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Mountain Climbing 2009

December 8, 2008 5 comments

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Wanna climb a mountain?

Mark these dates in your calendar:

1. 1 January 2009 ~ Gunung Datuk
2. 9 February 2009 ~ Gunung Ledang
3. 18-22 March 2009 ~ Gunung Kinabalu (if you are interested and have about RM 1.5K spare cash, let me know stat and I will put you in touch with the team)
3. 2-6 June 2009 ~ Gunung Tahan!

Mon, 081208 @ 2203; so glad I didn’t go to climb Gunung Nuang today. The team that went were drenched but thank God all made it back to base safely. :)

Categories: Mountain Tales

Case # 61: Gadgets

December 8, 2008 17 comments

One of the things that I find amusing among my students who have freshly crossed over from their pre-clinical years is this:

Whenever they present the clinical findings of a patient to me, inadvertently they will mumble this sacred sentence:

“The patient is conscious and alert, cooperative, lying/sitting comfortably, not in pain or respiratory distress…….and there are no gadgets attached!”

So, now, here is a challenge to all the gadget experts out there:

Name all the ‘gadgets’ you can find on this CXR!

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Mon, 081208 @ 0700