Toxicology Case

Case 2 – Toxicology Cassie is 17 years old, she has no medical history of note. She is currently living with her Parents and Grandmother. After a fight with her mother at dinner she stormed out stating ‘I hate you all.’ An hour later she tells her mother she has taken ‘some of Nan’s pills.’ … More Toxicology Case

Calcium Resonium

Hyperkalaemia – Calcium Resonium   Calcium Resonium A Review on the role of this drug in Acute Hyperkalaemia      (1) ‘There is Dubious Evidence for the use of this Drug‘ – Original Evidence for Calcium Resonium was in the 1960s (see below). – The resin was invented in the 1950s for industrial purposes and … More Calcium Resonium

FOAM

The University Classroom in 2013 The modern teaching environment has changed significantly in the last ten years for both the teacher and learner.  The student is faced with a large choice of information sources and they can often access much of their University or College materials online.  Lectures are often available in advance online leaving … More FOAM

New Blog

Inspired by the great SMACC conference last month I felt somewhat obliged to create a blog with a FOAM theme on Emergency Medicine and Professional Development. I hope it’ll be useful for sharing resources as per the Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) Model as well as useful for my own Education…