Managing Traumatic bleeding: how can we apply the evidence in smaller hospitals?
OK after Clinical Case 031 I was inspired to go out and slog through the literature and try to discover what is “best practice” for traumatic...
Clinical Case 031: Big transfusion, Little Hospital = big trouble
I have been working on a post dealing with massive transfusion – Broome style – for a while now. So last week we landed in...
Clinical Case 020: the ABC of APO
53 yo man with a history of hypertensive cardiomyopathy presents to ED at midnight with severe dyspnoea. No chest pain, no oedema, no fever, cough...
Clinical Case 018: Life and limb (not life OR limb)
Had a tough case this week – 30 odd yo. man came off his motorcycle and suffered a random puncture to the upper thigh, just...
Clinical case 016: Toddler vs. TV
This is an older case that sticks in my mind. A great example of the subtle signs and compensation kids can show despite being very...