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)…
CICM SAQ 2011.1 Q22
Questions 22. A 45 year old man was admitted to the intensive care unit after sustaining 40% BSA burns in a house fire. He was transported initially to a local hospital where initial resuscitation was commenced including mechanical ventilation for…
EMA December 2012
Short editorial snippets from Vol. 24 Issue 6 of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) published online on 6 December 2012 produced by Andrew Gosbell & Tony Brown
Is the Peer Reviewed Journal Dead?
Tony Brown, until recently Editor of Emergency Medicine Australasia, gives us his answer to the question 'Is the Peer Reviewed Journal Dead?'
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