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Wound suturing

…human bites, and all bites on the hand. These are as a rule left open. Facial bites can be sutured after careful debridement because of…

The QT and QTc Interval

ECG Video lecture: Assessment of the QT interval (QTc interval) Corrected QT interval (QTc) calculator Open the calculator →

Casting and immobilisation

…Pain relief and stabilisation for transfer in a suspected fracture. Clinical suspicion of a scaphoid fracture despite a normal radiograph. Contraindications An open fracture or…

Nail procedures — paronychia, ingrown toenail and subungual haematoma

…it as an open fracture. The anatomy of the nail apparatus The terminology is hard to follow without a picture, and several of the steps…

Otoscopy and ear syringing

…the tragus and the area behind the pinna before the otoscope is inserted — mastoid erythema and a protruding ear are not part of the tympanic…

Reduction of dislocations

…a high risk of avascular necrosis of the femoral head and of vascular injury; always an orthopaedic surgeon, and usually general anaesthesia. An open dislocation…

QT duration & corrected QT (QTc) duration: ECG features & implications

…the vulnerability caused by marked local differences in repolarization. This article is part of the comprehensive chapter: How to read and interpret the normal ECG

Dix–Hallpike test and Epley manoeuvre

…beyond the end of the couch when laid down. 2. Turn the head 45° to the right. 3. Support the head and lay the patient…

Foreign body in the ear and nose

…hydroxide ions are generated at the negative pole of the battery and produce a liquefactive necrosis that can reach the septal cartilage within a few…

Laryngeal mask and difficult airway

…team keeps trying to intubate instead of changing the plan. The aim is always oxygenation, never intubation in itself — and every difficult airway algorithm is…

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