Managing the Critical Bleeder!!

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aka Hematology Hoodwinker 003 Emergency department management of the critically bleeding patient requiring massive transfusion  is an area thats constantly changing and developing, making it difficult to keep up with what we should and what we shouldn’t be doing. The National Blood Authority has just released it’s first module  Critical Bleeding/Massive Transfusion the first in a six [...]

I sense much stool in you

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An interesting take on Yoda and the Pirates of the Caribbean Med Schools from ZDoggMD reviewing two interesting articles from the New York Times (Touch Matters and Foreign Born Docs Give Equal Care). Looks like ZDoggMD is embracing the Utopian College philosophy…

Nasal Fractures

A recent article in Emergency Medicine Australasia by a group of ENT clinicians looks at manipulation of nasal fractures under local anaesthetic in the emergency department. The authors have even created an online video tutorial to show you how to do it step by step.

Chocolate saves lives

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A recent study in the European Heart Journal gives us a new reason to enjoy some of life’s little pleasures. German researchers followed almost 20,000 participants (as part of a larger cancer epidemiology study) over 10 years and had them document their chocolate intake.