Best Case Ever
This case comes from Dr Alex McLeod RHMS Taupō. ...
Multi-Dinghy Multi-Trauma: Triaging a multi-casualty with a phone and some blank paper
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A 25-year-old female with an Unusual Ulcer
This case has been inspired by events in the Torres Straits and details have been changed to ensure patient anonymity. History A 25-year-old female presented to the an outer island primary healthcare centre with a non-painful leg ulcer. She didn’t remember having a bite, sting, scratch or injury to...
Man vs the Monsoon
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A 7-year-old boy with Omnipresent Oedema
This case has been inspired by events in the Torres Straits and details have been changed to ensure patient anonymity. History A 7-year-old boy presented to the Primary Healthcare Centre one afternoon after school with his grandmother. She was concerned that his eyes had become quite puffy over the...
The Flying Death Adder
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Two 20-year-old Males with Impending Sense of Doom
This case has been inspired by events in the Torres Straits and details have been changed to ensure patient anonymity. History It was a quiet afternoon in the Emergency Department when a call came from the Ambulance Office informing us of 000 call from a boat out on...
24 Hours as the On-call Doctor in the Torres Strait
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A 62-year-old Male with Dreadful Dysuria
This case has been inspired by events in the Torres Straits and details have been changed to ensure patient anonymity. History A 62-year-old Male trudged into the Emergency Department on a Friday night. There was a downpour of rain outside as the wind was whistling through the windows and...
A 25-year-old Female with a Mysterious Myalgia
This case has been inspired by events in the Torres Straits and details have been changed to ensure patient anonymity. History A 25-year old previously well female presented to the remote area nurse on an outer island somewhere in the Torres after being carried into the clinic by her...