Pacemaker Essentials: The basics
Medmastery Pacemaker Essentials course. 3 main types of pacemaker (single-chamber, dual-chamber, and biventricular pacemakers).
Medmastery: Mortality rate
Franz Weisbauer explains how to calculate mortality rates for various subgroups, proportionate mortality, and why proportionate mortality is not a measure of risk.
Q&A with Anne Creaton
One month to go until the Spring Seminar on Emergency Medicine, and here's our final Q&A. We've saved the biggest questions until last.
Nail Gun Injuries
Nail gun-related injuries are a serious occupational risk with potentially lethal outcomes. Nail guns were introduced in both industry and the general public back in 1959.
Patellar dislocation
The majority of patellar dislocations occur in females, especially targeting teenage girls. 30-72% of dislocations are sports related
Thyroid function tests in pregnancy
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass. Gestational thyrotoxicosis, TSH, and the factors that lead to abnormal thyroid function tests.
Sodium Nitroprusside
Sodium Nitroprusside is a drug used as an infusion to lower blood pressure; used in severe hypertension or perioperatively.
Q&A with Deon Strydom
A woman bleeding to death from an ectopic. No power. The hospital has burnt down. You have a foot pump, a cigarette lighter, and Deon Strydom.
Comms Lab: Breaking Bad News
Comms Lab 41: Breaking Bad News: The Hardest Conversation of All. The SPIKES framework and Dr Rob Buckman
Network Five: Toxicology
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 19 - Toxicology reviewing papers on chemical warfare agents, Clozapine and drug overdose in pregnancy.
Levetiracetam
Levetiracetam (keppra) is a drug used as an anticonvulsant as monotherapy, or an adjunct, and as a Tier 2 agent in status epilepticus.
Desmopressin (DDAVP)
Desmopressin (DDAVP) is a drug used primarily for diabetes insipidus, haemophilia type A, and von Willebrand's disease.