Category Archives: Rural medicine

Ubuntu: Not another tachypnoeic pregnant patient!

Tweet Ubuntu case report: Dyspnoea in a pregnant patient Guest Author: Dr Neville Vlok | Editor: Dr Katya Evans History Mrs V is a 35 year old G3P2 female at 32 weeks pregnant by dates. She was referred to Ubuntu hospital for IVI antibiotics after being seen at the local clinic with a diagnosis of “severe…Continue reading “Ubuntu: Not another tachypnoeic pregnant patient!”

Prolonged prehospital tourniquet placement associated with severe complications: a case report

Here is the full report Prolonged prehospital tourniquet placement associated with severe complications: a case report Editor’s note: Yes… norepinephrine and crystalloid resuscitation for haemorrhagic shock..not ideal but remote medicine is like this at times! Its easy to blame prolonged tourniquet application for loss of leg but a severed femoral artery is also likely culpritContinue reading “Prolonged prehospital tourniquet placement associated with severe complications: a case report”