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It is ladies month here still – and today we are going to get into one of the the big Emergency scenarios of Women’s health. Imagine this: Its a quiet night shift – you are contemplating a third cuppa when the triage nurse rolls in with a young woman on a wheelchair. Your powers of [...]
Ok, the Paeds month is coming to its end. But here us a common, curly clinical question. 13 yo girl presents complaining of a sore, red, smelly toe. It is stopping her from soccer practice – cant Bend it like Beckham any longer…. How do you manage this: Specifically – what do you do with [...]
Hi Listeners Dr MEl Thompson is back for a second bite of “lessons hard learned ” This case is a lot close to home, I think these types of errors / system problems occur in large multi-department hospitals all the time – you might evne have seen it recently. SO have a listen [...]
Gday, it is still Paeds month – so I have dragged an unsuspecting local Paediatrician up to the mike! This is # 6 in the series of Lessons Hard Learned. IN this episode Dr Mel Thompson recounts a truly terrible experience in a remote, resource poor and difficult environment. However, some of the lessons from [...]
OK Here is a quick case. One that is a bit outside the norm – not your usual dislocation. In this case a 14 yo boy presents after falling on the football field. He landed awkwardly on his hand “popping” his index finger at the knuckle. On arrival he has an obviously swollen, deformed MCP [...]
