Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
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aka Cardiovascular Curveball 013 A junior colleague asks if he can discuss a case with you. His patient is a 23 year-old man who presents with 2 hours of rapid regular palpitations associated with ‘not feeling quite right’. These symptoms came on while he was running on a treadmill at his local gym. He has [...]
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?
Visual Aided Questions (VAQ) test a candidates ability to process visually presented information such as X-rays, pathology results and clinical images.
An 87 year old man from a nursing home presents following a generalized seizure. Serum biochemistry is performed.
A 64 year old man has a seizure two hours after receiving thrombolytic therapy for a stroke. He has become more drowsy with increased right sided weakness and is intubated prior to repeat CT
A 46 year old man is brought to your emergency department by ambulance following an overdose of unknown medications. He has had a brief generalized seizure en route.
A 13 year old boy is brought to your emergency department 30 minutes after sustaining facial injuries when putting petrol on a barbecue to light it. He complains of severe face and throat pain. His only injuries are as shown in the photographs. His observations are:
An 80 year old man presents to the emergency department after a fall. He is on warfarin following an aortic valve replacement. His observations are:
A 65 year old woman has been brought to your emergency department after being struck by a car at a pedestrian crossing. She has a painful right leg. Her AP and Lateral X-rays are shown
A 60 year old woman presents with a one day history of fever and right arm discomfort.
