ECG Case 110
This ECG is from a middle aged female with a history of cardiac failure. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
Ultrasound Case 087
A 28 year old with reduced GCS after several seizures requires intubation. Their neck extension seems limited and you wonder whether this may be a difficult intubation. You decide to monitor it with ultrasound.
Those we carry
Those we carry: "All of us have our own burdens, names chiselled on our hearts. We carry their bodies in silence. We carry them alone, refusing to cry. We hold them close, and keep the living at arm’s length."
A Problem with Plumbing
The plumbing problem is this: a man has a urinary catheter in situ, it won't come out. What are you going to do about it?
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 221
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Thomas Morgan Rotch
Thomas Morgan Rotch (1849-1914) was an American pediatrician. Rotch sign in pericardial effusion (1878) and Rotch pediatric incubator (1893)
Introducing: Resuscitology
Resuscitology - the art and science of saving lives - is a two-day residential course for resuscitationists in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Ralph M. Waters
Biography Medical Eponyms Waters To-and-Fro Carbon Dioxide Absorption Canister (1923) Guedel-Waters Cuffed intratracheal tube (1928) The catheter effectively prevents all air leaks and renders the respiratory system entirely closed, with a controllable to and fro respiratory exchange. Aspiration of foreign…
ECG Case 109
84 year old male presents complaining of general lethargy, nausea, several episodes of diarrhea, and dizziness. Describe and interpret this ECG.
Jellybean 104 Emergency Medicine in Chile
Emergency Medicine in Chile. Not to be underestimated. Cesar, Loreto Acuña, Manuela Brinkmann and Josefina Larraín came to SMACC in Sydney where I was waiting to meet them. Have a listen to what this group have to say.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 220
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 220 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Going back to extremes!
The Leaderboard for 'extremes' from the real world of clinical pathophysiology! Seven years ago, thanks to a suggestion by Greg Kelly, we sought out the most extreme parameters clinicians have encountered in looking after their patients.