Approach to the High Risk Blunt Trauma Patient
A question and answer review of this month's EM Critical Care article on High-Risk Scenarios In Blunt Trauma: An Evidence-Based Approach.
A Case of Epistaxis
A 34 female presents to ED at 2am, post waking up with blood all over her pillow, and a continuous ooze of blood from her right nostril.
Behavioural Emergency Management
Behavioural disturbances and aggression in the emergency department is an increasing problem confronting emergency clinicians every day.
Case of Acute Severe Asthma
A 25-year-old lady Miss. Poor Compliance is rushed into your Emergency Department as a Priority 1. She is a brittle asthmatic and has been given 3x 5mg salbutamol nebs, and 0.5mg of adrenaline IM prehospital. On arrival Miss PC is…
Choosing Life or Death
Everyone who works in ED or ICU should read Alicia von Stamwitz’s brief but moving account of her father’s last visit to the emergency department: The doctor explains what I already know: my father’s heart is weak, his kidneys are…
Kia Kaha Christchurch
To all affected by the Christchurch earthquake, the thoughts of the Life in the Fast Lane team are with you.
A Stroke of Insight
A few years ago I was looking after an elderly woman in the emergency department who had suffered a stroke. She was aphasic --- unable to understand speech or create comprehensible sentences.
Kokoda Medicine
The popularity of the Kokoda Trail has increased dramatically over the last decade. More and more Australians are making the arduous trek through the muddy, steep terrain of the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea.
Clavicle fractures
Clavicle fractures Are common childhood fractures, that also affects adult patients as well.
Tooth Avulsion
Teeth avulsion is a medical/dental emergency that require prompt recognition and treatment in the emergency department.
Antibiotic Therapeutic Guidelines Update 2010
The latest version of the New 2010 Antibiotic guidelines is an essential guide for the appropriate management of patients with infectious diseases in both general practice and hospital settings.
Lost Under the Skin?
Are you bewildered by anatomy? Do you keep getting lost in the maze of nerves, muscles, tendons, vessels, bones and ligaments? Never fear, help is at hand in the form of Sam Loman's human body 'subway' map. Never get lost again.