Dear Potential Patient
A colleague just reminded me of one of my favorite 'letters' published in The Courier Mail, Queensland, Australia on May 04 2008. It pertains to the workings of the emergency physician.
The STEM Programme
The STEM Programme – Simulation Training in Emergency Medicine – has come to an end after 4 years on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Here is the story of child actors, fake blood, clingfilm, fire engines, Laerdal skin and imagination gone wild.…
James Parkinson
James Parkinson (1755-1824) was an English surgeon, apothecary, palaeontologist, geologist and political activist. Parkinson's disease (1817)
Kerley lines
Peter James Kerley first described horizontal lines that he postulated to be peri-vascular lymphatics in patients with mitral stenosis and left ventricular failure
Top 10 Tips for FOAM Beginners
Top 10 tips for FOAM Beginners - how to make the most of free open access medical education #FOAMed
The Procedures Course
The Procedures Course is a 'hands on' cadaver based course designed to help you achieve mastery at life-limb-and-sight saving procedures.
On becoming a doctor
Guest post by Dr Akmez Latona as he enters advanced training in Emergency Medicine
ECG Academy Library
The ECG Academy is run by electrophysiologist Dr Nick Tullo and is designed to teach readers how to expertly interpret (ECG / EKG) at your own pace. The videos are hosted at ECGAcademy.com and include easy to understand video lessons
Rigler sign
Radiographic sign of pneumoperitoneum. Air in the peritoneum and air within the intraluminal spaces outline the luminal and serosal surfaces of the bowel wall.
ECG Academy
Dr Nicholas Tullo's impressive ECG Academy. This subscription-based educational resource is packed with video tutorials created by a master educator.
Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen
Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen (1837-1877) was a Danish physician. Co-editor of the Hospitals-Tidende Journal, Rasmussen recorded cases of massive haemoptysis secondary to pulmonary artery aneurysm in association with tuberculosis - eponymously termed the Rasmussen aneurysm
CICM SAQ 2015.2 Q16
You have been asked to assess a previously healthy 32-year-male who has presented following a high- speed motorbike accident. He has a Glasgow Coma Score of 15, a distended abdomen and a bleeding left leg wound.