LITFL Review 261

Welcome to the 261st 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 VL or DL? George Kovaks guest posts on the EMCrit site that this discussion is much more nuanced than what is often discussed. Bottom line: the best approach depends not on the device but on the experience of the operator. [AS] One of the best from SMACC DUB: A wonderful panel discussion on the future of medical publishing. [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine The guys over at HEFTEMcast urge us to think about feverish ED patients a little bit more than a reflex dose of paracetamol.  Is there any harm in bringing it down? [CC] Excellent review from Emergency Medicine PharmD on controversies and therapies in the management of hyperkalemia. [AS] [SO] The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care This is a bleedin’ awesome dive into Sepsis induced DIC from PulmCrit with a discussion around diagnosis, TEG and treatment. [CC] The UK Intensive Care Society State of the Art Meeting has just finished. Before the release of the Podcasts (all coming as #foamed) Jonathan Downham has released great video summaries of the sessions he attended. Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 are all available to view. Great work mate!...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs