Ethics is tricksy. No way round it. There are lots of reasons for that, the type of thing that keeps philosophy and ethics departments in good work. Approaches to ethics in med school are always going to be hopelessly inadequate, … Read More »
I keep a little, ever-expanding note on my phone where I jot down little morsels of goodness that I pick up while listening to or reading one of the many excellent sites/podcasts in the useful resource section. I’ll try and … Read More »
The Toxicology handbook, in part written by Mike Cadogan from LITFL, is a cracking wee compendium of useful stuff on toxicology. Though it is understandably not big on hydrogen sulfide poisoning… I did find this useful snippet that I thought … Read More »
So this is follow-up to Why MetHb is a bad thing. If you want a review of the basics read it then come back. [peekaboo_link name=”Why would you ever want to have methaemoglobinaemia?”]Why would you ever want to have methaemoglobinaemia?[/peekaboo_link] … Read More »
I don’t know about where you work but if a patient comes in with an abscess too big to do under local (the wonderfully ineffectual local…) then they get admitted under the surgeons to get it done under GA. Obviously … Read More »