LITFL Review 240

Welcome to the 240th 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 TheResusRoom site just launched with great new podcasts on sepsis, CXR in trauma, PCI following ROSC and many more. For those more textually inclined there are paper summaries and guidelines to whet your appetite. [CC] Iain Beardsell’s “Thrombolysis in PE” talk from SMACC dub has already acquired legendary status. The legend himself talks us through its inception and development. [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine Joe Lex discusses his EM Mindset and some of what he’s learned in 50 years in Emergency Medicine. [AS] EM Lit of Note discusses further evidence that IV antibiotics aren’t necessarily better than oral. [AS] John Bucher walks us through the facts of cervical collars in trauma. [SR] Michael Moss reviews some pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis and management of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. [SR] Some great ‘what, so what and now what’ recaps from Rob Fenwick on alcohol withdrawal, CURB 65 and ectopic pregnancy. [SL] A great take on spinal immobilisation and the approach to caring for these patients in this PHEMCAST episode on gentle patient handling. [SL] Fans ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs