OSCE Tips on passing
General tips on how to pass the ACEM Fellowship both the written and the OSCE. Get prepared, work as a team and practice hard.
Efficacy and Potency
Pharmacology Photism: What is the difference between efficacy and potency. Please draw a graph in your example. BSCC Examination question
Alcohol Toxidrome
AGENTS ethanol methanol ethylene glycol isopropyl alcohol others! CLINICAL FEATURES euphoria disinhibition stupour respiratory depression cardiovascular depression coma ocular toxicity = methanol hypocalcemia + renal failure = ethylene glycol haemorrhagic gastriyis = isopropyl alcohol INVESTIGATIONS ethanol level (> 400mg/dL ->…
Cotard syndrome
Cotard syndrome: A rare condition characterized by nihilistic delusions, where a patient believes that they are dead, have missing organs, or have decaying or failing body parts.
Physiology Philes: Valsalva Manoeuvre
The first in the Physiology Philes BSCC series, part of the basic science in clinical context project on LITFL. First up is the Valsalva Manoeuvre
Leonard Cohen and FOAM
The concept of implementing a baseline for global healthcare provision was discussed with Leonard Cohen - musician, poet and philosopher - 2013 Melbourne.
Six phases of exam study
Exam study in full swing? Take and break and see how the other cats are getting into the swing of things
First Order and Zero Order Kinetics
Pharmacology Photism: Describe First Order elimination Kinetics? How is this different to zero order kinetics? BSCC Examination question
Louis Landouzy
Louis Théophile Joseph Landouzy (1845-1917) was a French neurologist.. Landouzy-Dejerine syndrome and Landouzy syndrome
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 244
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF, introducing the Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 244
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 243
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 243 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
A Really Tricky ABG?
aka Metabolic Muddle 013 A 30 year-old female was admitted to the ICU following a traumatic brain injury. Her ABG was normal on arrival. Since admission her condition has deteriorated and she now has circulatory failure requiring 100mcg/min of noradrenaline…