Marathon-related ECG Exasperation
Can you correctly interpret the ECG findings in a marathon runner with gastroenteritis? What is their significance? Is this AIVR?
The Changemaker, Umesh Prabhu
….mistakes are made by us all, but what causes one man to decide to change the culture of medicine? Tessa Davis speaks with Umesh Prabhu.
EMA October 2014
Issue 5 (Vol. 26) of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) for 2014 was published online on 4 August. Editorial overview by Andrew Gosbell & Geoff Hughes
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 178
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 178 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Puzzling Paroxysmal Palpitations
15-year old boy presents to ED with sudden onset of palpitations while playing sport. Manage this Broad Complex Tachycardia
CICM SAQ 2014.1 Q8
List the determinants of central venous pressure (CVP) and Discuss the role of CVP monitoring in the critically ill.
Lung Point Case 3
45 year old male presents with left sided chest pain after scuba diving. What does the ultrasound show? Tiny pneumothorax and lung point
The victim of medical mistakes
Mary Ellen Mannix’s life was turned upside down when her baby, James, died while in the care of a hospital in the US. In this piece, she talks to me frankly and openly about her experience.
EMA August 2014
Issue 4 (Vol. 26) of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) for 2014 was published online on 4 August. Editorial overview by Andrew Gosbell & Geoff Hughes
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 177
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 177 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Risky Rhythyms
This ECG Exigency serves up 5 different risky rhythm strips. Each tells a story. Can you work out what is happening before its too late?
Charles Saint
Charles Frederick Morris Saint (1886 – 1973) was a British abdominal surgeon. Saint’s Triad association of hiatal hernia, gallbladder disease, and diverticulosis is named after him Biography Born 14 August 1886 Bedlington, Northumberland 1908 – Durham University College of Medicine,…