The LITFL Review 153

The LITFL Review is 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. Welcome to the 153rd edition, brought to you by: Anand Swaminathan [AS] (EM Lyceum, iTeachEM) Brent Thoma [BT] (BoringEM and Academic Life in EM) Chris Connolly [CC] Chris Nickson [CN] ( iTeachEM, RAGE, INTENSIVE and SMACC) Joe-Anthony Rotella [JAR] Kane Guthrie [KG] Mat Goebel [MG] Segun Olusanya [SO] (JICSCast) Simon Laing [SL]  (HEFTEMCast) Tessa Davis [TRD] (Don’t Forget The Bubbles) The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week What do we do when our diagnostic capabilities outstrip our abilities to understand the disease and it’s necessary treatment? Rory Spiegel gives turns a critical eye onto the practice of cardiac catheterization for all cardiac diseases that aren’t STEMI. [AS] The University of Maryland Emergency Medicine (UMEM) Department has been churning out high-yield pearls for years. Now, you can get the free UMEM app for free and bring those pearls directly to your handheld device. [AS] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine Looking for a way to reduce a mandibular dislocation without procedural sedation? Ryan Radecki reviews the syringe technique this week. [AS]  More pearls from Amal Mattu’s EKG series. This week he...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs