Ethylene Glycol is lethal when >1 ml/kg is ingested therefore any deliberate ingestion need prompt intervention. Commonly found in radiator coolants, antifreeze (concentrations>20%), de-icing solutions, solvents and brake fluids. Unfortunately these products can taste sweet making them appealing to children.
We are all familiar with Ethanol and maybe some of us wouldn't have been conceived without it. However, in your tox patient it causes synergistic CNS depression and even on its own in large doses can be potentially lethal.
Questions 22.1. What piece of equipment is shown below? Outline the principle of operation of this equipment. 22.2. The following image shows the connector and a regulator for a Medical Wall Suction outlet. (a) What design features of the above…
Observation ward is a short stay ward. Integral part of the emergency department
Biography Born ‘Margaret Ann Bulkley’ Cork, Ireland 1809-1812 MD Edinburgh University 1813 – St Thomas Hospital, London; examined at the Royal College of Surgeons and recruited into the army Inspector-General of Hospitals Died 25 July 1865 Medical Eponyms Key Medical…
Dr Chris Edwards @EMtraveller recounts his time as a remote retrieval registrar based in Alice Springs
This is a guest post by Dr Michelle Withers (@desertoak) On February 12th, 2018, a new and completely unique service went live in Alice Springs – the Medical Retrieval and Consultation Centre (MRaCC). The Central Australian Retrieval service has been…
Just before being busted by the cops, your patient stuffed a package containing metamphetamines into his mouth and swallowed. How are you going to handle this one?
Short editorial snippets from Vol. 24 Issue 3 of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) published online on 4 June 2012.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 158 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
An insight to Crusaders SuperRugby, pitch side trauma and sports medicine management with Dr Deb Robinson
Almost immediately after finishing ‘Time to publish then filter?’ - a post that highlighted a recent editorial in the BMJ outlining the need for an effective system of post-publication peer revie