A guide for emergency medicine registrars and residents on how to be an effective clinical teacher.
ED Registrar’s Guide to Clinical Teaching
May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Crazy Bug Hunter 006
May 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
Fleming’s role in the discovery and subsequent development of penicillin is well-known parable of the importance of serendipity in medical research. Fewer people know anything about the Scots bacteriologist’s earlier discovery of lysosyme or his work on the bacteriology of traumatic wound infection. It is this last topic that earns Fleming his status as a crazy bug hunter.
UCEM helps rise in Cialis sales
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Commotio Cordis
May 17, 2010 By 7 Comments
Ventricular fibrillation and sudden death triggered by a blunt, non penetrating, and often innocent appearing unintentional blow to the chest without damage to the ribs, sternum, or heart (and in the absence of underlying cardiovascular disease) constitute an event know as commotio cordis, which translates from the Latin as agitation of the heart.
When the elephant awakens…
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A chronic shortfall in doctors has led to a great increase in new medical graduates in Australia. What does this mean for emergency medicine and the training of junior doctors?
Getting into hot water
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Plaster Slab
May 15, 2010 By 6 Comments
Review of the potential complications following application of a forearm plaster cast
New Blog Shout-Outs
May 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
There have been some great new additions to the medical blogosphere recently. Two of my favourite new blogs add a lighthearted and humorous twist to the presentation of medical information and struck a chord with my satirical streak…Red Dirt Nurse and DocCartoon
The General Infection of 2010
May 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
As epidemics go, the General Infection of 2010 pales into insignificance alongside the swine flu pandemic of 2009. Professor Broughton-Delirium was glued to his TV set throughout the finals stages of the epidemic, fascinated by the epidemiological drama unfolding in front of his eyes…
The Venomous Art of Spitting
May 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Some of the cobras are venom spitters. Targeting the eyes of their enemies they can cause a chemical conjunctivitis and blindness. How do they do this?
