LITFL Review #211

Welcome to the 211th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chuck of FOAM. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Astrophysicist and anaesthetist, Kevin Fong, gives an amazing talk about the medical lessons from space exploration. [JS] Pat Croskerry’s gives an incredible talk on Cognitive Debiasing from SMACC Chicago. [MG] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine Ken Milne and Fareen Zaver critically appraise a new study looking to see if head CT performed ≤6 hours from onset of headache in a community setting can rule out SAH. [SR] A reminder from Stephen Smith to resuscitate prior to making the decision about the need for revascularization in unstable patients. [AS] We listed this site when it first opened in November, but in case you missed it: Another new FOAM resource called Geriatric Emergency Medicine Cast (GEMCast), the brainchild of a geriatric emergency physician, on all topics for physicians, nurses and anyone caring for older adults. [SR] Have you heard of the HEAVEN criteria for predicting difficult intubation? Find out about the research behind it on the Flight Bridge ED podcast. [MG] Emergency Medicine Cases takes on opioid misuse in the emergen...
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