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Morning after cheese
Emergency contraception has always been a difficult issue to achieve a consensus on, but family planning strategies are integral to a sustainable future human population. The opinions of certain societal elements have often resulted in the practices which constitute family planning being less than legal in some areas of the world. In particular abortion and emergency contraception have been unduly targeted, until now.
Extraordinary Cries
A 13 year-old boy with a history of allergic rhinitis is sent in to the emergency department by his family doctor. Three days previously he was exposed to smoke from a bushfire and has been having difficult breathing since. He has been having sudden exacerbations where his chest and throat feels tight and he feels as though he can’t get any air in. There has been no improvement despite treatment with prednisolone and ventolin over the past 2 days.
Can you diagnose and manage this case?
Dr Finnbarr Walsh In Memoriam
Finnbarr was a wonderful man, a faithful friend and an amazing doctor. It is humbling to see how many lives he touched. Kind, compassionate and generous beyond compare, Finn truly was a gentleman and a scholar. Rest in Peace dear Finn, free from the troubles of this mortal coil….you will be sadly missed.
Pain free and in VT?
“Can you take a look at the patient in bed 2? I think he’s having runs of VT!” You are called to the monitored area in ED to see a 62-year man who is awaiting a bed under the medics for investigation of an episode of chest pain earlier in the day. He is currently pain free, sat up in bed looking undistressed with a blood pressure of 150/90. The monitor shows intermittent runs of a broad complex rhythm. Can you interpret his ECG?
Blunt Trauma to the Eye
Your Emergency Department Director decided that a team-building exercise at the local boxing gym would be a good idea. You are left to hold the fort at work. An hour later the Director is en route to the ED – it seems that someone has given him a good whack in the eye… Hopefully you know your stuff when it comes to blunt trauma to the eye.
Crime Scene Echocardiography
In this special episode of ‘Crime Scene Echocardiography: Vienna’, the 123sonography team show how echocardiography can be used for good as they put their skills to the test and try to solve a mysterious case of dyspnea in a 39 year-old man.
Half an 8 ball
A 26 year-old man sustained an injury of uncertain mechanism to his left eye while at the bottom of a ruck during a game of rugby. Fortunately, his team went on to win the game of rugby 24-16. However he still has a problem. Can you sort it out for him?
Out of Sight
We’re coming to the end of an absolutely eyeful Ophthalmology August here at LitFL. Over the month we’ve considered many different causes of loss of vision. Today’s Q&A’s will bring together all the different ways the ‘lights can go out’. Are you ready for the ‘loss of vision challenge’?
Utopian Waiting Room
With increasing ED crowding and ever increasing waiting the Utopian College has produced guidelines to improve patient comfort and safety and to begin diagnosis and treatment for those stable and well enough to enjoy time within the waiting room – Waiting Room Medicine.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 028
Medical trivia to maximise your learning potential prior to the weekend…including Hexenmilch, St Zacharys, graphs galore, dixon of dock green, bee venom, anthrax, goat-skin and the top ten saintly diseases,
