A 5 year old boy presents to your emergency department with a deformed right wrist after a witnessed fall in the playground. He last ate 2 hours ago. X-ray shows a fracture of the distal radius with 30 degrees of dorsal angulation
SAQ Toxicology 018
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Describe the indications for initiating and terminating antidotal therapy with N-acetylcysteine in the treatment of suspected or actual overdoses of paracetamol.
SAQ Trauma 013
February 7, 2011 By
A 23 year old man is brought in to the emergency department by ambulance with an isolated stab wound to his left anterior chest. He is alert, sweaty and taking shallow breaths. The weapon is not in situ upon his arrival in the emergency department.
SAQ Paediatrics 015
February 7, 2011 By
A 6 year old boy is brought into the emergency department with a 3 day history of colicky abdominal pain which has been distressing him. His mother says he has a history of constipation but has never had pain like this before.
Pediatric Pneumonia in the ED
February 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
Eight Q-and-As to separate the (wo)men from the amoebae on EBmedicine’s Feb 2011 review: An Evidence-Based Review Of Pediatric Pneumonia In The ED.
Carbon Monoxoide Poisoning
February 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
10 Q-and-As testing your knowledge of Diagnosis And Management Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In the ER based on @EBMedicine’s Feb 2011 review
Pediatric Procedural Sedation with Ketamine
February 3, 2011 By 3 Comments
A Q-and-A review of EBMedicine’s article titled: Pediatric Sedation In The Emergency Department Procedural Sedation In The Emergency Department
UCEM to Leave Sinking Ship?
February 2, 2011 By 8 Comments
Is the Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine about to ditch ‘Life in the Fast Lane’ and take their online presence elsewhere? Find out here…
Medgadget Medical Blog Awards 2010
February 1, 2011 By 16 Comments
Medgadget have released the list of finalists for this years prestigious Medical Weblog awards. Voting commences on February 3 2011 and runs to February 13 over at Medgadget.com.
Top Gun and Punk Rock in the ER
February 1, 2011 By 4 Comments
ZDoggMD recently parodied the stereotype of the adrenaline-fueled ER doc. There’s no truth to it, is there? Maybe you haven’t heard of Deniz Tek?
