Dunn RJ
Bob Dunn After the results of the recent poll “Which muscle relaxant do you usually use for RSI in ED patients”, that showed suxamethonium to be much more commonly used than rocuronium (I think I was the only person who voted for it!), I thought it might be useful to have a quiz on muscle relaxants. Please … Read more
A new page called Management of Blunt Abdominal Trauma has been added to the Trauma section. (Link) Whilst the management of individual organ injuries is described in other pages, this page outlines the major issues in dealing with blunt abdominal trauma.
A new ECG demonstrating the dramatic effect that HCO3 can have in reversing Na channel toxicity has been added to the Na Channel Blocker Toxicity page. (Link)
An image of an Hadronyche spider has been added to the Spider Bite page (Link) – not for the arachnophobic!
A series of images of venomous Australian snakes have been added to the Snakes page in the Environmental section. (Link)
Please be aware that on page 271 of the print version, and the old Hypokalaemia page (now corrected) (Link) had a few annoying little errors. ECG changes of hypokalaemia occur when the K+ is < 2.7mmo/L, not when it is >2.7mmol/L. The ECG image was of hypokalaemia (as in the title) despite the text beneath … Read more
A new poll about the agent you most commonly use to control severe pain in ED patients has just been opened – cast your vote now! Feel free to comment about your choice by responding to this post. (Results)
A short section about high sensitivity troponin has been added to the Cardiac Biomarkers page. Link
A new image of SLE polyarthropathy has been added to the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus page. Link
A new image of necrotising arachnidism has been added to the Spider Bites page. Link
A new image of an infant bag and mask circuit has been added to the Neonatal resuscitation page. Link
A small section on traumatic SAH has been added to the Complications of Head Trauma page. Link
Great to see that there has been a few votes in the poll about the preferred muscle relaxant used for intubation in the ED. Suxamethonium is the clear leader but as voting has been slow we have decided to keep the poll open for another week (until June 23rd). Feel free to comment on the reasons for your … Read more
A new ECG of Junctional rhythm (link) has been added along with some relevant text (link) in the Other Arrhythmias page in the Resuscitation section.
A new ECG of Ventricular escape rhythm (link) has been added along with some relevant text (link) in the Other Arrhythmias page in the Resuscitation section.
About 30 of the ECGs in the Cardiac Arrthymias part of the Resuscitation section have been upgraded to higher resolution images to make it easier to see all of the relevant features. Link
A new ECG has been added to the Resuscitation section demonstrating CHB with ventricular standstill. Link
A new ECG demonstrating a less obvious form of VT has been added to the Resuscitation section. Link
An additional Mobitz type II ECG has been added. Link
An additional ECG demonstrating first degree heart block has been added. Link