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Is Social Media the Rock’n'Roll of HealthCare? by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]Social (digital) Media is expanding at an unerring rate, penetrating each and e ... Read on »

Look on the Bright Side by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Having a toothpick fish (the Candiru ) take a detour up your urethra doesn’t really bear thinking about. The idea of maggots crawling around under your skin sickens you. ... Read on »

Learning CPR with your iphone by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I don’t own shares in the makers of this product, nor can I verify its effectiveness. However, just the idea of being able to used your iphone as a CPR coach is mind-bog ... Read on »

WHORe Vs UCEM by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I’d like to draw attention to a recently published article in the Medical Journal of Australia ( MJA ) “ Whole-Of-Hospital Response to admission access block: the ... Read on »

Action at a Distance by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine “Action at a distance” is a phrase synonymous with flight-deck control physicians practicing the hands-free model of patient examination and management. Whilst cru ... Read on »

Micro Mystery #001 by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Consider a 21 year-old presenting to the emergency department with fevers and agitation.His lumbar puncture results are shown below:QuestionsQ1. What is the diagnosis?Show Ans ... Read on »

What On Earth’s Wrong With Placebos ? by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine ‘What on earth’s wrong with placebos?They cost very little to develop.They work extraordinarily well.They have no side effects or if they do they’re imaginar ... Read on »

Letting Go by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A few experiences in the last week or two have reminded me of the importance of Peter Safar’s Laws for the Navigation of Life:Law 20. Death is not the enemy but occasion ... Read on »

Pulmonary Puzzle #002 by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This 25 year old female presented with worsening breathless. She has no previous medical problems.Her Chest X-ray is shown below.Q1.Describe the chest X-ray findings.Show An ... Read on »

Neurological Mind-boggler #001 by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Consider a 45 year-old HIV positive male with right hemiparesis and fluctuating conscious state.His CT head is shown below.QuestionsQ1.Describe the CT Head findings.Show Answe ... Read on »

Managing the Busy ED (2) by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here are some more tips and strategies for managing the turbulent flow of life in a busy emergency department, continuing on from Part 1.6. Manage your timeUse slow times to r ... Read on »

Managing the Busy ED (1) by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Emergency departments are busy places. Working in the ED environment is unlike most other areas of medicine. Stress levels can be high, maintaining patient flow in the face of ... Read on »

The Baloney Detection Kit by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Not sure what to believe?Start using your Baloney Detection Kit.The idea of a ‘ Baloney Detection Kit ‘ originates with the late Carl Sagan, as detailed in his cla ... Read on »

Emergency Medicine Clerkship Primer by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Are you a medical student about to do an Emergency Medicine rotation and want to impress the hell out of your supervisors?Here’s a tip.Read the Emergency Medicine Clerks ... Read on »

Burning Pain Post Urination by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Descriptive analogies are often recorded at triage as a brief overview of a patients presenting complaint. For example the recording of central crushing chest pain on the tria ... Read on »

Bringing Home the Bacon by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In addition to some good suggestions for the removal of tar, there was at least one important food item missing from Food for Emergencies …. A food, that for anyone who ... Read on »

UCEM Relocates despite economic downturn by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The UCEM have relocated from Swarmington-on-the-Wold to the more picturesque setting of Enlightenment Boulevard thanks to the generosity of it’s fondling members and the ... Read on »

ICU Mind Maps by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine New to Life in the Fast Lane is a collection of ‘Mind Maps’ encompassing the entire curriculum for the Fellowship examination of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Car ... Read on »

Interview with the UCEM President by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today the UCEM released the first in a series of interviews by Hilda Lutenblag with Sir Hubert Ignatius Thompson the Third – President and primary fondling member of the ... Read on »

Life in an Urban (Legend) ED by Dr. Mike C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Big hat tip to Shadowfax (aka @MovinMeat ), author of the great accidental ER blog ‘ Movin’ Meat ‘. Read on »

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