CXR Case 122
A 64 year old man is extubated following surgery. He suffers from mild COPD and is now coughing persistently. pneumopericardium
JellyBean 002 Andre Bonny
Andre Bonny is a nice chap from New Zealand
Laws for the Navigation of Life
Peter Safar Laws for the Navigation of Life. Bureaucracy - a challenge to be conquered with a righteous attitude, a tolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary.
All Doctors are Jackasses
SMACC talk, March 2013
LITFL Review 245
Welcome to the 245th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs
Interpreting Chest X-Rays with Dr Eric Strong
Dr Eric Strong is Clinical Assistant Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and has created a YouTube Education Channel with a variety of well thought out, well paced, information rich, free lectures which deal with some of the…
CXR Case 121
An 18 year old man presents to ED after a heavy night out, vomiting profusely. He presents to ED with chest pain and pneumomediastinum.
Lessons from the Bromiley Case
In 2007, Martin Bromiley’s wife died due to medical error. The Bromiley case will be familiar to many of us. The lessons from this case can teach us stark lessons about our own leadership and teamwork. Martin’s story Martin and…
A Change in Condition
I went to Africa a student and came back a doctor. It is easy to forget the growing pains of the student-to-doctor metamorphosis. For me, the once vague notion of becoming a doctor was made real when I traveled to Zambia to work on the wards of St. Francis Hospital (SFH) in Katete
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
One day, as a trainee doctor working in rural Zambia, I walked through the gates of the hospital to be greeted by what seemed to be the “eeyore-ing” of a demonic donkey.
Introducing… Resuscitology
Hello, RAGErs! This is a quick update about a new project from the RAGE team and friends… The Resuscitology Course. This is a two-day residential course for resuscitationists in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia on May 9-10th 2018. The faculty are …
The Shrinking Feet of the Man from Malawi
Mr J had traveled across the border to Zambia from Malawi. He had been admitted to hospital overnight. The brief admission note showed that he was in his thirties and had three presenting complaints: