Procrastination and Neologisation met in a bar. Eponyms and retrodiction lay idle as they were enveloped by the dankness of stagnant learning, draped in the predilection of Morpheus. They begat an heir ‘Odentophagia’
Where should I stick this?
May 4, 2010 By View Comments
Blogging, tweeting and online social communication has taken a back seat as I write the next editions of the medical textbooks. Researching the material for the texts is fun, but not as enjoyable as collaborating in the medical blogosphere.
Glandular Alphabetum
April 22, 2010 By View Comments
Pathology must be really boring sometimes…all that purple and pink and cold laboratory environment. So who can blame them for being excited when they chance upon a pareidolic experience, a Wolkenkuckucksheim if you like where the pathologist finally has the chance to say ‘Bad news: you have a tumor. Good news: it’s really cute!’
Honorary Fellowship of the UCEM
March 15, 2010 By View Comments
University is tough, a PhD is even tougher. You have to write a 70, 000 word thesis over a minimum of 4 years that adds and expands upon an existing body of academic work, in the specific field you’re working in. Sounds tough eh? But fear not, if you’ve written a great song, been in a few amazing movies, or just done them with thorough mediocrity you can get an Honorary degree from your local university. Yay for humanity!
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five #002
February 26, 2010 By View Comments
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia. Questions such as What causes a painful limb and acute pancreatitis in sugar cane harvesters in the West Indies? and What is Gleet?
The Empress’ New Clothes
December 20, 2009 By View Comments
What (wo)men and gods are these?…. What mad pursuit?… What pipes and timbrels?… (with apologies to John Keats 1795-1821) Once upon a time there lived in the Shire of Perthe-Betweene-River-and-Sea in the storied Kingdom of W’astralia a notoriously vain Empress of Royal Physicians whose only concern in life was to lavishly adorn herself in the [...]
Purulent Suppuration
December 8, 2009 By View Comments
Should a word with pus- and -sy be used in medicine?
Aussie Jingle Bells
December 5, 2009 By View Comments
With the festive season upon us, the Life in The Fast Lane team would like to share an Aussie Christmas favourite. This ‘carol’ embraces the passion of the Aussie lifestyle and lifts the spirits in 40 degree heat in a way snow laden caricatures cannot… [youtube S9NhL3agUaw] Dashing through the bush In a rusty Holden [...]
Interview with the UCEM President
November 19, 2009 By View Comments
Freudian Slap
November 5, 2009 By View Comments
Overnight I was confronted by an angry and aggressive middle-aged male weighing 183kg (400lb). His behaviour was intolerable, exemplified by a tirade of rude and inappropriate comments to the nursing staff and failure to use a mandated receptacle to contain his urethral eliminations (choosing instead to graphically represent his apellation on the cubicle wall from over his bed-rails)
The Other ‘SEPSIS’
October 27, 2009 By View Comments
I presented a case to my senior registrar as I was a bit stuck as to what to do next.
A 41 year old Italian lady had presented with abdominal pain. ‘Dolore’ she screamed anytime I even got close to palpating her belly.
She’d been in Australia 10 years but didn’t speak a word of English – I’d obtained the history from her husband. It didn’t really sound like anything in particular and when I was able to distract her, her belly was completely soft with no significant findings. Her observations were normal. Her urine and blood tests were all normal.
Sickening grammar
October 11, 2009 By View Comments
Web 2.0 for Emergency Physicians
July 7, 2009 By View Comments
Many Emergency Physicians are unfamiliar with the concept of Web 2.0, the diversity of Web 2.0 resources, and how to use these resources to enhance their clinical practice and professional development. This guide addresses these issues so that EPs won’t be afraid to take a ride on the ‘Web 2.0 rollercoaster’!
PFO and the consequences
March 16, 2009 By View Comments
“PFO”…”Not another TLA”, I hear you groan… PFO is a three letter acronym that stands for “pissed, fell over”… A disturbingly frequent presenting complaint to emergency departments around the world. Here’s a bar chart showing the pattern of injuries that result from PFOs, according to blood alcohol concentration: [caption id="attachment_415" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="From: Johnston JJ, [...]
Bitten by a Redback Spider
March 15, 2009 By View Comments
A 27 year-old woman felt a sting on the back of the right leg while pulling on her tracksuit pants. She investigated further and discovered a small black spider, with a red-stripe on its back, crawling around in her tracksuit pants.
Is Twitter the essential Blogging nutrient?
January 18, 2009 By View Comments
Prompted by a series of conversational musings and twitterings the concept of a ‘blogging ecosystem’ became apparent. With the ‘blogging host’ as the primary producer and ‘blog posts’ as distribution seeds – I went in search of the other energy sources necessary to create a fit, healthy and viable blog.
The very model of a psychopharmacologist
December 31, 2008 By View Comments
I am the very model of a psychopharmacologist…
I know Akiskal’s spectrum and it’s not just nosological
From hyperthymic while depressed to manic mood euphorical
I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters multiaxial
I understand conditions both the mental and the medical
About substance disorders I am teeming with a lot of news
With many cheerful facts on nicotine and alcohol abuse
I’m very good on making diagnoses categorical
Who is Doctor Da Man?
December 5, 2008 By View Comments
Always love it when a doctor-patient interaction results in a positive outcome… Patient: Someone’s gonna stick a needle in my chest? J.D. : Not just someone, Doctor DaMan. Patient: Who’s Doctor DaMan? J.D. : Say it…say it…without the doctor. Patient: Who’s Mister DaMan? J.D. : No…just say the last name. Patient: Who’s DaMan? J.D. : [...]
See For Yourself
December 1, 2008 By View Comments
Many doctors have vivid memories of their first tentative steps into the dissection halls of the anatomy class and their first anxiety-ridden attendance at an autopsy. Such moments are among the fabled rituals of burgeoning doctor-hood.
Z is for
November 22, 2008 By View Comments
Austrian vernacular or Ausenclature for the medical professional visiting Australia – the letter Z
