I spent a few years teaching anatomy here for a living.It wasn’t EM but it was a lot of fun.
I’ve been doing some anatomy teaching for about 4 years now. My knowledge is still disappointingly thin but it’s a veritable colossus compared to what it was when I left med school.
If I had to choose (please… don’t make me choose) I’d take anatomy as the single most important subject in medicine.
Seeing as so much of what we do is diagnosis based (let’s face it the specialists – or to be honest time – do most of the treatment) having a good grasp on where the bits of the body are and how they work (OK so i know that’s sneaking towards physiology…) is key to what we do.
The increasing use of radiology and in particular ultrasound means we need to be the bees-knees at the anatomy.
If you can’t tell trapezoid from your trapezius or the difference between spondylolysis and spondylosis and spondylolisthesis then here’s some resources.
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| Episode | Title | LINK | Keywords | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Basic Anatomy of Abdomen and Pelvic Trauma | AFEM 27 | trauma, anatomy, abdomen, pelvis | trauma |
| 26 | Basic Anatomy of Chest Trauma | AFEM 26 | trauma, anatomy, chest | Trauma |
| 25 | PK SMACC Talk: Neuroanatomy | AFEM 25 | neuroanatomy | Neuroanatomy |
| 24 | Shoulder: Nerve Compressions | AFEM 24 | Shoulder, anatomy, nerve compressions | Upper limb, shoulder |
| 23 | Shoulder: dislocations | AFEM 23 | Shoulder, anatomy, dislocations | Upper limb, shoulder |
| 22 | Shoulder: AC and SC Joint | AFEM 22 | shoulder, anatomy, SC Joint, AC joint | Upper limb, shoulder |
| 21 | Shoudler: Subacromial space and labrum | AFEM 21 | shoulder, anatomy, subacromial, labrum | Upper limb, shoulder |
| 20 | Shoulder: The Rotator Cuff | AFEM 20 | shoulder, anatomy, rotator cuff, BSCC | Upper limb, shoulder |
| 19 | Scaphoid Fractures - Anatomy for EM | AFEM 19 | anatomy, scaphoid, wrist, fracture, BSCC | |
| 18 | Scapholunate injuries | AFEM 18 | wrist, Terry Thomas, scaphoid | Upper Limb, wrist |
| 17 | Colles Fractures | AFEM 17 | Colles, wrist, fracture, orthopaedic, bones | Upper Limb, wrist |
| 16 | The LMA as a murder weapon | AFEM 16 | Intubation, LMA, airway | Neck, cervical spine |
| 15 | SMA Syndrome | AFEM 15 | superior mesenteric, bowel obstruction, aorta | Abdomen |
| 14 | Cavernous sinus | AFEM 14 | Venous sinus thrombosis, diplopia, carotid cavernous fistula, cranial nerve | Brain |
| 13 | Posterior Communicating Artery | AFEM 13 | PCA aneurysm, circle of willis, oculomotor palsy | Brain |
| 12 | Posterior Cerebral Artery | AFEM 12 | Artery, vascular, brain, cerebrum, circle of willis | Brain |
| 11 | Anterior and Middle Cerebral Arteries | AFEM 11 | Artery, vascular, brain, cerebrum, circle of willis | Brain |
| 10 | Internal Capsule | AFEM 10 | stroke, lacunar infarct, circle of willis | Brain |
| 9 | Brain Herniation | AFEM 09 | brain herniation syndrome, TBI, coning | Brain |
| 8 | Cerebral Venous Sinuses | AFEM 08 | Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, stroke, | Brain |
| 7 | Cricothyroidotomy | AFEM 07 | Airway, cricothyroidotomy, pneumomediastinum | Neck, airway |
| 6.3 | Spinal Cord Injury | AFEM 06.3 | brown-seqard, horner's syndrome | Spinal Cord |
| 6.2 | Spinal Cord Injury | AFEM 06.2 | central cord syndrome, cauda equina | Spinal Cord |
| 6.1 | Spinal Cord Injury | AFEM 06.1 | anterior cord syndrome, vertebral column | Spinal Cord |
| 5 | CSF circulation | AFEM 05 | hydrocephalus, sub-arachnoid | Brain |
| 4 | LisFranc Injuries | AFEM 04 | lisfranc, mid-foot | Lower limb, Foot |
| 3 | Ankle injuries | AFEM 03 | weber classification, ATFL, ankle joint | Lower limb, Ankle |
| 2 | Vertebral Artery | AFEM 02 | vertebral artery dissection | Cervical spine, vascular |
| 1 | Cervical Spine | AFEM 01 | Atlas, axis, transverse ligament axis, anterior longitudinal ligament, vertebral column, peg fracture | Neck, cervical spine |
| C | Nasal Cavity | AFEM C | epistaxis, nasal fractures, septal haematoma | maxillo-facial |
| B | Cervical Spine | AFEM B | Atlas, axis, transverse ligament axis, anterior longitudinal ligament, vertebral column, peg fracture | Cervical spine |
| A2 | Shoulder | AFEM A2 | Shoulder, AC Joint, SC Joint | Upper limb, Shoulder |
| A1 | Shoulder | AFEM A1 | Shoulder, shoulder dislocation | Upper limb, Shoulder |
