Author Archives: Andy Neill
Cranial Nerve Palsies -III, IV and VI
This isn’t so much an AFEM post but more of a brief review of a paper and a video. Everyone finds neuroanatomy tough, you’re not alone. Most of it doesn’t really concern us in the ED that much. However we … Read More »
Anatomy for Emergency Medicine 026: Basic Anatomy of Chest Trauma
This is a screencast of a recent lecture I gave to some first year med students. It’s mainly to give the students some clinical info to keep their regular anatomy teaching relevant. It’s not designed to be a comprehensive intro … Read More »
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Guidelines for Ireland
I mentioned these on Twitter a while back but I thought they deserved a little plug. All hospitals have pretty good policies and procedures about what to do when a staff member gets a needlestick injury. A lot of these … Read More »
Full Capacity Protocols
[image via NetDance on Flickr. CC License] Hospitals are busy places. We have no space, no beds, no staff and inevitably less money to make this all happen. This is the situation we have. We’re fairly pragmatic folks so we … Read More »