
Dr. Kevin Kikta was one of two emergency room doctors on duty at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO on Sunday, May 22, 2011 when a destructive tornado hit the hospital.
Paracetamol toxicity
Paracetamol is a hard overdose to understand. There I said it. I'm no longer going to feel bad when I have to sit down and work this one out.
Pneumonia Case 003
A 40 year old man presented with high fever, tachycardia and vomiting. You search for a source of infection; this is his chest x-ray.
Thomas Cuming
Thomas Cuming (1798 - 1887) was a North Irish physician renowned for works on aortic incompetence, cancum oris and peripneumonia in children.