Should male emergency staff sport a well trimmed beard to engender more trust from their patients?
They meant well
February 25, 2012 By 6 Comments
An insightful guest post by Valendar F Turner FRACS FACEM on medical dogma, pre-bronchiectasis management and the Caligula cure
Malaria vaccine
November 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
The malaria disease is caused by a Plasmodium protozoal parasite, post proboscis penetration by an infected Anopheles mosquito. Here we discuss Malaria vaccine
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January 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
Challenging medical trivia to tickle your cerebellar tonsils and whimsy your way to cerebral hibernation for the weekend
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January 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Challenging medical trivia to tickle your cerebellar tonsils and whimsy your way to cerebral hibernation for the weekend
The Four R Rule
December 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It would be fascinating to run a fly-on-the-wall documentary on life at trolley level in a local Emergency Department. When you’ve been there, done it and survived to watch TV again, the dramatised version served up in your average medical soap is about as true to life as Harry Potter. Someone will just have to come up with ED-trolleycam. The MicroGnome was left under no illusions when struck down with a travel-related infection following a week with the Lab Without Walls in East Timor. He became a victim of the Four R Rule:
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December 24, 2010 By 1 Comment
Draw near, and gather round the wireless for this very Christmas edition of Funtabulous medical trivia. We celebrate the twelve days of Christmas with an eclectic mix of festive related questions to amuse and bemuse….
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December 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
On a day of historic destruction we look to provide some more light-hearted medical trivia to ease you into the weekend…with questions on Ayahuasca, Charles Darwin, identical twins and CVS
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November 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This week we gain inspiration from one of Australia’s finest emergency medicine educators – Dr Trevor Jackson FACEM HTFU. Ameritus Professor Jackson has provided LITFL with an eclectic array of challenging questions….so good luck!
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November 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Time to challenge that cerebral cortex and put on those ‘mental’ dancing shoes as we trip the light fantastic of medical trivia, and lift the latch on the cage of the tiger of tease…so watch out for baboons as you embark on the Funtabulously, Frivolous Friday Five…but first some Corrections
