Easy cap
Additional detail about the Easy cap capnograh has been added to the Physiological monitoring page.
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ED time to be seen and and NEAT times
The latest statistics regarding ED waiting times to be seen and NEAT targets have been added to the Triage and Time limited ED targets pages, respectively.
Seat belt sign
A brief segment about the ‘seat belt sign’ has been added to the Paediatric trauma page.
Obesity rates
The latest statistics regarding obesity in Australia have been added to the Obesity page.
Life expectancy
The Aging page has been updated with the latest life expectancy estimates for Australia and New Zealand.
Trauma death rates
The Epidemiology of trauma page has been updated with the most recent statistics regarding traumatic death in Australia.
Important – menu changes
The main site menu has been updated so the two new versions (and the old version) of the manual content can be accessed through the ‘Content’ heading on the main menu. As the previous ‘Search’ and ‘Index’ headings on the main menu only are only relevant to the old manual content (that is no longer being updated), … Read more
Secondary bacterial peritonitis
The Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis page has been updated with additional information about secondary bacterial peritonitis.
Classification of ascites
The Ascites page has been significantly revised with classification of causes of ascites according to the SAAG.
Ascitic fluid analysis
The Ascites page has been significantly revised with additional information regarding ascitic fluid collection and analysis.
Skin fold mimicking PTX CXR
A CXR demonstrating a skin fold line mimicking a pneumothorax has been added to the Assessment of pneumothorax page.
Junctional tachycardia ECG
An ECG demonstrating a junctional tachycardia (amongst other things!) has been added to the Other arrhythmias page.
AV paced ECG
An ECG demonstrating normal atrial and ventricular pacing has been added to the Pacemakers page.
LV paced ECG
An ECG demonstrating normal LV pacing has been added to the Pacemakers page.
Epidemiology of mental health
The Emergency mental health services page has been updated with information about the epidemiology of mental health disorders in Australia.
New version added – now two new versions to choose from!
As previously announced, the old version of manual content is giving us problems so we need a new version to replace it. Because of this we have been developing a few different options for a new layout. The first of these layouts was added to the site a few months ago, and today we have added another. The … Read more
3 new ECGs
3 new ECGs have been added to the ECG gallery.
CXR of fractured pacemaker lead
A CXR demonstrating a fracture of a ventricular pacemaker lead has been added to the Complications of pacemakers page.
Culturally sensitive practice for indigenous patients
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health page has been updated with a section on tips on culturally sensitive practice for indigenous Australian patients.
PER 977
Information about the direct anti-coagulant reversal agent PER 977 has been added to the Reversal of anti-coagulation page.