Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 138
This study seeks to prove a saying attributed to Hippocrates: “It augurs well, if the patient’s mind is sound, and he accepts food that’s offered him; but, if the contrary conditions do prevail, the changes of recovery are slim.” In a nutshell, Hippocrates felt that a good appetite and good cognition bode well for mortality. The author’s found that in a group of community living older adults, a graded effect was present. The more severe appetite loss or poor cognition, the more likely the patient would have a poor prognosis.
Recommended by Anand Swaminathan
Trauma
Ogura T, et al. Nonopera...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 8, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Soren Rudolph Tags: Clinical Research Emergency Medicine LITFL R&R in the FASTLANE Review Trauma critical care Intensive Care literature Resuscitation Source Type: blogs
JellyBean 036 with Rob MacSweeney
Rob MacSweeney & Matt MacPartlin in Fairy-Land.
Sounds wrong.
It’s simulated Fairy-Land but I’m not sure that makes it any better.
(I am expecting “Captain Holly Short” of “LEPrecon” to turn up and sort this out.) (Come on! That’s an easy cultural reference!)
I really should have put this Jellybean out earlier to encourage people to go to SMACC Dublin but that would have been a complete waste of time given that the whole thing sold out in seconds.
Rob had just debated Paul Marik (Mr Fluid) in Chicago and lost despite being one of the best read people in medicine. Maybe the most conspic...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 8, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doug Lynch Tags: JellyBean Rob MacSweeney Source Type: blogs
MERDE: Topics for Clinical Feedback.
Conclusion
MERDE gives a roadmap for topics to discuss. It provides a grounded way to consider what has occurred and in which ways we may improve it. It can be helpful in not only providing feedback to others, but also in considering how we may best improve. (Source: richard[WINTERS]md)
Source: richard[WINTERS]md - June 5, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Richard Winters MD Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
MERDE: Topics for Clinical Feedback
Conclusion
MERDE gives a roadmap for topics to discuss. It provides a grounded way to consider what has occurred and how we may improve. It can be helpful in not only providing feedback to others, but also in considering how we may best improve. (Source: richard[WINTERS]md)
Source: richard[WINTERS]md - June 5, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Richard Winters MD Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
DREEM: Topics for Clinical Feedback
Conclusion
DREEM gives a roadmap for topics to discuss. It provides a grounded way to consider what has occurred and how we may improve. It can be helpful in not only providing feedback to others, but also in considering how we may best improve. (Source: richard[WINTERS]md)
Source: richard[WINTERS]md - June 5, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Richard Winters MD Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 234
Welcome to the 234th 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
Simon Carley shatters our illusions of superiority, making us question whether we are really in the 93% that self-rate as “above average.” Are you as good as you think? [JS]
The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine
Some interesting tid...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 5, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 148
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 148
Question 1
The Aztec word for avocado also refers to a particular body part. What body part?
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The Testicle [Reference]
Question 2
What is “corpse medicine“?
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 2, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five ACE inhibitor ACE-i Avocado Brazilian arrow-headed viper corpse medicine CPR deuteranopsia John Vine testicle Source Type: blogs
JellyBean 035 with Charles Bruen
You might be a brain surgeon but it’s not rocket science is it? A jellybean with Charles Bruen; Doctor, FOAMed enthusiast and genuine aerospace engineer.
Yeah but! It’s not Rocket Science is it?
So one super long training period is enough for most of us. Most. Not Charles.
Charles studied aerospace engineering at MIT. (Yes that MIT.) Having literally engineered rockets Charles retrained as an physician. (Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Cardiology no less!) (Nutter.) Engineers make things happen. That’s almost the job description.
Matt MacPartlin gets a chat going about the engineering mind set and how it fi...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doug Lynch Tags: JellyBean Charles Bruen Source Type: blogs
Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 137
Welcome to the 137th edition of Research and Reviews in the Fastlane. R&R in the Fastlane is a free resource that harnesses the power of social media to allow some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature.
