These little notes have become my way of documenting my text book reading. Mainly focused on the stuff I don’t already know about or don’t see very often. Alcoholics become dependant on alcohol for caloric supply The body can only … Read More »
[Apologies to anyone offended by the title, my tongue is firmly in cheek if that helps…] The hospital I currently work in is in one of the poorer areas of Dublin. There are a few hospitals with populations like ours … Read More »
[Feature image via WeeMikey] In my current practise environment, a LOT of my patients are on long term methadone replacement. Indeed such is the unique nature of our local population that there’s quite a lot of research into intravenous drug use … Read More »
Most patients presenting to the ED with either accidental or intentional drug ingestion will get an ECG. In most departments I’ve worked in, the senior doctor looks at all the ECGs, primarily for STEMI, but for other findings too. The … Read More »
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 »