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Case 18 – Echoherniography

Urgent Care Ultrasounds

She was brought down to the urgent care clinic for assessment. 2008; 6:46. The Case A 70 year old woman had been waiting in the radiology department for an x-ray to be taken. After standing for some time, she started to feel light headed, then collapsed. Her ECG did not show any concerning features. 1995; 75(4):308-10.

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Ten Commandments for Emergency Professionals; a compendium

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Classic Advice to New Interns (Commentary upon 10 Commandments of EM) Ten Commandments of Emergency Medicine Luke & Cusack Cork Emergency Medicine 2014 The Derriford twelve commandments of emergency medicine: a model for good practice in a changing world, or a survival guide for new medical staff Smith, J. Higginson, I., Belsham, P.,

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Friday Reflection #26: General Internal Medicine in the Time of COVID

Sensible Medicine

Owing to a collaboration with the Wuhan University Medical School, I had visited Wuhan in 2008 and 2017. The news out of Wuhan and our experience with SARS and MERS made it clear how bad the pandemic could be. I’d been in the hospitals that were being overwhelmed and worked with the doctors who were first on the front line.