This edition contains 6 recommended reads. The R&R Editorial Team includes Jeremy Fried, Nudrat Rashid, Soren Rudolph, Justin Morgenstern, Anand Swaminathan and, of course, Chris Nickson. Find more R&R in the Fastlane reviews in the R&R Archive, read more about the R&R ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Soren Rudolph Tags: Clinical Research Education LITFL Neurology R&R in the FASTLANE Trauma critical care emergency Emergency Medicine Intensive Care literature recommendations research and reviews Resuscitation Source Type: blogs
Spring Seminar Goes to Noosa!
The Spring Seminar on Emergency Medicine is going to Noosa in September 2016!
In case you haven’t been to an SSEM before – this is a boutique Australasian emergency conference run by a not-for-profit organisation. It is squarely aimed at EM clinicans who like to get their hands dirty. The emphasis is on practical stuff: SSEM is legendary for the quality of its workshops.
And its venues! The last three SSEMs have been held in the Barossa Valley, Darwin and Rotorua. The extracurricular activities are brilliant and the conference draws bright, outward-going, active clinicians from all around Australasia.
T...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jo Deverill Tags: Education Emergency Medicine Spring Seminar on Emergency Medicine SSEM Source Type: blogs
Ever wanted to be a Clinical Forensic Medicine Registrar?
This post is written by Dr Nicola Cunningham, Senior Forensic Physician at Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and Emergency Physician at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Ever wondered what it would be like to work in a field like “CSI”?
A term as a Clinical Forensic Medicine Registrar at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VFM) is as close as it gets as a doctor to navigating your way through the murky bowels of crime and experiencing the fascinating world of forensic labs, police stations and courts.
We don’t have a theme song by the Who, and we never look as glamorous at two in the morning, but w...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 31, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Emergency Medicine Forensic medicine Job registrar VIFM Source Type: blogs
JellyBean 034 with Andrew Peacock
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be the medic on an expedition. A serious expedition.
Some of the closest people in my life are always teasing me about being into my “Adrenaline Sports”. I’m not involved in any “Extreme Sports” at all.
Andrew Peacock is.
We are talking about Mount Everest, Antarctica, Jungles and stuff. He has a fascinating career which he combines with a career in professional photography.
Jealousy is acceptable at this point.
Andrew has had more than a few unexpected adventures too. Have you ever hear of the Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy? The one that got caught in the pack ice in A...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 30, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doug Lynch Tags: JellyBean Andrew Peacock Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 233
Welcome to the 233rd 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
Cliff Reid deploys bilingual brilliance and teaches us to speak Resuscitese–error proofing common directives in a crisis. [JS]
Richard Body discusses whether compassion is a patient’s right in this great talk from SMACC Chicago. [SO]
The...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 29, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 147
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 147
Question 1
Fancy a change of career, how about becoming an Iri?
What would that involve?
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An Iri is a Shepherd of the Anus.
The first mention of enemas was in Ancient Egypt c 1550 BC. One of the medical specialists of the time was an Iri who administered enemas. If you were good a...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 27, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five bisphosphonates cocaine countershock inca army iri lazarus syndrome Phossy jaw Source Type: blogs
Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 136
Welcome to the 136th edition of Research and Reviews in the Fastlane. R&R in the Fastlane is a free resource that harnesses the power of social media to allow some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature.
This edition contains 6 recommended reads. The R&R Editorial Team includes Jeremy Fried, Nudrat Rashid, Soren Rudolph, Justin Morgenstern, Anand Swaminathan and, of course, Chris Nickson. Find more R&R in the Fastlane reviews in the R&R Archive, read more...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 26, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Nudrat Rashid Tags: Education Emergency Medicine Intensive Care Pre-hospital / Retrieval Renal Resuscitation R&R in the FASTLANE recommendations research and reviews Source Type: blogs
