Anatomy 4 min read
Pleural Aspiration: What an Intern Needs to Understand Before Assisting
Anatomy, why ultrasound guidance became standard, how complications present, and why this is not a procedure to attempt unsupervised.
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Anatomy
Anatomy 4 min read
Peripheral IV Cannulation: Why the First Attempt Matters Most
Vein selection, the errors that cause failed attempts, and recognising extravasation before it causes injury.
Anatomy 4 min read
Venepuncture and Blood Cultures: Getting a Sample That Means Something
Why order of draw matters, what haemolyses a sample, and why a contaminated blood culture is worse than no blood culture.
Anatomy 4 min read
Intramuscular Injection: Sites, Landmarks and the Z-Track Technique
Why the ventrogluteal site displaced the buttock, how to find it with your own hand, and what the Z-track is actually for.
Anatomy 4 min read
Inguinal Canal: Boundaries, Contents and Hernias
The four walls in the order examiners ask for them, the rule of three for the spermatic cord, Hesselbach’s triangle, and how…
Anatomy 4 min read
Femoral Triangle: Boundaries, NAVEL and the Femoral Hernia
The three borders, the floor most students get wrong, why the femoral sheath excludes the nerve, and why femoral hernias strangulate so…
Anatomy 4 min read
Circle of Willis: Anatomy, Aneurysms and Stroke Territories
How the circle is actually assembled, why it is complete in a minority of people, where berry aneurysms sit, and the third…
Anatomy 5 min read
Brachial Plexus: Roots, Trunks, Cords and the Injuries That Matter
A clean way to draw the plexus from memory, where every branch arises, and how Erb’s, Klumpke’s and long thoracic injuries actually…
Anatomy 5 min read
Great Saphenous Vein: Everything You Need To Know
The great saphenous vein is a large vein that runs from the foot up the inside of the leg.
Anatomy 8 min read
Rickets: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Rickets is a medical condition that results in weak or soft bones in children. It is caused by a deficiency in vitamin…