Rick Abbott looks at the news in Tassie and at home in the States, which leads him to contemplate beanies for cops, the fires in Colorado, medical insurance and the joys of electronic health records.
CICM SAQ 2010.2 Q28
February 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A critically ill child with possible inhalational injury and burns.
CICM SAQ 2011.2 Q8
September 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Question An electrical fire breaks out in the equipment room of your fully occupied 15-bed ICU. Outline the principles of management of this emergency. Answers Answer and interpretation Remove all patients and staff from immediate danger area with safe disconnection of lines, monitoring and equipment and manual ventilation of patients. Raise the alarm – notify [...]
Smoking is deadly
September 9, 2010 by 4 Comments
A man is BIBA following a fire. He has an altered mental state and is hypotensive with a COHb of 21% and a lactate of 14 mmol/L. Can you keep him alive?
Releasing the Roman Breastplate
March 8, 2010 by 7 Comments
Burns were sustained by a 35 year-old man from a house fire. They are extensive and severe, affecting his trunk and upper limbs. He undergoes escharatomy.
