SMACC CLUB: The Candiroos

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The Candiroos (Leon Gussow, Steve Aks & Tim Erickson) lay down the SMACC on nebulised naloxone, opioid-induced hyperalgesia & Irukandji Syndrome.

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TECH TOOL FEATURED

Toxbase allows the user access to the Poisons Database. All the information about drug toxicity, side effects and monitoring can be easily looked up on your iPhone.

Another Bloody Snakebite

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A snake slithers away and a man is left with a leg wound oozing blood. Can you handle this suspected snakebite scenario in rural NSW?

The LITFL Review 067

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The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source (well most of the time anyway!) for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care.

Stuffed, Speeding and Busted!

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Just before being busted by the cops, your patient stuffed a package containing metamphetamines into his mouth and swallowed. How are you going to handle this one?

Free Behavioural Emergencies Talks

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Thanks to Les Zun and Joe Lex you can download talks from the 2011 National Updates on Behavioural Emergencies Conference for free!

Another TCA overdose!

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A classic overdose for you to ponder in classic Q&A style, which incidentally marks the 50th toxicology conundrum on LITFL!

Alprazoslammed

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An ingestion of 100mg of alprazolam… Boring benzodiazepine or badness brewing? Find out in this case-based series of questions-and-answers.

Lithium, vomiting and diarrhoea

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You next patient has swallowed over 80 grams of lithium. What are you going to do about it?

The Hazards of Internet Shopping

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A 62 yo lady presents to the ER after opening a package containing a coat bought online from Uzbekistan. After trying it on, she immediately feels pain in her left hand. She shakes the coat, and out crawls…