Comms Lab: The Micro Skills
Comms Lab 18: Communication Skills for Difficult Conversations - The Actual Skills. Indexed toolbox of communication skills for difficult conversations.
Thomas sign
Thomas's sign: Silver, aluminium or metallic coloured stools. Caused by the combination of cholestatic (acholic) pale stools secondary to CBD obstruction and the black-tar colour malaena.
Tillaux fracture
Fracture of the anterolateral tibial epiphysis commonly seen in adolescents. (Salter-Harris III tibial fracture) aka Tillaux-Chaput fracture.
John L. Lovibond
Biography Born on May 4, 1907 1929 – BA 1932 – MRCS LRCP 1933 – MA 1934 – MB BCh 1935 – MRCP 1936 – MD 1943 – FRCP Died on May 4, 1954 Medical Eponyms Lovibond angle (profile sign)…
Persevering: Ultramarathon
A 6-part series on “Persevering Through A Pandemic”. Episode 3 - Ultramarathon with Matt Morgan, Hugh Montgomery and Georg Auzinger
Comms Lab: Feedback that sticks
Comms Lab 17: How to Give Feedback that Actually Sticks. 5 specific ways to maximise the chance your feedback actually results in long term behavioural change
Persevering: It was Inconceivable
A 6-part series on “Persevering Through A Pandemic”. Episode 2 - It Was Inconceivable with Rana Awdish, Hayley Gershengorn and Simone Hannah-Clark
Mindfulness: COVID stillness
Mindfulness and the emergency healthcare professional, Chapter 14: COVID stillness; mindfulness may have positive beneficial effects on immunity...
Persevering: Sick of COVID
A 6-part series on “Persevering Through A Pandemic”. Episode 1 - Are you sick of COVID? with Laura Rock, Peter Brindley and Wes Ely
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)
SCAD -- an underrecognised cause of ACS in the "low risk" young female patient. Management differs to atherosclerotic MI, with conservative therapy the mainstay.
Merry Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 343
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 343 - Christmas - Just when you thought your brain could unwind, enter the medical trivia of FFFF.
Persevering through a Pandemic
I’m trying something different on the Mastering Intensive Care project. A 6-part series on “Persevering Through A Pandemic”.