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Fellowship Flashcards

As I approach my exam, I have been creating electronic emergency medicine flashcards (via Evernote) – here they are for you to use & share freely…

Cardiology.

  • Thrombolytics for AMI
  • Contraindications to Thrombolysis
  • Sgarbossa Criteria (AMI w/ LBBB)
  • Chest Pain Descriptors Associated With AMI
  • Chest Pain Risk Stratification
  • TIMI Score / Risk
  • San Francisco Syncope Rule (“CHESS” mnemonic)
  • ECG in Syncope
  • CHADS-VASC Score
  • Infective Endocarditis (organisms)
  • Infective Endocarditis (High-risk conditions)
  • Duke Criteria (Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis)

Critical Care.

  • SIRS, Sepsis & Septic Shock
  • Management of Septic Shock
  • Antibiotics in Sepsis

Endocrinology.

  • Paediatric DKA Management
  • Hyperthyroidism + Thyroid Storm
  • Hypothyroidism + Myxoedema Coma
  • Adrenal Insufficiency
  • Phaeochromocytoma

Gastroenterology

  • Causes of Upper GIT bleeding
  • Clinical features mandating urgent endoscopy

General Surgery.

  • Alvarado Score (Appendicitis)
  • Ranson Criteria (Pancreatitis)

Haematology.

  • Transfusion Reactions
  • Anaemias
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • DIC
  • ITP & TTP

Infectious Diseases.

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Fever in a Returned Traveler

Neurology/Neurosurgery.

  • Brainstem: Rule of 4’s
  • Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
  • Meningitis
  • Lumbar puncture
  • Cerebral abscess

Ophthalmology.

  • Common Eye Complaints
  • The Red Eye
  • Angle Closure Glaucoma
  • Ruptured Globe / Penetrating Eye Injury
  • Aniscoria

Orthopaedics.

  • Elbow Xray
  • Elbow Dislocation
  • Shoulder Dislocations
  • Shoulder Relocation Techniques
  • Distal Radial Fractures (Colles, Smith & Barton)
  • Forearm Fractures
  • Scaphoid Fracture
  • Scapholunate Dissociation
  • Lunate & Perilunate Dislocations
  • Ottawa Knee Rules
  • Ottawa Ankle Rules
  • Lower Leg Compartments
  • Lower Leg Fractures

Renal + Electrolytes.

  • Causes of acute renal failure
  • RIFLE criteria
  • Indications for haemodialysis
  • Sodium & Free-water correction
  • Causes of rhabdomyolysis
  • Hypotensive dialysis patient

Toxicology.

  • Osmolar Gap
  • Anticholinergic Syndrome
  • Cholinergic Crisis
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
  • Serotonin Syndrome
  • Dialysable Drugs

Trauma.

  • Cervical Spine X-rays
  • NEXUS Low-risk Criteria
  • Canadian C-spine Rules
  • Penetrating Neck Trauma (Hard & Soft Signs)

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