Emergency Medicine
This type of imaging would be gold standard for an IV drug user presenting with back pain and fever with midline point tenderness.
What is MRI?
This drug class is first line in treatment of depression.
What are SSRIs?
This medication is given to a child presenting with Asthma exacerbations regardless of severity from mild to life threatening.
Out of all subjects from year 1-3 this has the best tutors.
What is BVH (Bond Virtual Hospital)?
This is the most common type of renal stone.
Calcium oxalate
Acute relationship breakdown is an example of what type of risk factor for suicide.
What is dynamic, or short term?
This should be considered in any child presenting where the injuries don’t match the story given by the caregiver.
What is NAI?
In a septic child this should be considered after 2 failed attempts at IV cannulation.
What is IO access?
This phenomenon, usually caused by a trigger, leads to a sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure resulting in loss of consciousness.
What is vasovagal syncope?
This cluster of personality traits tend to involve thinking and behavior that appears unusual or eccentric to others. This often leads to social problems.
What are Cluster A personality traits?
This virus is the most common cause of a child presenting with stridor and a characteristic barking cough.
What is parainfluenza virus?
This antibiotic is prescribed in a septic child >2months where meningitis is possible.
What is Cefotaxime (or Ceftriaxone)?
These maneuvers may avoid needing to give a patient adenosine for the management of SVT.
What are vagal maneuvers?
This typical antipsychotic drug is used in an emergency department for treatment of acute agitation and aggression (after less restrictive methods have failed).
What is droperidol?
This condition, often mistaken for appendicitis, involves inflammation of the lymph nodes in the abdomen.
What is mesenteric adenitis?
Animal bites are often left open due to infection risk, this type of healing heals from the base upwards.
What is secondary intention healing?
This is the treatment of toxic ethelene glycol ingestion, found in some solvents, paints, antifreeze.
What is ethanol?
This toxic metabolite accumulates in the liver in paracetamol overdose, bonus for full name.
What is NAPQI? – bonus marks for N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine
Cerebral oedema is a rare but serious complication of this metabolic disorder that’s diagnosis is based on ketones, BSL and serum pH.
What is DKA?
This drug although rarely used, is used to reverse benzodiazepine toxicity.
What is flumazenil?