SAQ CHALLENGES This post is primarily for Australasian Fellowship Exam Candidates but may be interesting and fun for any Medical Student, Trainee or Emergency Department Practitioner. We have made the questions in this post challenging, fun and a bit random… We have tried to cover topics with a twist to make them different from the widely … More Short Answer Question (SAQ) Challenge
When put on the spot can you tell ‘how many milligrams of Lignocaine (lidocaine) there are in 5mls of a 1 percent solution?‘ Well, don’t worry if you are not sure, panic is most people’s initial thought. In healthcare the classic confusion exists with “%” solutions and “1:1000” dilutions. In this post we would like … More The Solution to Dilution
Emergency Medicine Soft Tissue Infections Overview While rare, Necrotising Fasciitis and Soft Tissue Infection associated with Septic Shock are important considerations in the Emergency Department (ED). Necrotising Fasciitis carries a high mortality (over 25%) especially when definitive treatment is delayed. Therefore, when suspected early “medical” and “surgical” treatment are both very important. Recognition of the disease requires … More When Cellulitis is an Emergency!
What is Emergency Medicine (EM)? Recently I’ve been asked by several Medical Students what I see in a career as an Emergency Physician and as a result I have tried to summarise some information on the speciality here… Emergency Medicine is one of the 3 ‘Critical Care‘ Specialties along with Intensive Care and Anaesthetics. EM started late … More Training in Emergency Medicine
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