Sven-Ivar Seldinger
Sven Ivar Seldinger (1921 – 1998) was a Swedish Radiologist. Seldinger Technique a technique for safe percutaneous access to vessels and hollow organs that is widely used today.
CICM SAQ 2012.2 Q14
Critically evaluate the role of the following investigations in the critically ill patient: Serum ammonia; B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)
CICM SAQ 2013.2 Q7
Questions 7.1 A 65-year-old male has been brought into the Emergency Department after being found unconscious at home. He has a heart rate of 87 beats/min, a blood pressure of 96/59 mmHg, and temperature of 31.2oC. Below is his biochemical profile…
UCEM Intern Training
It has been a while, but Dr Dork (our first Waiting Room intern) has finally made a second referral in Utopia.
Primer for Clinical Research
EMA Virtual Issue: Research is important to emergency medicine as it provides the scientific underpinning for optimal patient care. A Primer for Clinical Researchers in the Emergency Department, a five part series guest edited by Professor Franz Babl, has been…
Ever wanted to be a Clinical Forensic Medicine Registrar?
A term as a Clinical Forensic Medicine Registrar at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VFM) is as close as it gets as a doctor to navigating your way through the murky bowels of crime and experiencing the fascinating world of forensic labs, police stations and courts.
Primum non nocere
How can we improve patient flow...
Lifting the lid on a ‘proven therapy’
According to an editorial in the NEJM, decompressive craniectomy "has a proven benefit in the management of malignant cerebral edema after ischemic stroke”... We point out the caveats to this assertion.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 162
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 162 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
What happened at the ICU Clinician Educators Unconference 2018?
An infographic describing what took place at ANZCEN's very first ICU Clinician Educators Unconference in 2018.
Stuxnet Worm targets UCEM Headquarters
Software engineers working for UCEM at the Symantec Health Institute of Technology have confirmed slugtrails of the Stuxnet worm on several of the UCEM servers.
Hyponatraemia CCC
Cause of HYPOnatraemia Click to enlarge Clinical Severity of symptoms associated with rapidity of loss and extent of fall Complication Correction Depends on rapidity of onset and clinical symptoms Calculations: Na deficit= (desired Na-current Na) x (0.6 x body weight)…