Go to almost any mountain resort and you’ll see that skiers and snowboarders are not alike. Even though snowboarding has been popular for nearly 30 years, there is still very little overlap between the two cultures. This extends to injuries…
JellyBean 100...with Miss Claire Kerr, Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.
Mastering Intensive Care Episode 35 with Paul Wischmeyer - Never underestimate the simple things we do to our patients
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned medical trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 253
Cliff Reid and Brian Burns talk about a recent life-changing experience… participation in the amazing ATACC course.
A Q&A approach to the assessment of trauma patients with pelvic injury, including examination, investigations and complications.
Listeria monocytogenes, a gram positive rod, is the leading cause of fatal foodborne infections in the United States. With an overall fatality rate approaching 20%, it is easy to understand why, even though the infection rates are behind those of…
Recognising haemorrhagic shock and finding the bleeding source is one thing, but how should you resuscitate a bleeding trauma patient? The Q&A post provides an overview of massive transfusion as part of damage control resuscitation of major trauma victims.
A timely post about bats during the Halloween season. This paper is a well written review by the CDC and Emory University of the emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) from bats. While long, at 17 pages (13 with 4 pages of…
The Trauma! series rocks on... Finally we get to major haemorrhage. This Q&A post tackles the resuscitation of the exanguinating trauma patient.
You may have recently seen news stories about Vespa mandarina “terrorizing” parts of China. What is interesting about this species is that due to their size, their venom has significant effects in addition to the typical hymenoptera anaphylaxis. Yes, most…
A Q&A guide to the assessment and management of penetrating abdominal trauma, including stab wounds, gunshot wounds and different regions of the abdomen.