Blog Feed: Emergency Medicine Education Blog

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 085Michelle Johnston tosses away the papyrus and pulls out the parchment in this week's Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five on the subject of Shakespeare and Medicine.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

What a wonderful world

Published on 2012-04-19 19:00:30

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog What a wonderful worldSometimes you just need to sit back, relax and let the world wash over you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8WHKRzkCOY David Attenborough – Wonderful World By BBC, RKCR/Y&R. December 7 2011Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Aussie Hospital Social Media 2012

Published on 2012-04-18 07:07:49

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Aussie Hospital Social Media 2012This month we present the latest in our academics without titles series. We research, review and present the Australian Hospitals social media networks for 2012Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Lithium, vomiting and diarrhoea

Published on 2012-04-17 19:00:51

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Lithium, vomiting and diarrhoeaYou next patient has swallowed over 80 grams of lithium. What are you going to do about it?Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

An easy way to get plastered

Published on 2012-04-16 19:00:22

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog An easy way to get plasteredGeorge Douros shares with us the system employed at the Austin ED in Melbourne for bringing order to the chaos of the plaster room. The post includes links to pdf downloads of the instruction charts and plaster templates.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Own the Oxygen!

Published on 2012-04-16 10:37:12

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Own the Oxygen!Keeping your patient oxygenated during rapid sequence intubation has never been easier! Slideshows, talks and other resources that will show you how to master pre-oxygenation, apneic oxygenation and positive pressure ventilation to keep your patient from desat'ing.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Does the heart come alive to the Sound of Music?

Published on 2012-04-15 19:00:46

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Does the heart come alive to the Sound of Music?Andrea Vercelli gives us the evidence based low down on whether or not music helps save lives during CPR... Featuring Stayin' Alive, Nellie the Elephant, Achy Breaky Heart and Disco ScienceLife in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

The News, NT style

Published on 2012-04-13 19:00:46

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog The News, NT styleWhat? There was no croc on the cover of the NT News?... Read on to find out what momentous event took centre stage instead.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 084

Published on 2012-04-12 22:00:00

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 084Got a case of friggatriskaidekaphobia? Then today you should avoid amphibian cataplasms, scenic lakeside picnics and Glaswegian toilet bowls. Here we raise a million pints of beer to the unluckiest victims of trauma and disease.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Friday Choral Inspiration

Published on 2012-04-12 20:00:06

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Friday Choral InspirationCan we learn from Eric Whitacre and encourage all health professionals singing from the same 'songsheet'?Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Dalek relaxation

Published on 2012-04-12 19:07:21

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Dalek relaxationThe weekend is upon us, and for some it is a time to contemplate, meditate and be at one with your inner-self...for others it is just another 48 hours of emergency care. Either way - you will appreciate some Dalek relaxationLife in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Become a Meducation Master!

Published on 2012-04-12 07:47:47

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Become a Meducation Master!Rob Rogers and the University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine are hosting a fantastic course for EM educators in November 2012: The International Emergency Medicine Faculty Development and Teaching Course.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

One Minute Ultrasound App

Published on 2012-04-11 22:47:34

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog One Minute Ultrasound AppWho said Ultrasound was dull and difficult? Thanks to the boys (Matt and Mike) over at UltrasoundPodcast.com there is now a great new FREE app in town...One Minute UltrasoundLife in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

R&R in the FASTLANE 016

Published on 2012-04-11 19:00:12

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog R&R in the FASTLANE 016Some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature in the 16th edition of R&R in the FASTLANE.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Namaste! No overcrowding here…

Published on 2012-04-09 19:00:52

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Namaste! No overcrowding here…Rick Abbott recalls his time working as a doc in the Annapurna region of Nepal - a place where waiting room overcrowding didn't exist. In fact, waiting rooms didn't exist...Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Namaste! No overcrowding here…

Published on 2012-04-09 19:00:52

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 083

Published on 2012-04-05 19:00:39

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 083Fish being traditional fare on Good Friday, this Piscatorial FFFF includes a tray full of pus, a Shakespearean antihero, and YouTube footage of a large salmon being feathered.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 083

Published on 2012-04-05 19:00:39

Weingart on Pelvic Trauma

Published on 2012-04-04 19:00:51

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Weingart on Pelvic TraumaLITFL asks Scott Weingart for his take on the approach to the hemodynamically unstable pelvic fracture. The end result: a high yield mini-podcast. Enjoy!Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Weingart on Pelvic Trauma

Published on 2012-04-04 19:00:51

R&R in the FASTLANE 015

Published on 2012-04-04 19:00:06

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog R&R in the FASTLANE 015Some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature in the 15th edition of R&R in the FASTLANE.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

R&R in the FASTLANE 015

Published on 2012-04-04 19:00:06

Essentials of EM 2012

Published on 2012-04-04 01:30:31

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Essentials of EM 2012The LITFL crew will be jetting all round the world (or more likely - presenting via SKYPE) to lecture, learn and liaise with luminaries in the field of emergency medicine and critical care.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

RSI Checklist and Action Plan

Published on 2012-04-03 21:00:59

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog RSI Checklist and Action PlanGeorge Douros (who you'll remember from Own the Oxylog 3000!) is back — this time he's sharing with us his checklist and action plan for rapid sequence intubation. You'll want to download these beauties ASAP.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

No emergency? No, thanks…

Published on 2012-04-03 19:00:44

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog No emergency? No, thanks…Rick Abbott bemoans the treatment of the uninsured in the American health system. If you're uninsured and you're diagnosed in the ER with a potentially lethal condition that isn't deemed an 'emergency', then the hospital is not obliged to treat you... Madness, eh.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

In beards we trust

Published on 2012-04-03 19:00:00

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog In beards we trustShould male emergency staff sport a well trimmed beard to engender more trust from their patients?Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Awake Intubation in Audio

Published on 2012-04-02 19:00:30

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Awake Intubation in AudioThe second edition of Minh Le Cong's airway management podcast is here. Minh talks to Seth Trueger, a chief resident and airway padawan of EMCrit's Scott Weingart, about his experience with awake intubation in the ED. Essential listening if you're thinking about introducing this fantastic technique into your own practice.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Awake Intubation in Audio

Published on 2012-04-02 19:00:30

Let’s talk about dying

Published on 2012-04-02 17:53:25

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Let’s talk about dyingPeter Saul, an Australian intensivist, presents a TEDx talk in which he tells of the crisis of death in the 21st century and implores us all to start talking about dying.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Let’s talk about dying

Published on 2012-04-02 17:53:25

The LITFL Review 062

Published on 2012-04-02 07:03:28

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog The LITFL Review 062The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical careLife in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

The LITFL Review 062

Published on 2012-04-02 07:03:28

Emergency Medicine Update April 2012

Published on 2012-04-01 19:00:50

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Emergency Medicine Update April 2012Here’s an overview of this month’s EMU in a highly abbreviated, but still informative form – so you know what to look for. You’ll need to read the full update for all the analysis, criticisms, debates and (of course) the humour. So, what are you waiting for? To read the entire update you can download [...]Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Emergency Medicine Update April 2012

