Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 180

LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog 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 FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 180. Question 1 You are stuck in the wilderness and your friend has an anaphylactic reaction. You swiftly deploy his epipen into his thigh but there is limited effect after 5 minutes. His airway is becoming compromised. How do you get more adrenaline into him? Do you extract it from the adrenals of a passing grizzly bear? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1757235708'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1757235708')) No crazy system like extracting it from another animal is needed. The epipen actually contains more adrenaline. At least the commercial brand of epipen has a 2ml vial in the syringe. Only 0.3ml is given and hence if you can dismantle the device you have a few more doses you can give manually. [Reference] Also see this youtube video on how to break open the EpiPen. Question 2 On the FFFF we’ve commented that in the ’30s and ’40s, 7-Up included lithium citrate as a mood-booster. There were ‘‘lithia beers’’ and a lithium version of Coca-Cola. But where in the world would you find 50% of lithium stores? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElem...
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