The ten commandments of Emergency Medicine according to Wren and Slovis.
Journals go Christmas Crazy
December 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It is tradition for doctors to descend into a state of inane infatuation with esoteric in-jokes, trifling trivia and medical mockery as seasonal silliness reaches its Christmas crescendo. Nowhere is this more evident than the annual hospital Christmas Quiz, an institution perpetuated throughout the anglocentric medical world, or the ‘Christmas issues’ of the British Medical Journal and the Medical Journal of Australia.
Life in the TOO fast lane?
December 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
There has been an avalanche of new recreational drugs hitting the streets recently. Apart from a few anecdotal reports, most of the information available to clinicians comes from those involved in drug culture. Given these limitations, treatment of toxicity from these new recreational drugs should be guided by the clinical manifestations and the known pharmacology of these agents. They’re coming to an ED near you soon – are you ready?
Health Care in South Africa
December 13, 2010 By 4 Comments
We all do it tough working in emergency departments, however watching the following videos from the trauma unit in Bara hospital in Soweto, South Africa makes me feel like i have it easy. The following videos tells of stories of patients being stabbed and arriving to hospital 10 hours later because that how long and ambulance takes to get to them. A single motor vehicle accident generally involves 12 patients, and a trauma patients generally receives their first few hours of care in the corridor.
Horrible Spots and Pain
December 13, 2010 By 1 Comment
A 4 year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his parents with a history of increasing numbers of red spots on his legs over the past 6 days. They took him to two different family doctors and have tried various creams. The spots have spread to his buttocks and his arms, and now his legs are sore and look swollen. He has also had abdominal pains.
Motherhood Reproduction Intercourse
December 12, 2010 By 2 Comments
From conception to delivery…big brother is watching you. Remember the classic 1999 BMJ paper describing the MRI imaging of sexual intercourse? Of course you do… here’s the video.
Pediatric Anaphylaxis
December 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A question-and-answer review of ‘An Evidence-Based Review Of Pediatric Anaphylaxis’ from EBMedicine’s Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 042
December 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As each new labelled generation of students arises, the fallen generation vocalise their lament on the decay of learning, the demise of articulate presentation and the death of inquisitive thought…Bring back pimping…they exclaim