Published on 2012-04-01 19:00:50

Emergency Musical Interlude XXXII

Published on 2012-03-30 18:38:10

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Emergency Musical Interlude XXXIIMed school Parody/Remix of Chris Brown's "Look at me now" ft. Busta Rhymes & Lil' Wayne by the University of New Mexico School of Medicine Class of 2015 (UNM SOM 15)Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Emergency Musical Interlude XXXII

Published on 2012-03-30 18:38:10

Funtabulously Frivolous French Friday Five 082

Published on 2012-03-29 18:00:32

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Funtabulously Frivolous French Friday Five 082Fantastique! Jo Deverill serves up a FFFF to remember... One with a very chic French theme. C'est magnifique, I'm sure you'll agree.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous French Friday Five 082

Published on 2012-03-29 18:00:32

Emergency Musical Interlude XXXI

Published on 2012-03-29 10:20:56

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Emergency Musical Interlude XXXIWhoa! TIMI Flow and Icky Precordial Thump - more great tracks from STEMIllionaire and The Bougie Foundation.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Emergency Musical Interlude XXXI

Published on 2012-03-29 10:20:56

Medical School Lecture Template

Published on 2012-03-29 08:24:29

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Medical School Lecture TemplateA template for the medical school lecture recognizing that all great teachers follow the same heroic journey, a la Joseph Campbell's monomyth concept.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Medical School Lecture Template

Published on 2012-03-29 08:24:29

Emergency Musical Interlude XXX

Published on 2012-03-28 12:27:20

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Emergency Musical Interlude XXXThe latest Emergency Muscial Interlude features an excerpt of Swedish guerilla percussionists at work, from the film Sound of Noise.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Emergency Musical Interlude XXX

Published on 2012-03-28 12:27:20

Trauma! Massive Transfusion

Published on 2012-03-27 19:05:39

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Trauma! Massive TransfusionRecognising haemorrhagic shock and finding the bleeding source is one thing, but how should you resuscitate a bleeding trauma patient? The Q&A post provides an overview of massive transfusion as part of damage control resuscitation of major trauma victims.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Trauma! Massive Transfusion

Published on 2012-03-27 19:05:39

Trauma! Major Haemorrhage

Published on 2012-03-27 19:00:57

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Trauma! Major HaemorrhageThe Trauma! series rocks on... Finally we get to major haemorrhage. This Q&A post tackles the resuscitation of the exanguinating trauma patient.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Trauma! Major Haemorrhage

Published on 2012-03-27 19:00:57

Trauma! Genitourinary Injuries

Published on 2012-03-26 18:00:18

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Trauma! Genitourinary Injuriesaka Trauma Tribulation 021 Post coauthor: Peter Allely You hate it when the rodeo comes to town. Not another bull rider! You’re starting to think that ‘rider’ is a misnomer… Your patient has received injuries to the right flank and groin. It could be messy. Hopefully you know your stuff when it comes to genitourinary [...]Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Trauma! Genitourinary Injuries

Published on 2012-03-26 18:00:18

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Trauma! Genitourinary Injuries A Q&A overview of the assessment and management of a sometimes neglected area of major trauma: genitourinary injuries.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

The LITFL Review 061

Published on 2012-03-25 23:23:50

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog The LITFL Review 061The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

The LITFL Review 061

Published on 2012-03-25 23:23:50

Emergency Medicine Update March 2012

Published on 2012-03-25 21:00:55

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Emergency Medicine Update March 2012We’ve changed the format of how we’re presenting EMU on LITFL. We’ll be highlighting the contents of EMU in a highly abbreviated, but still informative form – so you know what to look for. You’ll need to read the full update for all the analysis, criticisms, debates and (of course) the humour. So, what are [...]Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Emergency Medicine Update March 2012

Published on 2012-03-25 21:00:55

Trauma! Penetrating Abdominal Injury

Published on 2012-03-25 19:00:05

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Trauma! Penetrating Abdominal InjuryA Q&A guide to the assessment and management of penetrating abdominal trauma, including stab wounds, gunshot wounds and different regions of the abdomen.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Trauma! Penetrating Abdominal Injury

Published on 2012-03-25 19:00:05

Ad Hominem Attacks on EMCrit

Published on 2012-03-24 01:35:02

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Ad Hominem Attacks on EMCritA response to the furore concerning an Ad Hominem attack on Scott Weingart's EMCrit blog. Will the perpetrator meet his or her downfall?Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

TED-Ed is almost here!

Published on 2012-03-23 19:00:59

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog TED-Ed is almost here!TED-Ed is an exciting new project for education that promises to bring the world's best teachers together with the world's best animators to create the world's best lessons.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Trauma! Blunt Abdominal Trauma Decision Making

Published on 2012-03-23 07:00:38

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Trauma! Blunt Abdominal Trauma Decision MakingA Q&A approach to the decision making in the emergency management of blunt abdominal trauma. Do you know when to go straight to the operating theatre, the CT scanner or to hold FAST... What if you suspect a coexistent pelvic fracture or traumatic brain injury?Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 081

Published on 2012-03-22 19:00:01

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 081This week's FFFF features a game of 'who said what?' - have you got the necessary funtabulosity to attribute each quotation to the correct medical or literary luminary... or in one case 'non-luminary'...Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

R&R in the FASTLANE 014

Published on 2012-03-21 20:03:55

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog R&R in the FASTLANE 014Some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature in the 14th edition of R&R in the FASTLANE.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

The LITFL Review 059

Published on 2012-03-12 07:18:55

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog The LITFL Review 059The LITFL Review has had a revamp — recently it has got too big to be a useful filter… The new format highlights the ripper of the week (as always) but now selects only the top 20 blogposts and podcasts from the past week as chosen by the LITFL team… Let us know what you [...]Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 079

Published on 2012-03-08 18:00:13

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 079This week we have the answer to some of the universe's eternal mysteries... Like the characteristics of the ideal human breast, whether dolphins whistle, what is the deepest and most challenging free dive, whether you can get drunk by submersing your feet in alcohol and what exactly is the go regarding "penis captivus"...Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

R&R in the FASTLANE 013

Published on 2012-03-07 18:00:22

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog R&R in the FASTLANE 01310 more recommended reads in the 13th edition of R&R in the FASTLANE - where some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care doctors from around the world tell us what they think is worth reading.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Where’s the ETT?… No devices, no monitors… The Answer!

Published on 2012-03-07 10:02:41

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Where’s the ETT?… No devices, no monitors… The Answer!We've made you wait quite a while for the solution to the airway riddle posed by an 'old school' anaesthetist... But, finally, the wait is over!Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 078

Published on 2012-03-01 17:30:57

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 078More mischievous medical morsels are being served up in this week's FFFF. We have a flu-like illness after gardening, meningococcal disease on a plane, the inventor of the term 'epilepsy', something called pituri and a worrying case of facial swelling and respiratory distress following a kiss.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Hey! Where’s this week’s R&R?

