Clinical Quiz 022

FACEM VAQ

A 25 year old man presents with a four day history of increasing left eye pain, photophobia and decreased vision.

ECG Quiz 028

FACEM VAQ

A 35 year old woman presents to the emergency department with onset of palpitations.

Baby Tim’s Cries

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Baby Tim is 3 months-old and has been crying inconsolably. His exhausted mother has brought him into the emergency department at one in the morning desperate for help. Can you help her?

Sultana-related Sentinel Event

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The LITFL team have heard through the grape vine that Professor Inglebert Struvite Staghorn, at the bequest of the Society for the Prevention of Surgery, has been investigating an unfortunate episode currantly referred to as the ‘Sultana-related Sentinel Event’.

Marathon-related ECG Exasperation

Marathon ECG

Can you correctly interpret the ECG findings in a marathon runner with gastroenteritis? What is their significance? What management is required?

Stuxnet Worm targets UCEM Headquarters

UCEM headquarters

Software engineers working for UCEM at the Symantec Health Institute of Technology have confirmed slugtrails of the Stuxnet worm on several of the UCEM servers.

Molvanian Conference Dancing Shoes 2011

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The final entries are pouring in for the UCEM Waiting Room Conference Dancing Shoes competition. Every year the Fellowship ceremony is followed by a couple of Grand Balls where it is Fellows sport the official Utopian College commemorative footwear.

A Funny Fracture

Back Camera

A case study describing the assessment and management of humeral shaft fractures.

Fever, Rash and a Vuvuzela

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A 34 year-old man became unwell soon after arriving in Australia, having recently traveled to South Africa to watch the soccer World Cup. He hasn’t even felt like using the vuvuzela he bought. Can you diagnose and manage his condition?

MicroGnomic Marine Envenoming

My recent talk on marine envenoming is now alive in blog-post form thanks to the MicroGnome. It gives a brief overview of the clinical aspects of marine envenoming from an Australian perspective.