Urgent care clinics expanding GP scope of practice, health minister says
The Minister for Health and Aged Care has told doctors that his $580 million urgent care clinics are helping to expand the scope of GP…
Tag: Emergency medicine
My patient travelled to the Kimberley to have his penis cut and smoked over a fire
The Kimberley is a vast, spectacular area of rivers, mountains and nonstop surprises. On arrival at the hospital for a locum, I noticed the reception…
Australia faces shortage of ‘crucial’ IV fluids
A critical shortage of IV fluids has hit the Australian health system with “very little warning” and could eventually impact non-cancer elective surgery. The current…
Medical Must-See: Basketballer’s remarkable rebound from open ankle dislocation
A professional basketballer who sustained an open, fracture-free ankle dislocation during a game returned to the court at the top of his game just three months later,…
Spot Dx — What’s the cause of this blackout?
A bystander races into the practice, asking for help for a man who has blacked out up the road. Test your clinical know-how by taking…
Stinger is in the eye of the bee-holder: Barb stays hidden in man’s eyeball
How do you remove a bee sting from an eyeball? With a referral to an ophthalmologist and a pair of jeweller’s forceps, according to US…
Medical Must-See: Doctors unpeel bowel obstruction case
US surgeons have issued unusual — yet sage — advice to chew one’s unpeeled kumquats carefully before swallowing, after an elderly man who ate the…
Why the next generation of doctors could shun city practices
“My most memorable case where I had to put my foot down was an 18-year-old tradie apprentice who had put a circular saw across the…
Medical Must-See: How a simple elbow dislocation led to fasciotomy six hours later
A Japanese woman escaped serious complications, including myonecrosis, following a simple elbow dislocation that morphed into acute compartment syndrome, doctors report. The case also highlights…
Prolonged beta-lactam infusions beat intermittent dosing for sepsis, say Aussie doctors
Continuous infusions of beta-lactam antibiotics, rather than intermittent doses, should be adopted as the standard of care for managing adults with sepsis, according to Australian doctors. The…
