biochemical bugaboo…
the case. a 62 year old female presents to ED with breathlessness & chest pain.
AusMAT Bravo on the way to the Philippines
Team Bravo heads to Tacloban to continue the “shining light” that is the Australasian AusMAT medical response to Typhoon Haiyan. Be safe guys.
to the bedside…
the case. a 34 year old female presents to ED with palpitations and chest pain. You are handed her ECG prior to reviewing or speaking to the patient….
AusMAT in Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan
I just wanted to share here a link to an ABC write up of the AusMAT deployment in Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan. Ian Norton and Mark Little are out there leading a team of dedicated folk around the clock, and…
Quick Case #05
the case. a 42 year old male presents via ambulance with chest pain following an motor vehicle accident.
the steak is stuck…
the case. a 36 year old male presents to your ED at 2am with retrosternal pain and concern that last nights steak “got stuck and didn’t go down”. He has vomited once and now continues to spit out saliva as…
hot & spotty #2…
the case. A 14 year old boy is bought to ED with a 4 day history of fevers. His parents are concerned as this rampant red rash has rapidly spread across his body overnight….
catching the culprit…
the case. a 32 year old male presents to ED with a 4 hour history of retrosternal chest pain. He has had the pain since midnight and it “just isn’t going away”. This is his ECG…
Busting the clotbusters (from SMACC 2013)
As revenge for an incident best left unmentioned, Chris Nickson of litfl.com handed me the poisoned chalice of speaking on tPA for stroke at SMACC 2013. This is the result. (Un)fortunately there is no actual video footage as I wasn’t…
straightening the spiral…
the case. a 2 year old male is carried into your ED screaming. He is horribly distressed and trying to reach down to grab at his right thigh. His parents report that he was standing outside watching his older brother…
hot & spotty…
the case. A mother brings her 18 month old child to your emergency department with a 24 hour history of fevers. She is now worried that her daughter has developed these little red spots.
a little low…
the case. A 48 year old female arrives to ED via ambulance following an intentional overdose. Her husband discovered her taking tablet after tablet in the bathroom at home. She has a history of depression & diabetes and reports feeling…