The moral: your heart does not always send its alarm to the address you would expect.
Its nerves share a spinal junction with your chest, shoulders, arms, neck, jaw and upper belly. So the brain sometimes reads the return address wrong.
That is referred pain.
@kh505043 Normal Saline is isotonic with lowest tissue toxicity and physiologic compatibility, making it the standard choice for irrigation as it avoids potential interference from RL's calcium, potassium, and lactate content.
Resuscitation Fluid Therapy
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Treatment of Hepatitis B is never an easy job. I tried my best to make the Hepatitis B algorithm very simple. Here are the main points you have to follow 👇
First question I ask:
Is this ACUTE or CHRONIC Hepatitis B?
Approach to PROGRESSIVE WEAKNESS
I made this flowchart for myself to quickly screen patients in OPD/ER.
It’s saved me so many times on night duty.
Sharing it with all HOs / Residents / MOs here.
STEP 1: First question
Most interns get this wrong.
A patient is allergic to penicillin.
Can they safely receive ceftriaxone?
A. Always
B. Never
C. Depends on the reaction
What’s your answer?
Which medication requires protection from light during preparation or administration? 🤔
A. Sodium Nitroprusside
B. Ceftriaxone
C. Metoclopramide
D. Neurobion
A patient collapses immediately after receiving an IV antibiotic.
What is the FIRST drug you should give?
A) Hydrocortisone
B) Chlorpheniramine
C) Adrenaline (IM)
D) Salbutamol
A 26-year-old woman has had nasal regurgitation of liquids since childhood and hypernasal speech.
Examination shows a well-epithelialized midline defect of the hard palate communicating with the nasal cavity, without signs of inflammation or tissue destruction.
What's the diagnosis? Drop your answer below! 👇
If you’re working in a hospital where Sumatriptan doesn’t exist for treatment of Migraine attack. This is your survival guide for severe migraine.
This is the exact protocol I used myself when I was working in a peripheral setup. No fancy drugs. Just what works.
STEP 1: ACUTE Rx