Vodcast A Case to Consider A 42 year old male presents to the Emergency Department with Progressive SOB and Myalgias. He has a fever and tachycardia at triage. His initial BP is 90/60. He is treated with broad spectrum antibiotics and 3.5L of crystalloid IV Fluid On day 2 of admission Chest X-ray shows progressive … More Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
FACEM SAQ 2016 I have some old Short Answer Questions (SAQs) with words like ‘describe’ and ‘discuss’. Can I still use these questions for new FACEM SAQ exam practice? Not really. In the New exam the wording and content has changed in an attempt to increase objectivity. Questions are built around discrete, concrete information from … More New FACEM Exam – Tips for writing Short Answer Questions
Chest Pain – A Perilous Presentation? When a patient presents to the Emergency Department (ED) the priority is to consider ‘life-threatening’ conditions. Chest pain is given a high triage ‘urgency’ because Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), Pulmonary Embolism and Aortic Dissection can all present with chest pain and are time-dependent life-threatening diagnoses. Common and Life-threatening Causes of … More ECG – The “MI Equivalents”
EMIG Review by Alexander Carroll, Mandy Wang The Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) donned their pilot hats, economy seating and in-flight menus in a workshop that aimed to educate students on common medical emergencies faced at 30,000 feet. Over the course of two workshops on the 14th & 15th of March, approximately 60 Westmead students from … More A Journey on EMIG Air
Workshop 2016 In Flight Emergencies PRINTABLE HANDOUT – CLICK HERE March 2016 brings us the first Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) workshop of the year. We are looking forward to this week’s session on inflight emergencies. Here we present some brief information (workshop pre-reading) about ‘in-flight emergencies’ based on the recent NEJM article by Nable et al … More Mile High Medicine
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