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Anticoagulants: Bad in the wilderness
As I have written about before, more and more people are taking oral anticoagulants for various medical conditions. For better or for worse, they aren’t then staying at home in a padded room, but continuing on their daily activities and…
Renal ultrasound cases
Worked examples of clinical cases for specific pathological conditions and signs from the Renal Ultrasound Modules Distal VUJ Stone: Case 1 – Case 2 – Case 3 – Case 4 – Case 5 Bladder Stone: Case 1 – Case 2 Distal Ureteric Stone: Case 1 –
Lung Ultrasound Report
This report is designed as an educational aid aimed at guiding the user through the steps required to perform a lung ultrasound examination. Whilst not exhaustive it will remind users of the appearances of the more common lung pathologies.
Renal Ultrasound Report
This report is designed as an educational aid for the Emergency Physician. It reminds the user of the appearance and grading of hydronephrosis, the appearance of simple renal cysts, and how to measure bladder volume.
Crisis Resource Management (CRM)
Crisis Resource Management (CRM) refers to the non-technical skills required for effective teamwork in a crisis situation
Primum non killem
We all need a bit more Mattu in our lives. Three awesome #FOAMed lectures to satisfy your hypomattuism thanks to Essentials of EM and Hippo education
The True Angina
A 44 year-old man presents to the ED 2 days after having an infected left mandibular second molar tooth extracted by his dentist.
Cyproheptadine
Cyproheptadine is a histamine and serotonin antagonist with anticholinergic properties. It has been advocated for control of symptoms in mild-to-moderate serotonin syndrome.
Calcium
Calcium – useful antidote for calcium channel blockers, hydrofluoric acid exposure to skin or systemic fluorosis, ethylene glycol (hypocalcaemia), hyperkalaemia and iatrogenic hypermagnesaemia.
Atropine
Atropine is a competitive muscarinic antagonist, used to treat drug-induced bradycardia and poisoning by acetylcholinesterase inhibitors Organophosphate poisoning: Adult Dose = 1.2mg with further dosing every 2-3 mins, doubling the dose each time until there is drying of secretions. Paediatric…
Bringing wilderness to the city
Most teaching faculty work at academic programs, which typically aren’t in areas considered “wilderness” by the average layperson. Thus, teaching wilderness and austere medicine in an urban environment is necessary for those of us who can’t get our departments to…