The LITFL Review 102

Welcome to the 102nd edition! The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week Resus.ME Cliff Reid over at Resus.ME smashes his way to top spot this week, as he brings us 3 great hot-of-the-press articles, that really tackle the core of what we do. He starts off with Another argument for ED thoracotomy - yes that’s right – we know we don’t often get a meaningful outcome for these patients, but we can give their families and other patients an meaningful outcome through organ donation. Cliff then sheds some light on where EMCC is, and where it should be heading on Upstairs vs Downstairs: an EPIC Conundrum - the comments on this post are a must read. He finishes the week with a look at  swallowing a camera in GI bleed -  it can only diagnose and not treat, making its benefit questionable in the unstable patient – but an interesting concept none the less! The LITFL Review Top Picks Emergency Medicine Ireland Andy vodcasts us through some Basic Anatomy of Abdomen and Pelvic Trauma and Basic Anatomy of Chest Trau...
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