Kenny returned the compliment, saying that riding alongside young talent – Knight, 25, won silver in the team pursuit with her in Tokyo, but Lewis and Leech are 20 and 19 respectively – had given her a new lease of life. In fact, she said the desire to help them win a first major medal…
Question: A 22-year-old man presents with chest pain. He has a history of sickle cell anemia. Vital signs are: Temperature, 38.6 C; Heart rate, 118; BP 96.5; Respiratory rate, 36. What is the diagnosis? Acute chest syndrome Aspiration pneumonia Community acquired pneumonia Tuberculosis See the answer here.
In the men’s defeat to reigning Commonwealth and World champions New Zealand, England looked naïve in attack despite keeping the game scoreless for the first half. The experience New Zealand were able to bring on with the likes of 34-year-old veteran Scott Curry made a big difference after the break. This difference in experience levels…
About one billion doses of acetaminophen are taken safely per annum, and 60 million people in the U.S. take acetaminophen on a weekly basis.1,2 With such enormous popularity it is no surprise that each year there are 56,000 emergency department (ED) visits, 2,600 hospitalizations, and 500 deaths in the U.S. related to acetaminophen toxicity.2 Some…
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When considering an optimized environment for compassionate patient communication, the chaotic emergency department (ED) probably gives some clinicians pause. EDs, filled with alarms, frequent interruptions, hurried paramedics and consultants, hallway beds, and the looming sense that clinicians are out of time, is rarely thought of as a place for empathetic communication. Indeed, the evidence would…
“I cannot believe it. Last night, I said to Jase ‘this is going to be my last race’. When I watched Adam Peaty last night I completely reflected on his interview and I thought ‘that is me, that is me all over’. I have lost the spark, training does not come that easy, every day…
Twice a year, ACEP Now speaks to the President of ACEP. This conversation with Christopher S. Kang, MD, FACEP, assesses how his term leading the College has gone so far, and how the profession is weathering the storms of boarding, burnout, and a challenging Match season. This boarding crisis seems to have exploded this year….
Team-mate Joe Fraser almost matched Jarman’s golden haul but a slip-up on the high bar denied him a clean sweep. Nevertheless, Fraser became the first Englishman to win gold on parallel bars. Alice Kinsella, who won an Olympic bronze in the team event in Tokyo, added to her Commonwealth team gold with a well-deserved…
CASE A 30-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with left arm pain from a chronic wound. She notes that the wound has been present for greater than a year and it becomes malodorous and painful and oozes intermittently. She reports fevers up to 103 degrees Fahrenheit. She endorses a one-year history of near-syncopal episodes…