Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 134
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 134
Question 1
You do a ketamine sedation and the patient develops laryngeal spasm. What physical manoeuvre can you preform to try and resolve the laryngeal spasm while the nursing staff draw up a paralytic?
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Larson’s point or the ‘laryngospasm notch’ [Reference]. According to Phil Larson its location is:
“This notch is behind the lobule of the pinna of each ear. It is bounded anteriorly by the ascending ramus of the mandible adjacent to the condyle, posteriorly by the mastoid process of the temporal bone, and cephalad by the base of the skull.”
Question 2
What is Fox’s Sign?
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Bruising over the inguinal ligament
It typically occurs in acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis.
Named after the the dermatologist George Henry Fox. [Reference]
Question 3
How did drug addicts in the 1970s and 80s help parkinson patients?
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They discovered the effects of MPTP
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five coffee FFFF fox's sign Hammon's crunch larson's point pancreatitis Source Type: blogs
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