Clinical Case 055: Tolchock to the gulliver
The title for this post comes from Anthony Burgess’ classic dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange. In the lingo of the novel’s antihero a “tolchock to the...
PHARM: Dr Minh Le Cong’s new blog
Dr Minh Le Cong has finally found his own home and settled down with a nice new blog called Prehospital and retrieval medicine PHARM. This...
Medical Myths: Fever = blood cultures now!
When I was an intern in a big old hospital one of the tasks we did was taking blood cultures off of patients who spiked...
Case 044: the answer
Ok, 24 hours in and we have a winner. The most comprehensive and correct / first in (20 minutes) answer was from Egerton Yorrick Davis...
C-spine Trauma: in a town with no CT
I worked for 4 years in a town with no CT (but plenty of beer) – and it is fair to say that the protocols...