
Known as unscientific, dangerous, potentially deadly, quackery, and other less than flattering but accurate terms, but it seems that science’s attempts to dilute the false positive claims homeopathy makes only seems to make it stronger.
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Known as unscientific, dangerous, potentially deadly, quackery, and other less than flattering but accurate terms, but it seems that science’s attempts to dilute the false positive claims homeopathy makes only seems to make it stronger.
I travelled across Australia last week by air from Perth in Western Australia to Cairns in the far north of Queensland.
A 60 year-old man simply looks sick. The diagnosis is unclear. He is about to crash. What are you going to do in the emergency department?

A 35 year-old female is brought to the emergency department after collapsing in a shopping centre. Paramedics found her to be GCS 3 and shortly afterwards required CPR and 1mg adrenaline for profound bradycardia and no pulse.

An 82 year old man, who lives alone, presents to the emergency department following being found collapsed at home. He says he takes tablets for his heart but cannot recall their names.

A 55 year old man presents to the emergency department with chest pain and shortness of breath following vomiting four hours earlier. On examination the patient is distressed by chest pain and has the following observations.

A 29 year old woman who is 30 weeks pregnant presents to the emergency department with a two day history of nausea and RUQ discomfort.

A 35 year old man presents to the emergency department after an injury to the left ankle sustained in a motorcycle accident.

An 8 year old girl is brought to your emergency department with a 3 week history of general malaise. On the morning of presentation, she was found by her mother to be very lethargic and difficult to rouse.
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