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Casting and immobilisation

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

Wound suturing

…limit is not the clock but the degree of contamination, the depth and site of the wound, and how well the wound can be cleaned …

Cardiac arrest due to pneumothorax

…et al. Epidemiology and outcome of adult out of hospital cardiac arrest of non cardiac origin in Osaka: a population based study. BMJ Open 2014;…

Laryngeal mask and difficult airway

…larynx. The difficult airway rarely kills because the tube would not pass, but because the team keeps trying to intubate instead of changing the plan…

The QT and QTc Interval

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

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

…has a protective function, and the commonest complication of ear syringing is that someone syringes an ear that did not need syringing. The second commonest…

Reduction of dislocations

…upper arm is held adducted against the trunk and the elbow is flexed to 90 degrees. The forearm is moved very slowly outwards in the…

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

…The test presupposes that the patient has spontaneous nystagmus at the time of examination and that the examiner is experienced with the head impulse test…

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