Luck of the Irish
“Luck of the Irish” – the Australian program (RYDA) saving Irish lives on the road - Just one Life
ECG Case 085
56 yr old male who present with 2 hours of chest pain. Past history of hypertension and smoking. The ECG's were performed 15 mins apart with ongoing chest pain. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
CICM SAQ 2012.2 Q11
A 42-year-old male is admitted to ICU following a cadaveric orthotopic liver transplant for end-stage liver disease secondary to alcohol-induced cirrhosis.
CICM SAQ 2014.2 Q3
With regards to antibiotic dosing. Look at the diagram below, representing antibiotic drug concentration versus time, and answer the questions below:
Ultrasound Case 083
A 27 year old man presents with pain localised to the RIF. Clinically there is mild psoas irritation and tenderness to deep palpation without frank peritonism.
Rabies Immunoglobulin (RIG)
Risk has also been categorised as low in those animals that are healthy and can be observed versus high risk in those that are wild, unwell or can not be observed. Human rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG) is taken from the plasma…
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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 195 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
ICE 012: 2 year old with a painful leg
A 2 year old child is brought in by her mother. The child is limping and seemingly refusing to weight bear on the right leg. The mother is a little vague about what might have happened but wonders if her daughter was injured while playing with her older siblings out in the garden this afternoon. The child objects to you touching and moving her right lower leg.
ECG Case 084
89 yr old female presents with chest pain. She has a history of 2nd degree AV block with PPM in-situ. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 194 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Is FOAM at fault?
A medical practitioner learns something from FOAM, puts it into practice and things go wrong... Who is at fault?
ICE 011: Tall Story
An 83 year old man with a past history of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and ischaemic heart disease has become progressively unwell over the last 5 days. His GP discovered a pneumonia on CXR and has been treating him with oral antibiotics for the last 3 days but his clinical condition has continued to worsen.