Published on 2012-02-29 17:00:22

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Hey! Where’s this week’s R&R?There were only a few entries into the R&R database this week, so we've held them over until next week. In the meantime, enjoy ZDoggMD's Les Miserable parody.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Septris

Published on 2012-02-28 18:00:52

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog SeptrisSeptris is a game all about sepsis, provided in a cool interactive online learning format.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Where’s the ETT?… No devices, no monitors

Published on 2012-02-28 01:00:29

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Where’s the ETT?… No devices, no monitorsCan you solve this riddle posed by an 'old school' anaesthetist?Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

I See, I Do, iSimulate

Published on 2012-02-28 00:45:25

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog I See, I Do, iSimulateIt is not a secret that most of us at LITFL are big appleophiles. We love apple products and we love their user friendly platforms and we love finding new ways to use our apple devices in our day to day lives and clinical practice. iSimulate is an organisation that utilises a team of the [...]Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Global Medical Education Project (GMEP)

Published on 2012-02-27 22:31:54

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Global Medical Education Project (GMEP)After 2 years of building, writing and developing - the Global Medical Education Project is almost ready for launch!Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

UCEM position statement on alcohol and idiocy

Published on 2012-02-27 18:00:47

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog UCEM position statement on alcohol and idiocyIn social outings involving idiots, alcohol was found to protect neurons against apoptosis in smarter individuals. The delay in sensory relay caused by alcohol consumption is the likely mechanism for this phenomenon.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

The LITFL Review 058

Published on 2012-02-27 05:03:03

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog The LITFL Review 058The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Lifestyle modification and multiple sclerosis

Published on 2012-02-26 19:39:30

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Lifestyle modification and multiple sclerosisChanging the paradigm of progressive deterioration with multiple sclerosis. An Australian longitudinal cohort study reports remarkable improvements with lifestyle changeLife in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

A Taste of Guinness and Irish A&E

Published on 2012-02-26 14:00:20

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog A Taste of Guinness and Irish A&EIntrepid FACEM Sandy Inglis sends us a 'postcard from the edge' about his recent experience as a locum in A&E in Northern Ireland. Yes, Guinness is included!Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Adopt a Delegate!

Published on 2012-02-25 23:26:02

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Adopt a Delegate!Help worthy health workers in Africa attend the 2012 African Conference of Emergency Medicine. By adopting a delegate you can help our specialty develop where it is needed most.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Watch, Laugh, Learn, Live

Published on 2012-02-25 18:00:40

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Watch, Laugh, Learn, LiveWe've dug up some classic TED talks on education from Sir Ken Robinson. Watch, laugh, learn and live.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Suggest clinical correlation

Published on 2012-02-25 09:52:46

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Suggest clinical correlationRather than undergoing a painstaking review of the literature on some of the more bizarre images...we just thought we would share them and see if you, the reader, have suggestions...Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

They meant well

Published on 2012-02-25 08:25:37

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog They meant wellAn insightful guest post by Valendar F Turner FRACS FACEM on medical dogma, pre-bronchiectasis management and the Caligula cureLife in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

DevelopingEM

Published on 2012-02-24 00:27:26

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog DevelopingEMAn exciting new emergency medicine conference is coming up... DevelopingEM, a conference with a conscience. Sydney is the place to be from May 1st to 5th 2012!Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 077

Published on 2012-02-23 18:00:37

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 077This FFFF is a selection of passages from Ancient Classical Literature, which make reference to Emergency Medicine. The true definition of what Ancient Literature is has been hotly debated by those standing nearest to the dip at parties, but on the whole seems to be agreed upon to be any literature written prior to the [...]Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Medical uses of illicit drugs

Published on 2012-02-22 20:41:52

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Medical uses of illicit drugsAnother great infographic from the guys over at Medical Billing and Coding. This is an interesting review of the therapeutic use of abused and illicit drugs...Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

SEMEP Emergency Medicine Induction Videos

Published on 2012-02-21 02:14:01

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog SEMEP Emergency Medicine Induction VideosIain Beardsell and SEMEP have kindly made their excellent emergency medicine induction videos free to the world! These are a great resource for doctors starting out in emergency medicine.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

What is the question?

Published on 2012-02-20 19:00:38

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog What is the question?What single question unlocks the mystery of how a patient with hypokalemia had a cardiac arrest 30 minutes after being treated during retrieval?Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

The LITFL Review 057

Published on 2012-02-19 18:00:53

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog The LITFL Review 057The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Video and the Future of Education

Published on 2012-02-19 05:55:05

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Video and the Future of EducationSalman Khan speaking at TED tells us how he became a master educator of millions and how video could be the future of education.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 076

Published on 2012-02-16 18:00:33

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 076We throw into this week's soup a sprinkling of viagra, a pinch of saturnine gout, and a dumpling of newborn babies. On top is a thick layer of Dr Thomas Neill Cream, and the whole thing is heated and stirred until a Mazzotti Reaction occurs.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

R&R in the FASTLANE 011

Published on 2012-02-15 17:00:03

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog R&R in the FASTLANE 011The 11th episode in our series of posts where some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

The LITFL Review 056

Published on 2012-02-15 06:53:14

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog The LITFL Review 056The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Retrieval of the Disturbed Patient

Published on 2012-02-15 00:52:08

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Retrieval of the Disturbed PatientMinh Le Cong comes to us from an aircraft hangar somewhere in North Queensland with a video slidecast version of his talk on the 'Retrieval of the Disturbed Patient'.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Wide, Complex and Troublesome

Published on 2012-02-13 23:38:05

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Wide, Complex and Troublesomeaka Cardiovascular Curveball 013 A junior colleague asks if he can discuss a case with you. His patient is a 23 year-old man who presents with 2 hours of rapid regular palpitations associated with ‘not feeling quite right’. These symptoms came on while he was running on a treadmill at his local gym. He has [...]Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Friday Force Fitness Inspiration

Published on 2012-02-09 20:00:39

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Friday Force Fitness InspirationAs the Australian summer wanes to an acceptable 35ºC, the arrival of another exciting season with the Emirates Western Force looms on the horizon.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 075

Published on 2012-02-09 18:00:52

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 075This week's dose of funtabulous frivolity combines a drop of seminal fluid, pacemakers and mobile phones, a town in Australia, coprolalia and a bleeding varicose vein.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

R&R in the FASTLANE 010

Published on 2012-02-09 03:30:08

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog R&R in the FASTLANE 010For the 10th time, some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

It costs what?

Published on 2012-02-07 18:00:51

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog It costs what?Rick Abbot, our 'American ER Doc Gone Walkabout', dives into the murky quagmire of medical costs in the United States and makes a comparison with what he experienced in Australia. At least he tries to...Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

How to give an unforgettable talk

Published on 2012-02-06 18:00:27

Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog How to give an unforgettable talkRather than epithets and dogma, it is best to turn to empirical evidence to learn how to give an unforgettable talk. As Laurence Klotz demonstrates, G. S. Brindley's 1983 lecture on erectile dysfunction is truly unforgettable.Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency Medicine education blog > read more

Managing the Critical Bleeder!!

