
We review another misdirected and underdone ‘research’ article from the most recent issue of Emergency Medicine Australasia…
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We review another misdirected and underdone ‘research’ article from the most recent issue of Emergency Medicine Australasia…

It is sometimes with trepidation that I tear away the anonymous brown cover concealing a furtive tome sent for review…however, having read this awesome text (twice), I attest that in this case…my fears were unjust.
A 3 year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his father after coming second best in a head versus chair collision. Can you manage his injury?

A 25 year old man presents with a four day history of increasing left eye pain, photophobia and decreased vision.
A 35 year-old martial artist presents with loss of vision in his right eye after being on the wrong end of a spinning back fist. Can you save his eyesight?

Your Emergency Department Director decided that a team-building exercise at the local boxing gym would be a good idea. You are left to hold the fort at work. An hour later the Director is en route to the ED

A 26 year-old man sustained an injury of uncertain mechanism to his left eye while at the bottom of a ruck during a game of rugby. Can you sort it out for him?
A 71 year-old man tripped at home and bumped his forehead on the wall as he went to ground. His only complaint is markedly blurred vision in his right eye. How are you going to manage this case in the emergency department?

As we’re coming to the end of an absolutely eyeful Ophthalmology August here at LitFL it’s time to bring together all the different ways the ‘lights can go out’. Are you ready for the visual loss challenge?

A 56 year-old female presents with sudden onset loss of vision in her right eye. She has a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidema and medication-controlled diabetes mellitus type 2. Can you make the diagnosis and help to preserve her eyesight?
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