Resuscitation
Fixed Dilated Pupils
Head injury with fixed dilated pupils: Are we done? We have looked at the pupillary response before on...
The Unstable Atrial Fibrillation Patient
THE CASE A 75 yo man is brought into your small rural ED after 3 hours of ischemic...
Are You Still Feeling For A Pulse? Stop It!
I remember years ago when we used to manage cardiac arrests and everyone was asked to stop compressions...
Pulseless Electrical Activity
Pulseless Electrical Activity(PEA) occurs in about 30% of cardiac arrest cases. Given that it's not a shockable rhythm,...
Massive Propranolol Overdose
Massive propranolol overdose is perhaps one of the most challenging overdoses to manage. In 2009 we posted a...
Treating the Hyperglycaemic, Hyperosmolar, Hypernatraemic Patient
An 84 year old male has been brought into the emergency department. He has been found at home,...
Hypernatraemia
CASE A 76 yo woman is sent in from the nursing home with myoclonic jerks. She has a...
Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia; What Would You Do?
A 74 year old man who has presented with seizure-like activity. He was not post ictal. Following this he...
Headache and a near miss case of Temporal Arteritis
Temporal Arteritis also known as Giant Cell Arteritis, affects the medium and large arteries and is a vasculopathy....