The malaria disease is caused by a Plasmodium protozoal parasite, post proboscis penetration by an infected Anopheles mosquito. Here we discuss Malaria vaccine
Diploma of HTFU
November 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
UCEM announce the inauguration of a new educational qualification – the DipHTFU. We also find who is the first recipient of this prestigious award…
Darkness
November 29, 2011 By 1 Comment
…and so it strikes – without warning, without reason, without prejudice “Take my hand” Darkness proffered “Walk with me, through the blackness of incomprehension.” I knew Darkness was not to be trusted, but I felt compelled to follow, driven forward through the mist of incomprehension on an apathetic tide of insecurity and bewilderment. “Speak” Darkness [...]
Medically cleared?
November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A young woman is ‘talking to voices’ and is admitted to the psychiatric unit. Does she have a mental illness, or is something else going on?
The LITFL Review 046
November 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care.
Massive Propranolol Overdose
November 27, 2011 By 7 Comments
A 27-year old female presents to ED one hour after swallowing 70 x 40mg propranolol tablets (= 2.8 grams) with suicidal intent. At the time of assessment she is drowsy (GCS 13) with a heart rate of 46 bpm. Fifteen minutes earlier she had been awake and able to give a history to paramedics… You need to act fast to save this patient. Are you up to the challenge?
Open wide…
November 25, 2011 By 3 Comments
Ever wondered what the ultrasound boys do in the ‘sonocave’? The chaps from UltrasoundVillage.com take us through Tonsillar Ultrasound.
Further UCEM recruits
November 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
The following is a leaked document written by Sir Hubert Ignatius Thompson to all Fellows of the Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 068
November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Just what you needed eh… The 68th funtab-packed helping of the Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five.
Furuncular myiasis
November 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
Today we explore the evolving ‘furuncle’ or boil. A simple enough beast to deal with under normal circumstances – but in the returning traveler…myriad possibilities raise their ugly heads
