Brief Reviews – Aortic Dissection
Another excellent 3-minute brief review video looks at the medical management of aortic dissection. By Dr Dilip Wickremasinghe.
Brief Reviews – Hypertensive Emergency Part I
Welcome to the second Brief Review with Dr Dilip! These 3-minute short videos take a quick look at an interesting or unusual emergency department presentation.
Introducing: Brief reviews
Brief Reviews are a new set of video blogs, brought to you by Dr Dilip Wickremasinghe. Each week, Dilip will take you through an interesting or unusual emergency presentation and its management – in bite-sized three minute chunks!
Drug Name Meme Pun Lockdown Fun!
A bit of light hearted lockdown fun. Highlight the clues and answers to reveal them! Clue Really big clue Answer Day 0 - Example Clue Really big clue Answer You might…
Hey – I just met you, and this is crazy, but you’ve got Tetanus, so take this Ig
A 65 year old male presents to the Emergency Department with a 3-day history of worsening, painful stiff neck. He reports that he is not able to sleep due to…
almostadoctor app competition
Win a free copy of the almostadoctor app!
*COMPETITION HAS ENDED* Thanks to everyone who entered, this competition has now ended. Congratulations to the app competition winners: Buhle Mbeje (via twitter) and Nimai Vadgama and April Mckay via Facebook.…
almostadoctor now available on android!
Ta daa! As promised - almostadoctor is now available on android, for phones and tablets. The app has all of the same features as the iOS version. All the almostadoctor…
Should I be worried about Coronavirus?
An opinion piece by almostadoctor author, GP Registrar and Emergency doctor - Dr Tom Leach. For information about novel coronavirus (COVID-19) see the almostadoctor coronavirus encyclopaedia article. I am worried…
almostadoctor iPhone app
almostadoctor iPhone and iPad apps out now!
I am super excited to announce the new almostadoctor iPhone and iPad apps are now available for download in the app store. The app has all of the almostadoctor encyclopaedia…
Barney Burping
I can’t burp
For years, patients have suffered with an inability to burp. Now, a new syndrome has been described, including a cure!