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Mar 29, 2018

Rhonda Cadena explains the process of diagnosing and managing meningitis. It is a skill that involves rapid identification, workup, and treatment. In most cases, the diagnosis of meningitis is not a diagnostic dilemma, but the workup and treatment are not as straightforward. Meningitis is inflammation of the lining of...


Mar 27, 2018

Neuro Imaging Nibble: Subtle Subarachnoid haemorrhage on CT by...


Mar 25, 2018

Jonathan and his wife Anna thought they were coming to the emergency department for a routine sickle cell pain crisis. However, his illness takes him down an unexpected spiral of multi-system organ failure and critical illness. What was a routine patient encounter becomes a much more personal human interaction that...


Mar 18, 2018

Trauma is an epidemic so what is the future for prehospital trauma resuscitation? The statistics are shocking – 14,000 people a day and 5 million people every year die from trauma. Injuries accounts for 9% of deaths worldwide and they are the biggest killer of under 40s across the world. Incredibly, these numbers are...


Mar 12, 2018

Dying is not very sexy, but sometimes, dying is the right thing to do. Death is one of the many things that we only get one shot at. There is no second chance at death.

Dr Alex Psirides discusses death from a patient, family, doctor and economist perspective.

400 years ago, death was everywhere. Everyone was exposed...