Toxicology Antidote Hyperbaric Oxygen
In this flashcard I drew my friend and colleague Dr Jawad Kassem, a Board Certified Hyperbaric Medicine doctor.
Ultrasound Case 090
A 30 year old woman presents with right iliac fossa pain. Quantitative BHCG is positive at 2500 IU. Her bladder is empty so you proceed to transvaginal ultrasound.
Airway ultrasound the oesophagus
Transverse views of the lower anterior neck. The aim is to visualise the trachea and oesophagus, so that during tracheal intubation, inadvertent oesophageal intubation may be identified and immediately corrected.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 231
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 231 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (spinal form of muscular atrophy) is the commonest disease within a group of conditions called Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies (HMSN).
Johannes von Esmarch
Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch (1823 - 1908) was a German Surgeon.
H Kirk Watson
Biography 1960 – Graduated George Washington University Medical Eponyms Watson’s test (1988) [scaphoid shift] – to assess scapholunate instability Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications Watson HK, Ashmead D 4th, Makhlouf MV. Examination of the scaphoid. J Hand Surg Am. 1988…
Toxicology Antidote Ipecac
Ipecac is no longer recommended for the induction of emesis in acute toxic ingestions, but it is fun to meme its use with the Family Guy
Rabies Vaccine
Indications and Role: The UK recommends a vaccine called Rabipur or Rabies vaccine BP. These are both freeze dried chick embryo cells or human diploid cells retrospectively with inactivated virus. Once reconstituted they should be used within the hour. Administration and…
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 230
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 230 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Rolland J. Whitacre
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Whitacre epidural needle Whitacre epidural needle tip is shaped into circular cone or bullet with side-hole for injection of solution. This Pencil Point (Whitacre point) is used for Spinal Anesthesia and is characterized by low…
Oral B. Crawford
Biography Born 3 July 1921 Brookfield, Missouri BS, University of Missouri MD, Louisiana State University Internship Kansas City General Hospital Clinical Associate Professor, University of Missouri School of Medicine 1964 – vice president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Chairman,…