OK people, time to share. Following on from befriend the bougie! @MDaware shared a great tip about using the bougie to assist in intercostal catheter placement in obese patients. Indeed, I suggested that the bougie is so fantastic, if there…
KEY FEATURES CAB (ERC still advocates 5 initial rescue breaths) good quality CPR in 15:2 ratio removal of ‘look, listen, feel’ de-emphasis on pulse check AED and defibrillation use encouraged (infants manual defibrillation) capnography recommended defibrillation: 4 J/kg adrenaline 10…
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas and involves activation of proteolytic enzymes that may progress to haemorrhagic necrosis of the pancreatic parenchyma
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 106 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
What is the explanation for the discrepancy between the oxygen saturations on pulse oximetry and on arterial blood gas analysis in this patient?
What are the definitions used to define "Critical Bleeding" and "Massive Transfusion"?
The trauma room has turned into a blood bath. You're going to have to buy new shoes. What should you throw at the patient - the kitchen sink or Factor VII?
An intern in the emergency department has been nervously standing behind you for the past ten minutes while you've dealt with a barrage of phone calls. He wants to discuss the positive d-dimer result of the patient he is working up. Y
Description Paget’s disease of the nipple; disorder of the nipple-areola complex (NAC). Characterised chiefly by eczema like changes, it is a condition associated with underlying cancer of the breast. Clinical signs include: Hardening of the NAC Crusting A lumpy or…
Paget's disease of bone is a metabolic disorder of the bone, resulting in deformation and pain. It most commonly affects the axial skeleton; pelvis, lumbo-sacral spine, skull, femur and tibia. Diagnostic imaging is a key part of modern day diagnosis, and many cases are in fact incidental findings.
Refractory hypoxia, leading to dysoxia at the cellular level, can be difficult to manage in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
A patient is day 1 post-laparotomy. his abdomen feels tight and his urine output has dropped off... Can you save the day in this gastrointestinal gutwrencher?