You’ve gotta love I Heart Guts, the brainchild of an anatomically obsessed illustrator. Here are two posters vital for Men’s health.
The Art of Sloughing
March 31, 2010 By 2 Comments
Your first referral to an inpatient team can be daunting. As a waiting room MUPPET it is often your first opportunity to put into practice lessons learned from years of medical pimping. The UCEM hopes to demonstrate through a series of video tutorials, the alternate sloughing methods employed by internal specialists. Awareness of sloughing tactics will greatly assist in refining your referral skills.
Microbial Mystery 003
March 31, 2010 By 6 Comments
This ‘Microbial Mystery’ consists of different scenarios of adult community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Australia. It focuses on the causative organisms and the appropriate selection of antibiotics according to the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) scores (based on the PORT Prediction Rule) and the Australian-based Therapeutic Guidelines.
Pilon Fractures
March 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A quick word of advice. Never decide to climb a ladder and paint the ceiling after you’ve had a few.
The Poison Preview
March 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the latest stop on the UCEM World Tour 2010 and Egerton Y. Davis IV delivers a mesmerising impromptu speech that unveils UCEM’s latest initiative, ‘The Poison Preview’.
Minor Injuries 001
March 29, 2010 By 5 Comments
How do subungual haematomas present: Subungual haematomas occur when there is bleeding beneath the nail. They are generally caused traumatically by getting it caught between to hard surfaces.
The haematoma becomes trapped between the rigid structures of the nail above and the distal phalanx below. The space occupying mass causes intense pain secondary to increased pressure against the very sensitive nail bed and matrix.
Crazy Bug Hunter 004
March 29, 2010 By 4 Comments
Ronald Ross had a passion for hunting down bugs not restricted to Plasmodium species. While pursuing malaria in India, his work was interrupted by a cholera epidemic in Bangalore. He entreated public health officials to introduce a sanitation programme, but lacked the charisma, the contacts or the clout to put knowledge into practice. Like many of the Victorian gentlemen bug hunters who had been early adopters of Pasteur’s germ theory, he was ahead of his time
UCEM Intern Training
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An Empty Hospital?
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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five #006
March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia. The format is starting to take shape – we will be trying to post questions on: Rare or eponymous syndromes, Medical history or biography, Bizarre and ‘out there’ medical trivia to baffle your colleagues…
