Cervical spine injuries in preschool children
The Cervical spine injuries page has been updated with additional information about cervical spine injuries in young children.
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FLACC pain score
Details of the FLACC pain score for preverbal children have been added to the Acute pain management page.
Jet injection of lignocaine
Some additional details of jet injection of lignocaine for local anaesthesia have been added to the Local anaesthesia page.
Acute pancreatitis
The Pancreatitis page has been updated with some additional information following the publication of a review article on the subject in the MJA.
New format ACEM SAQ exam poll results
The poll on the new format ACEM SAQs has now closed with a wide spread of opinions. Overall it looks like the question format is considered to be marginally easier than the previous ACEM SAQ format.
New ACEM OSCE exam format poll
A new poll on the new ACEM OSCE exam format has just opened.
Describing CXR abnormalities
Additional information about describing abnormalities on the CXR have been added to the Chest imaging page.
CXR rotation and position
Short segments on the significance of rotation and patient position on the CXR have been added to the Chest imaging page.
Examination for ligamentous knee injuries
The Ligament and cartilage injuries around the knee page has been updated with additional information about the examination of the knee.
Inflammatory myopathies page
A new page called Inflammatory myopathies has been created and a small segment on Necrotising inflammatory myopathy has been added to it.
Inclusion body myositis
A segment on Inclusion body myositis has been added to the new Inflammatory myopathies page page.
Myocardial bridging defect CT
A CT image of myocardial bridging defect has been added to the Coronary artery disease page.
Isolated seizures
The Management of isolated seizures page has been updated with additional information regarding prognosis.
Intensive intervention in the ED for smoking cessation
A brief addition outlining the effects of an intensive intervention in the ED for smoking cessation has been added to the Smoking cessation page
1000th MCQ
With the addition of the May 2015 update quiz, the quiz bank has just passed the 1000th question mark – an average of about 300 questions added/year.
Some buttons are back!
A fix has been found for the button problem, so a few are being re-instated on the site. However we are feeling a bit ‘button shy’ after the disruption, so will use them a bit more sparingly in future – unless there is an outcry of support for them from our subscribers.
50 new videos
Approximately 50 new video clips (I can’t be bothered counting them all!) have been added to a newly created Video page. Nearly all of these are ultrasound clips, covering a wide variety of emergency presentations and echocardiographic views.
Missing buttons!
Unfortunately after a software update – all the buttons on the site have gone missing, never to be seen again. We ask for your patience whilst we rig up something to replace all of them.
Left femoral vein thrombus
Compression US of left femoral vein (ignore the pictogram!) demonstrating visible, non occlusive echogenic thrombus and lack of vessel compressibility.