Published on 2011-07-05 19:00:35

Emergency department management of the critically bleeding patient requiring massive transfusion is an area thats constantly changing and developing, making it difficult to keep up with what we should and what we shouldn’t be doing. The Nati > read more

Conference Fever

Published on 2011-07-05 01:55:02

Getting very excited about this November…as conference fever sets in If all goes to plan various members of the LITFL team will be traveling and speaking around the globe - spreading the word about the use of social media in education So far on > read more

The LITFL Review 025

Published on 2011-07-04 09:08:22

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. > read more

LITFL Image DATABASE collection

Published on 2011-07-03 02:28:58

We have just started the long process of cataloguing the LITFL image collection - currently standing at 120,000 prospectively consented images from the last 15 years. > read more

EM Literature of Note

Published on 2011-06-28 02:49:58

LITFL gives a shout-out to new emergency blog, EM Literature of Note. > read more

EM Literature of Note

Published on 2011-06-28 02:49:58

LITFL gives a shout-out to new emergency blog - EM Literature of Note. > read more

The LITFL Review 024

Published on 2011-06-27 03:04:45

The LITFL Review 024

Published on 2011-06-27 03:04:45

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 060

Published on 2011-06-23 19:00:46

The LITFL team knows all too well, that life can be tough. Have you been flailing fiascotically all week trying to get things done? Not to worry, here's just the thing to revitalise and rejuvenate your troubled anima... That's right, a qunifecta from > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 060

Published on 2011-06-23 19:00:46

Disco saves lives

Published on 2011-06-23 08:04:39

The AHA combine the acting skills of Ken Jeong, MD (trained physician and crazy-ass actor from the Hangover II) with the metronomic beat of Stayin' Alive to teach CPR rhythm. > read more

Disco saves lives

Published on 2011-06-23 08:04:39

The AHA combine the acting skills of Ken Jeong, MD (trained physician and crazy-ass actor from the Hangover II) with the metronomic beat of Stayin' Alive to teach CPR rhythm. > read more

Super Axis Man

Published on 2011-06-23 04:29:03

This one's for our medical student friends... and anyone else fighting the axis of evil! Understanding axis is one of the keys to understanding ECGs. Super Axis Man (SAM) is here to help! > read more

Super Axis Man

Published on 2011-06-23 04:29:03

This one's for our medical student friends... and anyone else fighting the axis of evil! Understanding axis is one of the keys to understanding ECGs. Super Axis Man (SAM) is here to help! > read more

A Scenic Route to Emergency Medicine

Published on 2011-06-22 04:03:33

At LITFL we are constantly trying to find interesting and enigmatic individuals with a passion for emergency medicine to share their experiences. We have a particular passion of International Emergency Medicine and are proud to introduce Dr Bishan Ra > read more

Respiratory Monitoring in the ED

Published on 2011-06-19 19:00:31

The first of EB Medicine's EM Critical Care review articles is out - here is a Q&A on respiratory monitoring inspired by this exciting new publication. > read more

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Published on 2011-06-18 19:00:28

It’s not every day that a new emergency medicine journal is born. Especially one as sorely needed as The African Journal of Emergency Medicine (AfJEM), the official journal of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine. This international, > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 059

Published on 2011-06-17 05:25:20

It's Friday. The end of another working week. Are you fagged out? Finding yourself in a fug? Time for you know what --- a fortified bolus of FFFF!!! > read more

A Postcard from the Edge

Published on 2011-06-17 03:26:44

LITFL's first 'Postcard from the Edge', a series highlighting the emerging field of International Emergency Medicine, features Australian IEM trailblazer Associate Professor Chris Curry. > read more

Fruitaryan payback

Published on 2011-06-17 02:31:24

At long last there has been a truly European epidemic, or ‘Eurodemic’ (an outbreak of truly EU-ge proportions), to use a term originally coined by Broughton-D’Lirium. > read more

How fun is chemistry?

Published on 2011-06-15 02:52:04

Having a look on the web to review some fundamental chemistry I saw a couple of demonstrations of audiovisual knowledge sharing, though not sure how many of these ideas we can realistically incorporate into emergency medicine and critical care learni > read more

The rule of 4 of the brainstem

Published on 2011-06-13 01:50:01

The rule of 4 of the brainstem illustrated in a single diagram...why and how? > read more

The LITFL Review 023

Published on 2011-06-12 20:25:31

Brilliant Broome Docs

Published on 2011-06-11 19:00:45

I’ve always thought ‘GP proceduralist’ is a very understated term for people who should really be considered the ‘MacGyvers of medicine’. GP proceduralists in remote Australia are what most doctors were maybe eighty year > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 058

Published on 2011-06-10 05:34:19

Wow, This week's FFFF features some funtabulous findings that may at first feel frivolous, but, fear not, may help you figure out the furtive factors that are enfeebling your less-than-forthcoming ED frequenters... > read more

FACEM SAQ and SCE Remix

Published on 2011-06-09 08:20:57

ACEM Fellowship examination questions for the SAQ, VAQ and SCE now updated > read more

Traumatic Hand Injuries

Published on 2011-06-09 04:29:16

LITFL reviews the June edition of Emergency Medicine Practice on Traumatic Hand Injuries. Are you ready for the Top 10 Review Questions? > read more

Own the FEAST!

Published on 2011-06-06 19:00:18

We recently featured a video on what could turn out to be the emergency medicine/ critical care 'Trial of the Year'... That's right, the FEAST Trial: > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 057

Published on 2011-06-02 19:00:23

Some fun figures well worth engraving on the surface of your encephalon if you're an emergency or critical care doc in this week's FFFF. > read more

6th Annual SKINS Cup

Published on 2011-06-02 17:21:44

This day...June 2nd 2011, marked the 6th running of the SKINS Cup...A classic 100m dash with staggered handicapped starts akin to the Stawell Gift > read more

A Surprising FEAST

Published on 2011-06-02 04:23:02

A surprising FEAST: "Fluid boluses significantly increased 48-hour mortality in critically ill children with impaired perfusion in... resource-limited settings in Africa." > read more

45 Seconds – Memoirs of an ER Doctor

Published on 2011-06-01 21:31:26

Dr. Kevin Kikta was one of two emergency room doctors on duty at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO on Sunday, May 22, 2011 when a destructive tornado hit the hospital. > read more

UCEM rifles fondling members for secretary

Published on 2011-06-01 00:20:56

UCEM call upon fondling members to submit their resume to fill the vacant position of General Secretary. > read more

Palmaris slapus abdominus

Published on 2011-05-31 21:34:02

Recently I treated a patient with alcohol induced Palmaris slapus abdominus. This rare condition is prevalent amongst athletes > read more

The LITFL Review 021

Published on 2011-05-30 02:56:03

Emergency Medicine Ireland

Published on 2011-05-25 06:52:56

Feature post giving a shout-out to the newly created blog Emergency Medicine Ireland. > read more

Baker’s Dozen B’s of Bashed Baby Badness

Published on 2011-05-25 01:16:45

You can't get through emergency medicine training these days without the TLA 'NAI' ringing in your ears every time a sick child pops up on the triage screen. Can you remember all the things to look for if you suspect non-accidental injury? > read more

The LITFL Review 020

Published on 2011-05-24 06:42:18

Funtabulously Frivolous Five 056

Published on 2011-05-20 04:05:18

Which emergency physician podcaster does Mel Herbert of EMRAP admire for his '20 inches'?... That's just the tip of the iceberg of funtabulous frivolity that can be found in this week's edition! > read more

UCEM to recruit Dr Electric?

Published on 2011-05-20 01:03:53

Surely UCEM have peaked with the Defibritazer BP50KV? Not if Dr. Electric joins the team working on the Defibritazer BP50,000,000KV... > read more

The Mystery of Chronic Pain

Published on 2011-05-19 21:52:32

The mystery of chronic pain highlights an inspiring TED talk by paediatric anaesthesiologist and chronic pain specialist Elliot Krane. > read more

Nathan Charles

Published on 2011-05-18 20:47:55

Patients are often a source of inspiration and hope. One such stand out individual is Nathan Charles. > read more

Does Roc rock? Does Sux suck?

Published on 2011-05-17 19:00:19

So, what are you gonna use for this rapid sequence intubation --- roc or sux? Can you answer the hard questions to determine once and for all, whether roc rocks and sux sucks or if it should be the other way around? > read more

Emergency Musical Interlude XXVIII

Published on 2011-05-17 04:27:42

The generic standard of mediocrity underpinning the Emergency Musical Interlude series has just taken a giant step forward with "Not Enough Perfusion" b y Manik, M.D.M.C. > read more

UCEM Medical Acronym Dictionary

Published on 2011-05-16 11:10:15

It is intended that this hardly comprehensive, nor accurate collection of acronyms, phrases and astute observations will assist those not of medically sound mind to gain a pseudo-scientific insight into the inner sanctum of the glorified hallows of m > read more

The LITFL Review 019

Published on 2011-05-15 23:30:32

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care > read more

Parody Paradise

Published on 2011-05-15 04:27:13

Been waiting all week for this to arrive...and finally the big ZDogg has delivered with another blockbuster parody - It's Call Day - I'm in Love > read more

IDC to Probe ZDoggMD

Published on 2011-05-15 04:21:46

It was tea time at Enlightenment Boulevard, and the members of the UCEM Council Executive were taking a well earned break. For a bit of light-hearted fun Professor Oliver Orvil Jeremiah Octavia Bristol suggested they all gather around his iPad to see > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Five 055

Published on 2011-05-13 04:22:52

FFFF is back with a fwack! > read more

FACEM VAQ remix

Published on 2011-05-12 12:28:24

Visual Aided Questions (VAQ) test a candidates ability to process visually presented information such as X-rays, pathology results and clinical images. > read more

High Pressure-Injection Injury

Published on 2011-05-11 20:42:09

A review on the emergency department assessment and management of high-pressure injection injuries. > read more

The LITFL Review 018

Published on 2011-05-09 09:21:59

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care > read more

A New Threat Tied in to Intensive Care

Published on 2011-05-04 11:38:30

Environmental selection pressures are a driving force in the adaptive processes driving adaptive processes in organisms. > read more

A New Threat Tied in to Intensive Care

Published on 2011-05-04 11:38:30

Environmental selection pressures are a driving force in the adaptive processes driving adaptive processes in organisms. > read more

The LITFL Review 017

Published on 2011-05-02 00:51:07

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care > read more

The LITFL Review 017

Published on 2011-05-02 00:51:07

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Five 054

Published on 2011-04-29 06:21:15

Is your frivolity stomach near empty? Well, its time to fill it up with a funtab-packed FFFF sandwich! > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Five 054

Published on 2011-04-29 06:21:15

Is your frivolity stomach near empty? Well, its time to fill it up with a funtab-packed FFFF sandwich! > read more

Own the Chest Tube!

Published on 2011-04-27 19:00:56

In this materialistic day and age you can never own too many things... It's time to Own the Chest Tube! > read more

Own the Chest Tube!

Published on 2011-04-27 19:00:56

In this materialistic day and age you can never own too many things... It's time to Own the Chest Tube! > read more

A Problem with Plumbing

Published on 2011-04-26 23:26:57

The plumbing problem is this: a man has a urinary catheter in situ, it won't come out. What are you going to do about it? > read more

A Problem with Plumbing

Published on 2011-04-26 23:26:57

The plumbing problem is this: a man has a urinary catheter in situ, it won't come out. What are you going to do about it? > read more

Symmetry Everynone?

Published on 2011-04-26 04:35:13

This striking Radiolab video made by Everynone was inspired by Radiolab's Desperately Seeking Symmetry episode. > read more

Symmetry Everynone?

Published on 2011-04-26 04:35:13

This striking Radiolab video made by Everynone was inspired by Radiolab's Desperately Seeking Symmetry episode. > read more

Utopian Solution to Brain Failure

Published on 2011-04-25 23:40:33

Feeling unprepared for your upcoming FACEM Part 2 emergency medicine examination? Suffering from brain failure? Don't worry, UCEM have the solution thanks to pioneering work by neurosurgeon Robert J. White. > read more

Utopian Solution to Brain Failure

Published on 2011-04-25 23:40:33

Back From the Dead

Published on 2011-04-25 20:12:47

Back from the Dead highlights the fascinating documentary by Dr Kevin Fong investigating a pioneering technique of extreme cooling that is being used to bring people back from the dead. > read more

The LITFL Review 016

Published on 2011-04-25 07:47:48

The Google Malware Effect

Published on 2011-04-22 10:26:07

Struggling to maintain a blog of this size is becoming an increasingly difficult task, and recently Google found a good reason to put us out of circulation again - MALWARE. > read more

MedBlogger Databases

Published on 2011-04-22 05:51:50

We have added the data-table search function and sorting fields to assist readers finding the best emergency medicine resources, their twitter handles, FB pages and RSS feeds. > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Five 053

Published on 2011-04-21 19:00:41

We cranked up the frivolity to 55 funtabs last week. Now we're in danger of breaking through the funtabosphere as we pack in 555 funtabs into the 53rd FFFF! > read more

Own the Wound!

Published on 2011-04-20 19:00:34

Own the wound is a collection of videos on wound care created by Michelle Lin the guru behind Academic Life in Emergency Medicine. > read more

LITFL Show/Hide Secret Revealed!

Published on 2011-04-20 02:18:45

One of the most common questions we get at LITFL is: "How do you do the show/hide feature on LITFL's case-based question-and-answer posts?" > read more

Lessons from Osler 005

Published on 2011-04-19 19:00:33

We turn to Osler to find out why examinations are necessary stumbling blocks in the path of the true student of medicine. > read more

Samson and Sanuk New Toys

Published on 2011-04-18 22:37:17

Juggling work commitments, family life and writing can be tricky. However, new vigour and inspiration has been instilled with the arrival of some geeky new toys from Samson and Sanuk Australia. > read more

ED.EXAM

Published on 2011-04-18 19:00:02

Introducing ED.EXAM: a free online forum and collection of resources for emergency medicine trainees studying for the ACEM Part 2 exams. > read more

The Magic of the Neuro Exam

Published on 2011-04-18 02:39:00

The neurological exam in 3 minutes, on video - the highest form of art? > read more

The LITFL Review 015

Published on 2011-04-17 22:55:11

The S-CUT

Published on 2011-04-15 22:12:34

LITFL reviews the S-CUT a dynamic new, simple and easy device for removing leathers/clothes in the critically ill trauma patient. > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 052

Published on 2011-04-14 19:00:25

Its FFFF time again, but beware - we've cranked it up to a freakish fifty-five funtabs on the frivolometer. > read more

Postcardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia

Published on 2011-04-14 10:07:15

It's April 2011 and time for @EBMedicineʼs Emergency Medicine Practice. This month the focus on the hottest of hot topics, therapeutic hypothermia. > read more

Sulfa Drug Discombobulation

Published on 2011-04-13 02:38:13

Is it safe to give a patient frusemide if they have an allergy to sulfa drugs? Are you feeling slightly immunologically discombobulated? Find the answers > read more

Own the ECMO

Published on 2011-04-11 18:41:58

Feature post showing the excellent presentation on ECMO by Dr Hergen Buescher. > read more

The LITFL Review 014

Published on 2011-04-11 03:16:03

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care > read more

The Storm is here!

