Diffuse Alveolar Haemorrhage
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage is an acute, life-threatening event, and repeated episodes can lead to organizing pneumonia, collagen deposition in small airways, and, ultimately, fibrosis
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 161
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 161 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
The Four R Rule
It would be fascinating to run a fly-on-the-wall documentary on life at trolley level in a local Emergency Department. When you’ve been there, done it and survived to watch TV again
Deconditioning in Critical Illness
Deconditioning occurs as a result of restricted physical activity, and reduces the ability to perform work; can occur with relatively short periods of immobility; affected by age, premorbid state, specific illness and medications
CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q14
With respect to plasma exchange therapy: What are the physical principles of plasma exchange therapy?
CICM SAQ 2012.2 Q6
The following blood gases, electrolytes and full blood count relate to a 32-year-old woman post-extubation, following an emergency lower segment Caesarian section at 38 weeks gestation for foetal distress during labour:
CICM SAQ 2011.2 Q9
The following arterial blood gas and biochemistry results are from a patient with cardiac and respiratory disease and recent profuse vomiting
CICM SAQ 2015.1 Q27
Discuss the factors that may affect your choice of antimicrobial agent in a critically ill septic patient, giving examples where relevant.
EMA October 2012
Short editorial snippets from Vol. 24 Issue 5 of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) published online on 9 October 2012.
Extinguishing Medical Errors with Oil and Gas
Unfortunately for patients and healthcare workers alike, medical errors happen. No matter how well-trained and experienced the practitioner, underneath the scrubs there still resides a human and errors will follow. However, systems can be put in place to minimise them…
Forget Social Media… Get #FOAMed!
Of course SMACC — the physical embodiment of emergency medicine and critical care FOAM — wouldn’t have been complete without a Mike Cadogan rant. So, it was only fitting that he kicked off Day 2 of SMACC and the Social Media and Critical…
He who is not forgotten will not die
When times get tough and external stressors tip the scales of emotional imbalance towards the darkness of unchartered thought...I seek solace in the sagacious mantra and steadfast oration of eloquent preceptors. One such inspirational raconteur, inspiring optimism in the face of adversity was Dr Randy Pausch.