LITFL Review 175

Welcome to the 175th 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 Beauts of the Week If you are trained in transcutaneously pacing then you absolutely must read part 1 and part 2 of Transcutaneous Pacing Success, over at the EMS 12-Lead Blog. [MG] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency MedicineEM Didactic offers a great primer to the concept of cognitive bias in Emergency Medicine. [AS]Is there a role for prehospital use of furosemide in acute decompensated heart failure? Should it be given in the field at all? A Medic’s Medicine provides a thoughtful review of the literature. [MG]The Blunt Dissection is back, and kicking things off with the case of “a splitting headache.” [MG]Taming the SRU (Shock Resuscitation Unit, pronounced Shrew) features another fantastic prehospital trauma management case with thoughtfully curated expert commentary. Spoiler alert: read the case first before jumping ahead to the commentary to maximize your learning! [MG]Thinking about setting up an in situ simulation programme? Have a listen to this great podcast via Injectable Orange. [SL]The Best of #FOAMcc Critical CareThis years EMCrit Critical Care Conference Blast Winner: Ice Water Baths for Rapid Cooli...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs