Every year, almost a quarter of a million people get to experience being hit by lightning. The effects on the body can vary. Eyesight or...

Amputations are mainly caused by accidents, disease, and congenital disorders. The accidents most likely to result in amputation are...

The story we were given was that this man accidentally grabbed a power line at a construction site. The resulting electric shock...

The image below shows a head injury suffered by a patient whilst white water rafting! Scalp lacerations are common injuries. Clinical...

This patient sustained a cut injury in his left hand, resulting in a complete separation of four fingers at the level of the distal...

A young driver in his 30's met with a road traffic accident. He sustained a crush injury to his foot and fractured both his legs. He was...

When skin is injured, fibrous tissue called scar tissue forms over the wound to repair and protect the injury. In some cases, extra scar...

This is a semi-traumatic case, in the sense it’s considered a trauma, however, the aetiology of the injury isn’t what we would...

⚠️A case of a severe firecracker injury! The injury caused by a firework exploding while being held can have a devastating effect on the...

Penetrating globe injury from a taser. The case of a penetrating globe injury from a taser! This 36-year-old male was shot in the left...

The image below shows a severe finger injury suffered by the patient. The cause of this injury is unknown. Although we believe surgery is...

The black death was a bubonic plague that caused the deaths of up to 200 million people between the years 1346 to 1353. Albeit hundreds...

This week in our organ system section we are going to take a look at the respiratory system This ties in very close to the system we just...

Welcome to the wonderful world of histology. Histology is how we study the human body on a cellular level. Tying in nicely to last week’s...

The world was shocked when the king of pop unexpectedly died on the 25th of June 2009. That’s right we are talking about Michael Jackson....

Eradication is the reduction of an infectious disease in the global population to zero. Only one disease has been completely eradicated...

Asthma is a pretty common condition with over 8 million people living with the diagnosis in the UK. We have All heard of it, but do we...

The result of a high voltage electrical injury ⚡⚠️ Electrical burns differ from thermal or chemical burns in that they cause much more...

The lecturers and technicians I had in university were amazing, but the most valuable educators were our silent teachers, the cadavers....

Angle grinder injury! This man was injured as the blade of the angle grinder he was using shattered at high speed, causing a deep...