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...
RSI: made stupidly simple
The Rapid Sequence Intubation is one of those “gotta have” skills for clinicians who work in frontline medicine. Fair to say there are a lot...
Clinical case 041: Classic croup – or is it?
I caught this audio last week at about 4 AM when the ambos rushed this 3 1/2 year old boy in with his mother to...
Bronchiolitis: whatever works! The evidence 2011
The winter in Australia is at an end, which means we hope we have seen the last of those wheezy, crackly, sick looking babies for...
Acute severe asthma: the evidence 2011
All of these recent posts and commentary on severe COPD has lead to a few discussions about the management of the Acute Severe Asthmatic around...