EMA June 2013
Insights and summary of Issue 3 (Vol. 25) of Emergency Medicine Australasia published from Andrew Gosbell & Tony Brown
CICM SAQ 2011.1 Q8
A 40 year old previously well male presents with a ruptured appendix and associated peritonitis (Day 0). He returns to theatre 3 days later with ischaemic colitis and requires a right hemicolectomy.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 167
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 167 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Why so blue?
A 40-year-old man presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath, chest pain and reported a pre-syncopal episode. But why so blue?
CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q9
A two year old child presents with fever, stridor and a harsh cough. His condition deteriorates and he requires intubation. Outline how you would do this.
Something’s not right…
Curveballs come from anywhere. A benign clinical history throws up an unusual CXR. Can you deal with this right sided aortic arch?
Mini Tracheostomy
Mini Tracheostomy: narrow bore tracheostomy tube inserted through the cricothyroid membrane
Gas-forming infections
emphysematous cystitis or pyelonephritis - usually E. coli or Klebsiella; emphysematous cholecystitis - 1/3 Clostridium perfringens, the rest are mostly E. coli or Klebsiella
CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q25
Critically evaluate the use of albumin-containing solutions in critically ill patients.
CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q21
List the factors predisposing to medication error in ICU. How can these be minimised?
CICM SAQ 2011.1 Q6
This blood gas report was taken from a lady hospitalised for recurrent urinary tract infections. She was transferred to the ICU because of nosocomial pneumonia.
CICM SAQ 2011.1 Q2
Answer the following questions about transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS):