Updates – Page 210 – The Emergency Medicine Manual

US of failed pregnancy

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

An US image demonstrating some of the features of a failed pregnancy has been added to the Abnormal vaginal bleeding page.

Acute aortic dissection risk score

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

A segment describing the acute aortic dissection risk score has been added to the Thoracic aortic dissection page.

Stratosphere sign image

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

An US image demonstrating the stratosphere sign of pneumothorax has been added to the Assessment of pneumothorax page.

Clostridium difficile

04/06/201619/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

Some additions on Clostridium difficile infection have ben made to the new Organisms causing infective gastroenteritis page.

Organisms causing infective gastroenteritis

04/06/201619/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

A new page called Organisms causing infective gastroenteritis has been added to the Abdominal pain chapter. This contains now contains consolidated information from the Infectious gastroenteritis page in the Infectious diseases section, which has now been removed.

Long acting atypical antipsychotic agents

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

A table outlining the different long acting antipsychotic medications available in Australia has been added to the Antipsychotic medications page.

EVAR image

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

An angiogram demonstrating a successful EVAR procedure has been added to the Abdominal aortic aneurysm page.

de Winter ECG changes

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

A short segment on de Winter ECG changes in ACS has been added to the ECG in acute coronary syndromes page.

Proximal pole scaphoid fracture

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

An Xray of a proximal pole scaphoid fracture has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page, as well as some further modification of the section on scaphoid fractures.

Rib fracture fixation

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

The Chest wall trauma page has been updated with additional information about rib fracture fixation.

Skin stapling

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

The section on skin stapling has been expanded and moved from the Sutures page to the Wound management page.

Suturing technique

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

The Wound management page has been updated with additional information about the technique of simple wound closure.

Scalpel blades image

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

The Wound management page has been updated with an image demonstrating different sizes of scalpel blades.

Suture needle image

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

The Wound management page has been updated with an image illustrating the different parts of a suture needle.

Vertical mattress sutures

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

The Wound management page has been updated with additional details and an image of vertical mattress sutures.

Horizontal mattress sutures

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

The Wound management page has been updated with additional details and an image of horizontal mattress sutures.

US features in threatened miscarriage

19/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

The Miscarriage page has been updated with a segment on the US features that suggest a threatened miscarriage will become complete.

ACEM procedure list

01/05/201517/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

A new Procedure list page has been created containing list of all the procedures listed in the ACEM Fellowship curriculum document, with links to the relevant sections of the manual. This is likely to be of most help to those studying for the ACEM OSCE exam. It can be accessed though the Web features page from the header … Read more

OSCE skills to review

19/04/201517/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

Whilst there are a myriad of potential OSCE topics that could be used in the ACEM Fellowship exam, here is a list of some of the areas I suggest you review carefully before the exam. These have been chosen for special emphasis as these skills are broadly applicable to a variety of situations likely to be tested in an OSCE exam and are drawn from the non medical expertise domains of the ACEM curriculum.

11 new images added

14/04/2015 by Bob Dunn

11 new images have been added to the Image of the day gallery.