Published on 2011-04-09 05:24:59

The amazing animated version of Tim Minchin's amazing 9 minute beat poem, Storm, can now be seen on the web. Right here even! > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 051

Published on 2011-04-08 00:37:41

Thanks to a regular diet of vitamin FFFF, LITFL has managed to fight off a malign malware miasma last week. Unfortunately, with the blog's immune system occupied, FFFF 051 had to be delayed... But, finally, it's here! > read more

Motivational Deficiency Disorder

Published on 2011-04-06 03:56:21

Thanks to the wonders of modern science, not only are we able to 'medically' justify every ache, pain, whinge, grimace and gripe we suffer - but we are also offered a cure at the same time! > read more

Path140

Published on 2011-04-04 19:00:08

Is it possible to summarise all of human pathology into 140 characters or less? Michelle Johnston (aka @Eleytherius) thinks so... > read more

The LITFL Review 013

Published on 2011-04-04 11:38:26

Emergency Musical Interlude XXVII

Published on 2011-03-30 09:54:07

Gastroenterologist Patricia Raymond takes medicine seriously . . . and herself lightly. The founder of Your Health Choice and Rx For Sanity, known nationally as The Divine Ms. Butt Meddler for her efforts to reduce the stigma often associated with > read more

The Ballad of Eric’s Prostate

Published on 2011-03-29 18:00:18

The Ballad of Eric's Prostate starts with an unusual finding hidden inside a patient's jocks... > read more

Diploma of HTFU

Published on 2011-03-28 19:00:03

As a specialty matures, sub-specialities inevitably arise. Within the umbrella of Utopian Medicine for instance we have seen the gaseous rise of Waiting Room medicine. Another mark of maturity for a college is a growing emphasis on the importance of > read more

Choose Your Own Resus Adventure!

Published on 2011-03-28 18:00:16

Get ready for an insanely edutaining roller-coaster ride through the perils of ruling the resus... Oh, and try to stay out of the courtroom if you can. > read more

The LITFL Review 012

Published on 2011-03-28 00:32:00

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 050

Published on 2011-03-24 19:00:39

It's time for your booster shot of Vitamin FFFF! This week we've got lice, humane execution, Moniz, Punk Rockers and Inuits taking part in the funtabulous frivolity of the Friday Five. > read more

GF Jooste Hospital Experience

Published on 2011-03-24 16:28:51

Today, I had the honor and privilege to lead the emergency department ward round at GF Jooste Hospital in Manenberg (Cape Town), South Africa. It was an amazing experience, and one which I will never forget. > read more

All Bleeding Stops

Published on 2011-03-24 04:20:39

Epistaxis, hemophilia... what happens next? A harrowing clip from Jed Mercurio's classic Cardiac Arrest TV show. > read more

My Throat Hurts!

Published on 2011-03-23 19:00:19

A review looking at a diagnosis and treatment approach to the patient presenting to the emergency department with a sore throat. > read more

Heart attack equipoise

Published on 2011-03-23 03:55:13

Musings on the point of equipoise for investigating and discharging chest pain patients in light of a new paper in the Lancet describing a rapid rule-out protocol for acute coronary syndromes (the ASPECT trial). > read more

Own the Echo!

Published on 2011-03-22 23:30:36

Bedside echocardiodiography is taking over the resuscitation world. Learn how to 'own the echo' when it comes to the critically ill or shocked patient! > read more

Seizing and No Access!!!

Published on 2011-03-21 19:00:44

A review of the effectives and use of intraosseous devices in the emergency department. > read more

The Art of Infarct Localisation

Published on 2011-03-21 06:52:44

Brilliant images illustrating the art of myocardial infarct localisation by ECG interpretation. > read more

The LITFL Review 011

Published on 2011-03-21 06:03:22

It's time for the enigmatic eleventh edition of the LITFL Review --- a weekly round up of the best and brightest in emergency medicine and critical care on the web. > read more

Coping with Jet Lag

Published on 2011-03-18 02:45:46

Travelling with fit, well hydrated, socially capable, phototropic, extrovert athletes in a Westward direction (to South Africa) should, in theory, be a fairly straight forward exercise... > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 049

Published on 2011-03-17 19:00:01

Studies show that 73.2% of people start to develop FFFF withdrawal symptoms 168 hours after receiving the previous dose. Thus it would be inhumane to delay any longer... Bring on the funtabulous frivolity! > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 049

Published on 2011-03-17 19:00:01

Western Force in South Africa – Preparation

Published on 2011-03-17 04:17:22

Travel is an integral part of a professional Rugby Union Players regime. Competition schedules require the crossing of time zones and the rapid re-setting of the body clock with minimal disruption to on-field performance. > read more

Intensive Care Network

Published on 2011-03-16 18:27:09

A new intensive care educational and networking website is being launched this week, and I invite you all to check it out: Intensive Care Network. > read more

Emergency Ultrasound

Published on 2011-03-15 19:00:12

March 2011 sees @EBMedicineʼs Emergency Medicine Practice examine the evidence surrounding the use of Ultrasound in the Emergency Department. > read more

Six True Emergencies

Published on 2011-03-14 19:00:26

Does your mind go blank at a code? If you remember the six true emergencies you'll do fine... > read more

The LITFL Review 010

Published on 2011-03-13 21:19:27

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 048

Published on 2011-03-10 18:00:29

Hear that? Its not the sound of one hand clapping but the “snap! crackle! pop!” of your apoptosing neurons! Save them by dousing them in 5 pints of FFFF! This week’s FFFF would not have been possible without WhoNamedIt, and is for t > read more

Metabolic Mayhem

Published on 2011-03-10 04:30:06

Two quick ECG problems for you this week. See if you can spot the common thread. > read more

Emergency Medicine Updates

Published on 2011-03-09 18:00:59

Reuben Strayer's blog Emergency Medicine Updates gets a good 'ole fashioned LITFL shout out. Some awesome links to click in this one. > read more

Becoming an Oslerphile

Published on 2011-03-08 18:00:36

What resources must the budding Oslerophile seek out? Here are the LITFL-approved books and websites for learning about Sir William Osler. > read more

At what price?

