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.
Walter Putnam Blount
Walter Putnam Blount (1900 – 1992) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponym: Erlacher-Blount syndrome; Blount staple. Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery.
Ramon Brugada
Biography Born 1966 Banyoles 1990 – Medical degree, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 1995 – Emory University, Atlanta 2000 – Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Eponyms Brugada Syndrome Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications Brugada J, Brugada P, Brugada…
Jean-Nicolas Corvisart
Jean-Nicolas Corvisart des Marets (1755 - 1821) was a French physician.
Diphtheria Antitoxin
Find out when to give the diphtheria vaccine in the immunisation schedule and when to give the antitoxin via our A-Z tropical vaccine library.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 229
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 229 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Wrestling with Risk
Risk in Emergency medicine - what is it, how to doctors assess it and how they make decisions? How can we make things better? Some answers, more questions.
Robert F. Hustead
Biography Born 1928 Pueblo, Colorado MD, Yale University 1950 – President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 1959-1961 Johns Hopkins departments of anesthesiology and OB/GYN 1961 – University of Kansas School of Medicine 1973 – Ophthalmic anesthesia Wichita, Kansas Founder…
Future of UCEM Decided
Today, at Enlightenment Boulevard near Pyongyang, standing before a joyous throng, Egerton Y. Davis IV made a momentous announcement.
An Old Dog Learning New Tricks
Joe Lex, at SMACC of course, speaks about being 'An Old Dog Learning New Tricks' in emergency medicine.