Troubling Tachycardia
An ECG case of Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia focusing on two main causes: digoxin toxicity & catecholaminergic polymorphic VT - CPVT
RESCUEicp and the Eye of the Beholder
Alistair Nichol explains why the "favourability" of outcomes from brain trauma in the RESCUEicp trial are in the eye of the beholder.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 184
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 184 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
ECG Case 073
ECG of a 7 year old boy presenting with intermittent feeling of 'butterflies fluttering' in his chest
ICE 001: Forearm injury
A 24 year old woman fell on an outstretched hand while playing netball. Describe her forearm X-ray
Thomas test
Thomas test is a physical examination test, first described in 1875 by the Welsh bonesetter Hugh Owen Thomas (1834–1891)
ECG Rate Interpretation
Worked examples of the three main methods to calculate ECG rate, along with an explanation of paper speeds and relevant clinical applications
CICM SAQ 2012.2 Q12
The following is the haemtological profile of a 22-year-old previously healthy female admitted to ICU with community acquired pneumonia
EMA February 2015
Issue 1 (Vol. 27) of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) for 2015 published online 27th January. Editorial overview Andrew Gosbell & Geoff Hughes
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 183
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 183 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Flummoxing Familial Fibrillation
A teenager in atrial fibrillation with a worrying family history. A very unusual looking ECG with Familial Fibrillation... congenital SQTS
Reverberation Artefacts
Reverberation Artefacts An ultrasound machine assumes a single pulse of ultrasound enters the tissues, is reflected off a structure, and returns directly to the transducer for interpretation. When this does not occur ultrasound artefacts are created. Not infrequently and ultrasound…