Published on 2011-03-08 02:00:55

Resusci Sharon and CPR Tracey are now available for purchase. But at what price? UCEM looks at the price of 'similar' models on the market... > read more

A Stand Against Big Pharma

Published on 2011-03-07 18:00:54

Jelinek and Brown announce that Emergency Medicine Australasia is taking a stand against drug company advertising. The LITFL team applauds! > read more

The LITFL Review 009

Published on 2011-03-07 00:51:10

Emergency Musical Interlude XXVI

Published on 2011-03-06 06:19:58

We echo the ZDOggMD crew's call to IMMUNIZE! > read more

Ballistically Potent Vertigo

Published on 2011-03-05 18:00:28

A 50 year-old woman sees the world spin round when she hangs up her washing. Can you make the diagnosis and effect a cure? > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 047

Published on 2011-03-03 22:59:43

Here we go again... time to prepare for the weekend by silencing the "snap! crackle! pop!" of your apoptosing neurons by rejuvenating them with a taste of the FFFF! > read more

The LITFL Review 008

Published on 2011-03-01 03:32:20

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care > read more

Future of UCEM Decided

Published on 2011-02-28 18:00:26

Egerton Y. Davis IV makes an announcement concerving the future of the Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine. Will they stay or will they go? > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 046

Published on 2011-02-25 01:11:38

FFFF has been in a state of aestivation of a a few weeks now. Before the din created by the "snap! crackle! pop!" of your apoptosing neurons gets too loud, we thought we'd better bring it back to help keep your brain in healthy state. > read more

Kia Kaha Christchurch

Published on 2011-02-24 23:30:25

To all affected by the Christchurch earthquake, the thoughts of the Life in the Fast Lane team are with you. > read more

Who would you give the job to?

Published on 2011-02-23 04:55:37

If you're an overseas doctor seeking to work in an Australian hospital it is vital to make a good first impression. This is not always easy to achieve. > read more

New Bookshelf Addition

Published on 2011-02-21 22:38:54

Finally a useful addition to the bookshelf...I feel partially vindicated that the Defibritazer and UCEM are finally making a useful contribution to society! > read more

A Lesson in History

Published on 2011-02-21 18:00:28

A man, originally from Somalia, is jaundiced and has abnormal LFTs. Can you work out the cause? > read more

The LITFL Review 007

Published on 2011-02-21 05:56:05

Placebo Weirdness

Published on 2011-02-20 03:40:48

Check out @ProfessorFunk's kinetic typography take on the utter weirdness of placebos, based on information from @BenGoldacre's superlative book, Bad Science. > read more

Can he play?

Published on 2011-02-16 22:21:30

Starting to feel the pressure ahead of this weekends big clash as the Emirates Western Force take on the Queensland Reds in Brisbane. > read more

We are the Champions

Published on 2011-02-16 18:10:03

Heartiest congratulations to all those blogs nominated for the MedGadget awards for 2010. Unfortunately there can only be one winner in each of the categories...and the winners are > read more

UCEM Selectively Research Rival Research Institute

Published on 2011-02-14 20:30:18

The UCEM has today received leaked information that Wakefield is set to open his own research institute to collect evidence that supports his assumptions. > read more

The LITFL Review 006

Published on 2011-02-14 04:57:32

Happy is as Happy does

Published on 2011-02-13 20:30:50

Happiness begets happiness...especially if you are central to the causation of happiness. A study from Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego found that people at the center of the social network tend to be happier...and they > read more

Post-op Pacing Puzzler

Published on 2011-02-13 08:03:59

Night shift in the surgical ICU and one of your post-op cardiac patients is showing some worrying rhythms on their ECG monitor. Can you diagnose the problem and keep them alive until the morning? > read more

Coronary Care Manual 2e – Review

Published on 2011-02-10 17:20:09

Review of Peter L Thompson's "Coronary Care Manual (2E)". > read more

Own the Airway!

Published on 2011-02-09 00:17:46

The LITFL team have scoured the web to find the best collection of online instructional videos known to man or woman to help you 'own the airway'! > read more

A Change of Direction

Published on 2011-02-08 03:37:26

I have taken on a new challenge as team doctor for the Emirates Western Force (EWF) Super XV Rugby Union Team in Perth, Western Australia > read more

The LITFL Review 005

Published on 2011-02-07 02:38:09

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care > read more

Pediatric Pneumonia in the ED

Published on 2011-02-06 18:00:53

Eight Q-and-As to separate the (wo)men from the amoebae on EBmedicine's Feb 2011 review: An Evidence-Based Review Of Pediatric Pneumonia In The ED. > read more

Carbon Monoxoide Poisoning

Published on 2011-02-04 18:00:09

10 Q-and-As to test your knowledge on the key learning points covered in T@EBMedicine's Feb 2001 review: Diagnosis And Management Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In The Emergency Department. > read more

Pediatric Procedural Sedation with Ketamine

Published on 2011-02-02 18:00:29

A Q-and-A review of EBMedicine's article titled: Pediatric Sedation In The Emergency Department Procedural Sedation In The Emergency Department > read more

UCEM to Leave Sinking Ship?

Published on 2011-02-01 18:00:33

Is the Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine about to ditch 'Life in the Fast Lane' and take their online presence elsewhere? Find out here... > read more

Medgadget Medical Blog Awards 2010

Published on 2011-01-31 20:44:34

Medgadget have released the list of finalists for this years prestigious Medical Weblog awards. Voting commences on February 3 2011 and runs to February 13 over at Medgadget.com. > read more

Top Gun and Punk Rock in the ER

Published on 2011-01-31 19:59:52

ZDoggMD recently parodied the stereotype of the adrenaline-fueled ER doc. There's no truth to it, is there? Maybe you haven't heard of Deniz Tek? > read more

The LITFL Review 004

Published on 2011-01-31 00:14:07

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care > read more

Anticoagulated Patients in the ED

Published on 2011-01-29 18:00:41

It’s time for a look at the latest review from EBMedicine: An Evidence-Based Approach to Managing the Anticoagulated Patient in the ED. > read more

Intranasal.net

Published on 2011-01-28 18:00:09

The delivery of medication by the intranasal route has undergone a surge in popularity recently, especially in the settings of prehospital care and paediatric emergency medicine. Recently I stumbled across Intranasal.net. > read more

Bad Movie Medicine

Published on 2011-01-27 18:22:44

A recent tweet by LITFL friend and medical satirist extrordinaire ZDoggMD piqued my interest… @zdoggmd No wonder government docs couldn’t resuscitate E.T. in the movie; they shocked asystole and tried bretylium, for God’s sake. R > read more

No Radial Pulse!

Published on 2011-01-26 18:00:00

Your patient's finger tips have turned blue, and the paramedics are unable palpate a radial pulse.... "Is he in cardiogenic shock?" > read more

Who Named It?

