Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 174
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 174 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Cough or kill
I am a belligerent skeptic of over-the-counter cough and cold medications. I've been this way since well before I ever entertained the idea of being a doctor.
CICM SAQ 2013.2 Q2
Outline the advantages and disadvantages of the various techniques used in the diagnosis and monitoring of vasospasm secondary to aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage.
CICM SAQ 2015.1 Q18
The following data refer to a 65-year-old male admitted to ICU with septic shock on a background of active rheumatoid arthritis.
CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q8
Compare and contrast the intraventricular catheter and the intraparenchymal fibreoptic transducer for intracranial pressure monitoring in critically ill patients.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 173
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 173 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Bedside Echo in Pulmonary Embolism
A 35 year-old female is brought to the emergency department after collapsing in a shopping centre. McConnell sign
CICM SAQ 2013.2 Q17
List the possible reasons why a patient with septic shock from infected pancreatitis may have ongoing hypotension despite intravenous fluid therapy, antibiotics and escalating inotrope requirement.
Exogenous Calcium Embolism
Patient presentes to ED with acute shortnewss of breath post Percutaneous Vertebroplasty (PVP) with cement embolus cardiovascualr curveball
EMA April 2014
Issue 2 (Vol. 26) of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) for 2014 was published online on 8 April. Editorial overview by Andrew Gosbell & Geoff Hughes
Nicolaes Tulp
Biography Born 11 October 1594 Died 12 September 1674 Medical Eponyms Pulsatile spleen (lien verberans) also know as Gerhardt sign (1882); Sailer sign (1928) first described by Tulp in 1641 Nothing in medical art is better known than that the…
CICM SAQ 2013.2 Q11
A 28-year-old male has been involved in a high-speed motor vehicle crash and admitted to your hospital. His initial GCS at the scene was 5 (E2, V2, M1). He has been intubated and has a hard collar in place.