“ Howdy pardner! ” Working with the ED Admitting Officer
Dr Chris Nickson “Howdy pardner!” Working with the ED Admitting Officer
This is a rough guide for hospital inpatient team registrars and JMOs admitting patients via the Wild West of the Emergency Department. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 11, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Chris Nickson Tags: SMILE2 Clare Skinner collaboration ED Admitting Officer Emergency Department Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 293
Dr Neil Long Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 293
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 293 (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 6, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Neil Long Tags: FFFF AAA atropa belladonna Atropine atropos carl linnaeus deadly nightshade Dellen ICD Magnet May-Thurner syndrome obese pacemaker Renaissance Titan Trash foot Woman with a mirror Source Type: blogs
Medmastery: Mortality rate
Sabrine Elkhodr Medmastery: Mortality rate
Franz Weisbauer explains how to calculate mortality rates for various subgroups, proportionate mortality, and why proportionate mortality is not a measure of risk. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 4, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sabrine Elkhodr Tags: Epidemiology Medmastery Franz Weisbauer mortality Mortality rate Source Type: blogs
Career Suicide and some Unspoken Rules
Lewis Hong Career Suicide and some Unspoken Rules
“The best advice I can give you is to just swallow. Don’t spit it out, don’t complain. Just swallow” Advice from Anonymous PGY3 Junior Doctor I always thought career suicide would consist of something more dramatic. Stealing drugs from the hospital, posting something unethical on social media, or even just simply not doing your job. […] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 2, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Lewis Hong Tags: SMILE2 career suicide junior doctor medical student medical student presentation Source Type: blogs
The Crystal Cave
Dr Sean Rothwell The Crystal Cave
The Crystal Cave - Naica, Mexico. Along with TV journalist Michael Usher and crew (cameraman Andy Taylor and soundman Chick Davies), I was invited along to provide medical support. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 2, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Sean Rothwell Tags: Wilderness Medicine Crystal Cave David Rosengren Mexico Source Type: blogs
Back in Black
Dr Chris Nickson Back in Black
After checking the patient’s observations and refitting his oxygen mask, the nurse heard the patient ask: “Are my testicles black?” The nurse raised his eyebrows, then spoke in his Scottish brogue, “I’ll check if you like”. The nurse lifted up the bed sheets, poked around for a bit, then declared,”no, they’re not black”, as he […] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Chris Nickson Tags: Medical Humour test results testicles Source Type: blogs
Does fat float on blood?
Dr Mike Cadogan Does fat float on blood?
Your first patient of the drizzly Thursday night shift is Matthew, a man in his 30s, lying on his side on a trolley. He winces as he rolls onto his back to face you, waving aside your apology for his 3hr 47min wait; he’s in obvious discomfort and very happy to see you. He complains […] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 31, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Mike Cadogan Tags: LITFL Source Type: blogs
Time for a change
Dr Mike Cadogan Time for a change
11 years later we are onto our fifth server and have just completed our last major overhaul and re-write, trimming the 10,000 posts to a more manageable 6,000. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 31, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Mike Cadogan Tags: Administration PEG PEG Tube Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy Source Type: blogs
Mastering Intensive Care 046 with Deborah Cook
Dr Andrew Davies Mastering Intensive Care 046 with Deborah Cook
Today’s guest is Deborah Cook, a compassionate and world-leading Canadian intensivist granting wishes at end of life. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 30, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Andrew Davies Tags: Mastering Intensive Care Podcast Deborah Cook Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 292
Dr Neil Long Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 292
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 292 (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 30, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Neil Long Tags: FFFF Anton Chekhov bungee jumping Dangerous Sports club Ernesto Guevara famous doctors Graham Chapman hangover Jurrasic park Ken Jeong Michael Crichton Source Type: blogs
Concussion at the Bledisloe Cup, a big headache?
Dr Tane Eunson Concussion at the Bledisloe Cup, a big headache?
Player welfare is the number one priority in World Rugby, which has driven the development of evidence-based protocols for the identification and management of concussion (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 26, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Tane Eunson Tags: Sports Medicine concussion concussion in sport HIA SCAT Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 291
Dr Neil Long Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 291
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 291 (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 23, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Neil Long Tags: FFFF chest pain David Rytand DHE dihydroergotamine headache Henri Huchard JB Murphy migraine precordial catch Raskin protocol Rytand Law Rytand murmur Surgery Texidor texidor twinge video games Source Type: blogs
Flu Season
Dr Kristin Boyle Flu Season
Evening shift. I stare at the computer screen, frustration and mild panic rising within me. Maybe if I look for long enough the Tetris game of too many patients and not enough cubicles will magically rearrange itself (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 21, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Kristin Boyle Tags: Literary Medicine LITFL reflection Resillience Tetris well-being wellbeing Source Type: blogs
Waiting Room Medicine
Dr Mike Cadogan Waiting Room Medicine
With exponential Emergency Department over-crowding and spiraling waiting times, the Utopian College has produced a series of guidelines to assist fondling members. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 20, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Mike Cadogan Tags: Medical Humour UCEM code yellow Waiting Room waiting room medicine Source Type: blogs
Aortic Regurgitation Eponymythology
Dr Gary Zhang Aortic Regurgitation Eponymythology
Chronological review of the eponyms of aortic regurgitation / insufficiency based on the 31 signs proposed by Ashrafian (2005) and Zacek (2018) (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 19, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Gary Zhang Tags: Cardiology Eponym Eponymythology Aortic incompetence Aortic insufficiency Aortic regurgitation Aortic valve incompetence Fredrick T. Sherman Ludwig Traube popliteal-brachial gradient Rosenbach sign Shelley sign Sherman sign Traub Source Type: blogs
