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Cardioversion in Pregnancy: Is it Safe?
Is cardioversion safe in the pregnant patient? A CASE A 24 yo female patient presents with palpitations and...
Paediatric Resuscitation
Paediatric Resuscitation is stressful. However if we remember a few small points, it makes it so much easier....
Shock Dose When Defibrillating Children
Cardiac arrest in children is certainly less frequent than in adults. However most paediatric in-hospital cardiac arrests do...
Am I ready to sit the ACEM Fellowship Exam?
This is for those Emergency Medicine registrars about to sit the ACEM Written Fellowship Exam. It's 4 weeks...
Bell’s Palsy
What is Bell's Palsy? It is an ipsilateral Cranial Nerve VII (lower motor neurone) palsy. There is usually a...
Facial Nerve Palsy examination
When examining a patient with a facial nerve palsy and we wish to determine if the lesion is...
Trigeminal Neuralgia
An excellent review article on Trigeminal Neuralgia, has just come out in the NEJM(1). Here is a quick...
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
A 50 male patient is brought to your emergency department by ambulance post cardiac arrest. He has an...