The LITFL Review 155

Welcome to the 154th 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 Beaut of the Week Cricoid pressure/force continues to be a contentious point amongst critical care practitioners. Where did it come from? The Bottom Line review and critique the original paper by Sellick. [SO] Insight into the mind of Scott Weingart. How the master of logistics gets things done outside of the clinical area. [AS] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine Brilliant post from George Kovaks via EMCrit on Antifragility in the Practice of Emergency Medicine. Making errors leads to healthy growth. We must embrace risk and the unknown. [AS] A whole new level of tPA in ischemic stroke debate. Jerome Hoffman and Greg Albers (ATLANTIS investigator) square off. A must see. [AS] POCUS can reduce time to diagnosis and thus, time to disposition in patients with suspected small bowel obstruction. emDocs.net reviews the literature behind US for this presentation. [AS] Coding in the ED, leave it to the bean counters……well maybe not! This podcast from the St. Emlyns crew gives you a sound overview about ED finances in UK and gives you an insight into how you can make them work for you. [SL] Opiate use continues ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs