Ultrasound Case 100
A 70 year old male presents with fever and right upper quadrant pain. Describe the findings on ultrasound
The Curriculum Rehash Proposal
The UCEM presents it's Curriculum Rehash Proposal just in time to save the world from inadequately trained and poorly rounded emergency physicians
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 286
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 286
ECG Rule of Fours
ECG Rule of Fours - aka ECG Interpretation Made Easy...On your arrival in the ER, the emergency intern casually throws you the ECG.
Mastering Intensive Care 044 with Geoff Toogood
Episode 44: Geoff Toogood - From severe depression to mental health advocacy through #CrazySocks4Docs
Letting Go
A few experiences in the last week or two have reminded me of the importance of Peter Safar's Laws for the Navigation of Life:
A Philosophical Death
It is sometimes forgotten that one of the most important goals of medicine is to help people achieve a good death. It is here that medicine and philosophy intersect.
Some days you just need to listen
Fixing stuff can be hard...
Learning by Spaced Repetition
Learning by spaced repetition is a useful strategy for long-term knowledge acquisition in medicine. But what is spaced repetition and how can you put it into practice?
UCEM OSCE SCENARIO 004
UCEM OSCE SCENARIO 004. You are the ED Consultant in charge of a tertiary hospital ED. You are approached by the red team night registrar to review a patient with a lower limb ulcer.
You don’t know about the stones?
I really like the tropical tales ("parasites and people") of the late Dr Robert S. Desowitz, who was Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Hawaii and worked with the World Health Organization.
Tox Tutes
This is the series of toxicology podcasts covering the most common presentations with world class toxicologists.