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Celebrity Deaths: George Michael
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, more commonly known as George Michael was a famous English singer and songwriter. He is currently being...
Dec 8, 20222 min read


Awake Craniotomies
Awake craniotomies are a rare and risky type of procedure. However, it may be necessary to save a patient’s life when operating on...
Dec 8, 20221 min read


Online dating gone wrong...
Online dating can be a risk at the best of times but how about going on a date and being murdered for your organs? 51-year-old Blanca...
Dec 8, 20221 min read


Baby, it's cold outside...
Winter is well and truly here. The temperatures have plummeted, and everyone can see their breath when they breathe, even inside the...
Dec 8, 20222 min read


People who survived the unsurvivable...
In 1972, Vesna Vulovic was the only survivor of the JAT Flight 367 crash. An explosion occurred in the luggage hold, causing the plane to...
Dec 8, 20221 min read


The Death of Heath Ledger
Continuing with our celebrity deaths, this week we are going to take a look at Heath Ledger. Heath Ledger was an Australian actor known...
Dec 8, 20222 min read


The Anatomy of Breathing
This week in our organ system section we are going to continue you on with the respiratory system and delve into the anatomy of...
Dec 8, 20221 min read


Case of a crush injury to the hand!
The hand was in a bad state with flexor tendons, nerves and vessels being damaged. Luckily they were able to reconnect the torn...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


An awful case of a crush injury
A middle-aged man was injured in a factory, when heavy machinery with which he was working fell on his left thigh resulting in a Grade...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


An acute subdural hematoma in a 85-year-old male patient who suffered a traumatic brain injury!
Subdural hematoma results in blood gathering between the inner layer of the dura mater and the arachnoid mater. Usually resulting from...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Fishing Trip Gone Wrong!
Harpoon fishing went wrong! A case of a patient who went on a fishing trip with his father. But, just a few minutes into his first dive,...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


The world's biggest splinter injury!
Paraglider crashes into woodland and is left with a tree branch sticking out of his shoulder! A paraglider was skewered by a giant...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


The most severe case of scalping injury!
These photos show the horrifying injuries suffered by a woman after she was scalped in an accident at a farm. All of her skin was peeled...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Electrical Burn Injury to the Scalp!
A young male sustained Electrical contact burns while working as an Electrician near a high tension wire. He sustained the following:...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Can you believe this person lived?
This person is NOT dead. How!? His guts are literally hanging out of his body! The truth is this injury looks really bad, but the...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Facial Injury caused by a Knife
This teenager is lucky to be alive - he has a 20cm long knife embedded 7cm into his face! The stunning X-ray image shows a knife stuck...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Facial reconstruction after a severe head injury with fractures of the upper jaw.
Fractures of the bones of the face are treated in a manner similar to the fractures in other parts of the body. When an arm or a leg is...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Accidental Injury by a Baler
These could be prevented if balers were equipped with adequate safety equipment and if appropriate precautions and warnings were posted...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Firecracker Facial Injury
⚠️ Severe facial injury after a firecracker blew up in the patient's face! We present the case of a patient in whom the middle and lower...
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Shotgun Foot Injury
An extremely injured foot due to a close-range firearm (a shotgun wound). Notice how the Achilles tendon is still present partially...
Dec 7, 20221 min read
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