William Cadogan
William Cadogan (1711–1797), physician-reformer; wrote the 1748 Essay on Nursing and a contentious 1771 gout treatise; pioneer of childcare and lifestyle medicine
Bronchoscopic Foreign Body Removal
Bronchoscopic foreign body removal including: indications, assessment and planning, flexible versus rigid bronchoscopy, retrieval tools and techniques, and critical care scenarios.
Airway Foreign Bodies
Airway foreign bodies (AFBs) are potentially life‑threatening. This CCC post considers causes/ risk factors, pathophysiology, complications, clinical features, investigations, and management.
Hoffmann-Tinel sign
Hoffmann-Tinel sign is paresthesia in the distal cutaneous distribution of an injured peripheral nerve evoked by tapping on the nerve more proximally.
How to ace an early career medical officer interview
Sitting mentally preparing for a job interview? Dr Clare Skinner follows up her 15 solid gold tips for how to ace the consultant interview with some advice for early career medical officers.
Bronchoscopy for Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Bronchoscopy is widely used during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) to improve safety and accuracy, and to facilitate procedural supervision.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome signs
Carpal tunnel syndrome clinical signs: Hoffmann–Tinel, Phalen, Durkan, Katz hand diagram, flick sign, CTS-6 and related tests.
VAFI and FARSI
VAFI is video-assisted flexible intubation and FARSI is flexiscope-assisted rapid sequence intubation. These hybrid airway techniques are used to overcome supraglottic and infraglottic airway problems, respectively.
Arthur Ernest Guedel
Arthur Ernest Guedel (1883-1956), American anaesthetist. Guedel airway, stages of anaesthesia, cuffed tube and laryngoscope.
AI in Cardiac CT
AI-assisted administrative and organisational tools for clinicians, educators, and healthcare executives
Paluel Flagg
Paluel Flagg (1886-1970), American anaesthetist. Developed airway devices, the Flagg laryngoscope, haemoxometer and Eyerest Green.
Guedel stages of anaesthesia
Guedel stages of anaesthesia: Arthur Guedel’s classification of ether anaesthetic depth, evolving from wartime teaching to the four-stage clinical system.