
An ICU patient has become increasingly ‘puffed’ post-tracheostomy. Can you figure out why? What are your going to do about it?
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An ICU patient has become increasingly ‘puffed’ post-tracheostomy. Can you figure out why? What are your going to do about it?
A gun shot wound to the head provides the basis for a question-and-answer based discussion on penetrating traumatic brain injury and multi-modal monitoring.

Sternum fractures result from severe blunt chest trauma, and cause significant pain to the patient. Treatment is tailored around adequate analgesia, with surgical intervention only warranted in limited cases.

An 11 year old boy has an isolated head injury after falling from a skateboard 10 hours ago. He has a GCS of 4 with decerebrate posturing.

A 29 year-old man has recurrent abdominal pain. Can you make the diagnosis where others have failed?
Is a cancer epidemic be looming over the horizon? The universality of CT as the investigation du jour, and growing concerns about the risks of radiation.

A previously well 50 year old presents with sharp severe chest pain after a long haul flight from North America. A chest X-ray and ECG are performed and reveal no abnormalities

A 50 year-old man presented to the ED with sharp abdominal pain localised to his left lower quadrant.
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