LITFL Review 253

Welcome to the 253rd 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 chunk of FOAM. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week The ICN has an excellent online focused critical care ultrasound (FCUS) course available. The course is accredited for those licensed to practice in Australia. Registration is required, although its freely available for everyone everywhere. Get your POCUS on, folks! [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine An excellent reminder that the presence of a pacemaker doesn’t preclude us from diagnosing a STEMI. From Stephen Smith. [AS] The SGEM features a review of catheter-directed thrombolytics in the treatment of submassive and massive PE, with a drop-in from Jeff Kline. [AS] Head injury on warfarin, neurologically normal and a normal CT head scan: admit or discharge? A great blog from Aimee Wright on the topic. [SL] Lets face it, we’re not getting any younger–and neither are our patients. FOAMShed looks at the topic of delirium screening in the ED in their journal club. [SL] The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care Jon-Emile Kenny discusses the challenge of antibiotic pharmacokinetics in the critically ill. Are we using piperacillin-tazobactam correctly? Read the article to find out…...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs