LITFL Review 232

Welcome to the 232nd 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 Cliff Reid offers an amazing reflection on training, stress exposure and pushing one self to achieve even in the face of defeat. [AS] Nadim Lalani writes one of the most incredible pieces I have ever read on courageous collegiality in medicine, a guide to having challenging conversations. (Thanks Brent Thoma for the tip) [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine Should we transfuse platelets to patients with spontaneous ICH on antiplatelet therapy? St. Emlyn’s and EM Lit of Note review a recent RCT in the Lancet that essentially says, no. [AS] Here’s a nice summary from St Emlyn’s on recent UK guidelines on managing acute behavioural disturbance. [SO] Do patients attending the ED have a higher mortality if they attend at weekends? The Bottom Line review a topical recent paper from the UK looking at this. [SO] The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care EMCrit features the Laryngoscope as a Murder Weapon series that many have heard in grand rounds but now, available to everyone. Part 1 + Part 2. [AS] Core EM features a review of the Bed-Up-Head-Elevated (BUHE) position for intubation with a quick i...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs