Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 165
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 165 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Cardiac Megacode
As leader of the MET team you were called to a 'Cardiac megacode' as a 57 year-old man has arrested on the ward post-operatively...
To BPT, or not to BPT, that is the junior doctor’s question…
As my graduating peers and I embark on our medical careers, it’s a fitting time to consider how to consider the next steps towards my medical career...
Sudden onset blue leg
A woman in the ICU has a problem. Her leg has turned blue. Can you handle this Phlegmasia case-based cardiovascular curveball?
Mirror Image Artefacts
Mirror image artefact occur when ultrasound beam is not reflected directly back to the transducer after hitting a reflective surface
Comet tail artefact
Comet tail artefact is a short path reverberation artefact that weakens with each reverberation, resulting in a vertical echogenic artefact that rapidly fades as it continues in to the ultrasound image.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 164
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 164 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Anticoagulated Patients in the ED
It’s time for a look at the latest review from EBMedicine. This post focuses on the following article: Hanlon D (2010). An Evidence-Based Approach to Managing the Anticoagulated Patient in the Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine Practice, 13(1). This is a…
Airway Lessons from the Austere Environment
The Critically Ill Airway course, run by The Alfred ICU and Monash University, is taking place this week. Among the lineup of elite instructors is Dr Brent May (@docbrent), who has created a 12 minute video lecture on ‘Airway Lessons…
Support a Delegate (Supadel)
Support African emergency medicine by sponsoring healthcare practitioners so that they can attend AFEM conferences.
How Evidence Changes Through The Years
Great overview of evidence based medicine with Professor Kevin Mackway-Jones - the integration of the best evidence, clinical expertise and what the patient wants...
CICM SAQ 2014.2 Q5
Outline the important anatomic features that affect airway management in the paediatric airway and, where appropriate, strategies that may be used to overcome these.