Procedure: Ocular foreign body removal
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Ocular foreign body removal. Exactly what it says on the tin
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Procedure: Ocular foreign body removal
Emergency Procedure: Ocular foreign body removal. Exactly what it says on the tin
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Top 10 Foreign Bodies
These are my top 10 foreign bodies, found on X-ray. From time to time little things get lost. Whether you are playing billiards naked in the dark; counting money with your tongue; battling with an electric rolling pin; or just 'slipping' whilst in the shower….
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 344
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 344 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind, enter the medical trivia of FFFF.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 289
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 289
Ultrasound Case 067
A 33 year old gardener presents a few days after receiving a penetrating injury from a palm frond. There is an entry wound and his thenar eminence is red, hot and swollen. You take a look...
Snookered
You are assessing a 37 year old male in the emergency department. He appears to be in discomfort and states that he fell asleep at a party and thinks ‘someone put something up his back passage while he was out of it’.
Inhaled Foreign Body
Inhaled Foreign Body: passage of a foreign body into the respiratory tract; potentially life-threatening
Ultrasound Case 053
A 23 year old surfer presents several weeks after sustaining a foot injury with some mild swelling and pain in his mid plantar arch. 2 weeks previously he had been running along the rocks when he stood on something sharp. A small wound was present however his surfing desire proved stronger than his nociceptive instinct and he returned to the waves.
Ultrasound Case 041
An 83 year old woman with sepsis and acute kidney injury is being managed in your resuscitation area. A urinary catheter has been placed to monitor urine output. After an hour there is no urinary output at all.
Something in my eye, Doc
A mechanic presents with something in his eye. Can you navigate the traps and pitfall of assessing and managing this common emergency presentation?