Published on 2011-01-25 19:00:33

A shout out for Whonamedit.com: a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms that aims to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person. > read more

Mosby’s Pocketbook of Mental Health

Published on 2011-01-25 02:00:31

LITFL book review of Mosby's Pocketbook of Mental Health > read more

Hot lips

Published on 2011-01-24 18:00:22

aka Trauma Tribulation 009 Your next patient is a 2 year-old girl who has sustained a burn. This is what the injury looks like: Questions Q1. What is shown and what is the likely mechanism? Answer and interpretation expand(document.getElementById('dd > read more

The LITFL Review 003

Published on 2011-01-23 21:54:09

Welcome to the 3rd edition! The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team will cas > read more

Ten Commandments of Clinical Research

Published on 2011-01-22 18:00:25

The Ten Commandments of Clinical Research according to Stoller and Mireles-Cabodevila. > read more

Ten Commandments of Clinical Research

Published on 2011-01-22 18:00:25

The Ten Commandments of Clinical Research according to Stoller and Mireles-Cabodevila. > read more

Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog

Published on 2011-01-21 18:00:30

Among Scott Weingart’s ED Critical Care Dirty Dozen for 2010 was Dr Smith’s ECG blog. The LITFL team thought it was about time we gave this great blog a shout out too. Dr. Stephen Smith is a faculty emergency physician at Hennepin County > read more

Dangerous Love

Published on 2011-01-20 23:00:16

Love is dangerous. If you don't believe me, read on to learn about all the ways amorous acts can threaten life, limb and... other body parts. > read more

Microwave Meltdown

Published on 2011-01-19 18:00:35

aka Trauma Tribulation 009 An ambulance crew have radioed through to the emergency department. They are en route with a patient who has sustained a ‘microwave injury’… Questions Q1. What are the 3 main mechanisms of ‘microwave > read more

Emergency Medical Interlude XXV

Published on 2011-01-18 20:00:33

What's like to be team leader at a code? It's kinda hard to explain. Perhaps this Emergency MEdical Interlude will help explain? > read more

A Motorcyclist’s Irreparable Injury

Published on 2011-01-18 18:00:30

aka Trauma Tribulation 008 A 26 year-old male was BIBA after falling off his stationary motorbike at a set of traffic lights. C-spine precautions were removed following palpation of his neck and assessment of his sphincter tone. Initially, his only c > read more

Troubling Tachycardia

Published on 2011-01-18 09:16:42

Another crazy night in the ED... One of the nurses hands you this ECG. "Will you take a look at this guy? He doesn't look so well..." Can you recognize and treat this life-threatening tachyarrhythmia? > read more

Toxicology Handbook, 2nd Edition

Published on 2011-01-18 02:15:52

For a forthright review of the Toxicology Handbook 2nd edition, the LITFL team turned to an esteemed emergency medicine educator, Dr Trevor Jackson. > read more

Mistaken Identity

Published on 2011-01-17 23:10:29

A 22 year old presents to the ED following the alleged ingestion of fenofibrate tablets 2 hours prior to presentation. > read more

A Remorseless Poison

Published on 2011-01-17 18:00:08

A 20 year-old female had a polypharmacy overdose 36 hours ago. She has had symptoms of GI upset (nausea and vomiting), some anxiety and mild confusion. Her life is in your hands... > read more

The LITFL Review 002

Published on 2011-01-16 20:39:29

Welcome to the 2nd edition! The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team will cas > read more

Time is but a quotient

Published on 2011-01-16 02:06:42

Euler in 1764 discovered that ℓ^i∏ +1 = ƛ, and therefore closely related to the imaginary numbers. In an illustration of this powerful formula it is clear to visualize that the greater the ƛ, the more one goes around in circles > read more

Cunningham’s Shoulder Relocation

Published on 2011-01-15 03:00:19

A video and description of Neal Cunningham's method of reduction for anterior shoulder dislocations and relevant links on shoulderdislocation.net > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 045

Published on 2011-01-14 02:32:30

Challenging medical trivia to tickle your cerebellar tonsils and whimsy your way to cerebral hibernation for the weekend > read more

A Toxic Slumber

Published on 2011-01-12 18:00:49

A 3 year-old boy is BIBA with a reduced level of consciousness. He is protecting is airway, has a respiratory rate of 15/min, a pulse rate of 70/min and blood pressure of 85/35 mmHg. He is responsive to painful stimuli and has pupils 2mm in diameter > read more

Therapeutic Taping for Musculoskeletal Conditions

Published on 2011-01-12 01:52:09

Therapeutic Taping for Musculoskeletal Conditions is a practical and enlightening text. It discusses and demonstrates a range of taping techniques to be used in conjunction with other treatments to address complaints. > read more

UCEM Guidelines for Orthopedics

Published on 2011-01-11 19:00:52

Egerton Y Davis IV unveils the latest guidelines to be produced by UCEM, the much anticipated Guidelines for Orthopedic Surgery. > read more

Emergency Medicine Tweducation

Published on 2011-01-10 21:59:24

Still perplexed or petrified by Twitter? Get over it. Twitter can be a great tool for keeping your finger on the emergency medicine pulse. In this video for Twitter newbies, Iain Beardsell shows you how it all works: Iain Beardsell is the force behin > read more

The BurnDoc’s ICU Rounds

Published on 2011-01-10 21:00:34

The LITFL team recently added the ICU Rounds podcast to our easy-to-search database of free online podcasts. This podcast has been running for a couple of years now, and is produced by the exceptionally prolific Jeffrey Guy. Dr Guy has specialty trai > read more

The LITFL Review 001

Published on 2011-01-09 18:00:04

Ten Commandments of Emergency Radiology

Published on 2011-01-08 18:30:35

The 'Ten Commandments of Emergency Radiology' according to Touquet et al (1995). > read more

King of Psychopathology

Published on 2011-01-08 03:00:47

Perhaps the greatest documentary ever made is 'King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'. It tells the incredible story of video game newbie Steve Wiebe's quixotic quest to break the 25 year-old Donkey Kong world record score held by the greatest gamer of > read more

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 044

Published on 2011-01-07 00:21:22

Challenging medical trivia to tickle your cerebellar tonsils and whimsy your way to cerebral hibernation for the weekend > read more

The Wisdom of Crowd Review

Published on 2011-01-06 06:00:17

Almost immediately after finishing ‘Time to publish then filter?’ – a post that highlighted a recent editorial in the BMJ outlining the need for an effective system of post-publication peer review — I came across this in the Annals of > read more

Free Emergency Medicine Talks

Published on 2011-01-06 03:00:58

Free Emergency Medicine Talks is a website is designed to help distribute the vast Emergency Medicine lecture library of Dr. Joe Lex. > read more

Time to publish then filter?

Published on 2011-01-04 22:40:30

An editorial in the BMJ by Schriger and Altman highlights the failings of the peer review process and the need for effective post-publication peer review. > read more

Defibritazer Update

Published on 2011-01-04 18:00:16

UCEM’s new Defibritazer BP50KV device promises to revolutionise the way we practice medicine in the Waiting Room. Interest in the device has reached fever pitch. Some insane individual has even gone as far as designing a Defibritazer BP50KV T-s > read more

The Road Toll

Published on 2011-01-03 20:41:21

This feature post looks at the graphic hard hitting advertising campaign by the Transport Accident Commision of Victoria, over the past 20years. > read more

Resuscitation Medicine Education

Published on 2011-01-03 18:00:51

A look at Cliff Reid's fantastic website: ResusME - Resuscitation Medicine Education. A great way to keep up with cutting edge research and developments in life-saving medicine. > read more

Australasian Resuscitation Guidelines 2011

Published on 2011-01-03 06:24:24

The Australian Resuscitation Council has release its 2011 resuscitation guidelines and flowcharts. > read more

A New Year and Healthy Living

Published on 2011-01-02 18:00:00

A New Year has begun, no doubt many resolutions have been made. Many have probably already been broken! A good place to turn to for some tips on Healthy Living is the Bandolier website. Here are Bandolier's 10 tips on healthy living. What's missing a > read more

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