A man has been stabbed in the arm and it’s a gusher. This case-based Q&A covers the assessment and management of severe arterial hemorrhage from extremity trauma.
Another TCA overdose!
May 8, 2012 By 3 Comments
A classic overdose for you to ponder in classic Q&A style, which incidentally marks the 50th toxicology conundrum on LITFL!
Puffed Post-Tracheostomy
May 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
An ICU patient has become increasingly ‘puffed’ post-tracheostomy. Can you figure out why? What are your going to do about it?
KUB Hall of Fame
May 3, 2012 By 9 Comments
You are at handover. The day shift registrar stumbles towards the weary tunnel of egress and casually relates the story of your next patient…
Trauma! Extremity Injuries
May 3, 2012 By 3 Comments
A case-based approach to the assessment and managment of major extremity trauma in the emergency department.
You can beat the feeling
April 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
A 23 year old female has lethargy and weakness. Her K is low. What’s the cause?
Alprazoslammed
April 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
An ingestion of 100mg of alprazolam… Boring benzodiazepine or badness brewing? Find out in this case-based series of questions-and-answers.
Lithium, vomiting and diarrhoea
April 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
You next patient has swallowed over 80 grams of lithium. What are you going to do about it?
The Hazards of Internet Shopping
March 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
A 62 yo lady presents to the ER after opening a package containing a coat bought online from Uzbekistan. After trying it on, she immediately feels pain in her left hand. She shakes the coat, and out crawls…
What is the question?
February 21, 2012 By 47 Comments
What single question unlocks the mystery of how a patient with hypokalemia had a cardiac arrest 30 minutes after being treated during retrieval?
