A classic respiratory case. This 25 year old female presented with worsening breathless. She has no previous medical problems.
HIV and an abnormal CT Head
November 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Consider a 45 year-old HIV positive male with right hemiparesis and fluctuating conscious state. His CT head is shown below.
Supremus Totus Vindicatum Haud Officium
November 23, 2009 By 1 Comment
Managing the Busy ED (2)
November 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Here are some more tips and strategies for managing the turbulent flow of life in a busy emergency department, continuing on from Part 1. 6. Manage your time Use slow times to recharge Eat, drink, and tell a few jokes. Plan procedures Pick times when the right people, the right equipment and the right space [...]
Managing the Busy ED (1)
November 23, 2009 By 1 Comment
Working in the ED environment is unlike most other areas of medicine. Stress levels can be high, maintaining patient flow in the face of access block and exit block can seem futile, and a chaotic environment where you are forced to multi-task and do ‘more with less’ becomes a breeding ground for medical errors that threaten patient safety. Here are some tips and strategies for managing the turbulent flow of life in a busy emergency department.
The Baloney Detection Kit
November 22, 2009 By 1 Comment
Emergency Medicine Clerkship Primer
November 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Are you a medical student about to do an Emergency Medicine rotation and want to impress the hell out of your supervisors? Here’s a tip. Read the Emergency Medicine Clerkship Primer by David A. Wald and colleagues – if you absorb even 10% of the wisdom in this small book you will succeed in your [...]
Burning Pain Post Urination
November 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Bringing Home the Bacon
November 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
Bacon – a food item that, for anyone who needs it, surely ranks as the most essential food for use in a medical emergency.
UCEM Relocates despite economic downturn
November 19, 2009 By 2 Comments
The UCEM have relocated from Swarmington-on-the-Wold to the more picturesque setting of Enlightenment Boulevard thanks to the generosity of it’s fondling members and the subtly underhand and ever so slightly fraudulent work of our very own Chair of Indiscriminate Fines. As fondling members will remember, the old College headquarters were woefully inadequate for the degree [...]
