CXR Case 013
76 year old male presents with severe respiratory distress and is intubated Describe and interpret this CXR
CXR Case 012
48 year old male presents with worsening dyspnoea, dry cough and hypoxia. Describe and interpret this CXR
Frankly my dear, I do give a damn
An 18 month old girl is brought to ED after developing a very red rash over the last 2 days. She is now lethargic and refusing food and fluid
CXR Case 011
27 year old male drowned in sea water; intubated at the scene; and transferred to emergency. Describe and interpret this CXR
Do you want FPIES with that?
A 7-month-old infant is brought into the ED. The infant was well until 1 hour ago when she became pale, floppy and developed profuse non-bilious vomiting...
R&R In The FASTLANE 191
Welcome to the 191st edition of Research and Reviews in the Fastlane. R&R in the Fastlane is a free resource that harnesses the power of social media to allow some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians
CXR Case 010
80 year old female presents with palpitations. She has been more breathless recently and has been taking her inhalers more frequently. Describe and interpret this CXR
The Art of Medicine or the Medicolegal minefield
When Hippocrates started tutoring the first medical students on the steps of the Acropolis back in Ancient Greece, the art of medicine was born and the gradual understanding of disease processes and healing could really begin. It really goes without…
Saving Lives, One Online Module at a Time
I’m not sure how we ever used to manage multi-traumas. We must have been frightfully underprepared. Back in the days before mandatory training we relied, rather guilelessly, on experience, a suite of knowledge from texts and journals and M &…
CXR Case 009
78 year old female current smoker presents with wheeze, productive cough and breathlessness worsening over 6 days. Describe and interpret this CXR
CXR Case 008
40 year old male presents to emergency in severe respiratory distress and is intubated on arrival. Describe and interpret this CXR
Is Social Media the Rock’n’Roll of HealthCare?
Social (digital) Media is expanding at an unerring rate, penetrating each and every darkened interstice with shafts of sharing light and goodwill....At least that's how it seems.