Stimulated by a post over at Echo Praxis and a corrective tweet from Karim Brohi This is a blunt traumatic aortic injury leading to pseudoaneurysm. It's NOT a dissection. https://t.co/FbMZ3tYkMI — Karim Brohi (@karimbrohi) December 18, 2015 I think I … Read More »
Before you all die of boredom it turns out that sodium is really important. it’s something we also seem to get very confused by. The wonderful Josh Farkas had a post on low Na (mainly about using Bicarb as treatment) with … Read More »
A chap with a 6 month old ileal conduit for urinary diversion rocks up to your ED feeling more than a little unwell. A VBG done at triage is like this: What’s the deal? The reference Tanrikut C, McDougal WS. … Read More »
I don’t see that many of these procedures coming back to our ED. A lot are done privately and even overseas. The overseas ones can be particularly challenging as the paperwork is often not in English and often the patient … Read More »
As always, this is from the ever expanding google doc on bits and bobs I read and learn from and transfer here for all our learning pleasure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2krwEbm5hBo [Video via Larry Mellick’s excellent youtube channel] Anyone working in any ED … Read More »