LITFL Review 275
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Welcome to the 275th 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 chunk of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
What is the value of a lecture? How do we get the most out of attending and giving one? Rob Orman d...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 26, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 182
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
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 182.
Question 1
Many of you will be aware of the Hawthorn effect (individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed). But what was the original study and where was it studied?
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 24, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five coconuts Death Hawthorn effect jo brand masseter psychiatry sharks sonics Source Type: blogs
‘ Going to Extremes ’ Redux
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
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Five years ago, based on a suggestion by Greg Kelly, we sought out the most extreme parameters clinicians have encountered in looking after their patients.
This is the league table we have assembled so far:
ParameterLevelDiagnosisSubmitted by
Fluid gain between hemodialysis sessions21 LRenal failureKT
CRP950 mg/LNicky
Highest glucose121 mmol/LHHS/ HONKGuru
Troponin I180.0 ng/mlMIWanderer
CD4 count (lowest)2 cells/uLAIDSAnne
pH (lowest in DKA, and survived...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 22, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Emergency Medicine Intensive Care clinical extremes laboratory parameters pathophysiology Source Type: blogs
Time for action
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This is a guest post by Dr Sandra Lussier, who is an ICU/General and Acute Care medicine Advanced Trainee at Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Victorian CICM Trainee Representative and a member of the Women in Intensive Care Network
The publicity surrounding the death of yet another junior doctor has moved me in a way that I cannot even articulate. The thought that our working conditions could be so crushing that seemingly, the only way out for a vivacious, loved and valued member ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 20, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Healthy Lifestyle Psychiatry and Mental Health beyondblue depression junior doctors sandra lussier suicide Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 274
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Welcome to the 274th 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 chunk of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
Justin Morgenstern writes about performance under pressure: the problems, what it means for provid...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 19, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 181
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
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 181.
Question 1
Approximately 225 Canadian men drown each year falling overboard, resulting in some unusual safety advice. What are these Canadian men advised not to do while in their boats?
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 17, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five acnestis ballpoint pen cricothyroidotomy drowning feet Foot forearm hickey love bite stroke Tracheostomy Source Type: blogs
Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 176
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Welcome to the 176th 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 5 recommended reads. The R&R Editorial Team includes Jeremy Fried, Nudrat Rashid, Justin Morgenstern and, of cour...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 16, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Justin Morgenstern Tags: Cardiology Clinical Research Emergency Medicine Intensive Care R&R in the FASTLANE EBM literature recommendations research and reviews Source Type: blogs
Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 176
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Welcome to the 176th 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 5 recommended reads. The R&R Editorial Team includes Jeremy Fried, Nudrat Rashid, Justin Morgenstern and Chris Ni...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 16, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Justin Morgenstern Tags: Cardiology Clinical Research Emergency Medicine Intensive Care R&R in the FASTLANE EBM literature recommendations research and reviews Source Type: blogs
JellyBean 056 with Doc Tor Ercleve
Conclusions with Tor Ercleve.
Tor Ercleve is an arty farty kind of guy. It’s ok. He knows it.
You could call him a frustrated artist but it turns out he is not really very frustrated. He is just an artist. Anyone can be an artist. I recommend you try it. Tor did and he is a happy guy now.
He may have already touched your life by creating educational gold dust that you can sprinkle on your ECGs or your neuro examination. Maybe art is the way to approach these things because they both initially feel as intuitive as an interpretive dance performance.
Being a doctor is all well and good but Jellybeans are partly about kee...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 13, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doug Lynch Tags: JellyBean medical illustration rule of 4 tor ercleve Source Type: blogs
JellyBean 056 with Doc Tor Ercleve
Conclusions with Tor Ercleve.
Tor Ercleve is an arty farty kind of guy. It’s ok. He knows it.
You could call him a frustrated artist but it turns out he is not really very frustrated. He is just an artist. Anyone can be an artist. I recommend you try it. Tor did and he is a happy guy now.
He may have already touched your life by creating educational gold dust that you can sprinkle on your ECGs or your neuro examination. Maybe art is the way to approach these things because they both initially feel as intuitive as an interpretive dance performance.
Being a doctor is all well and good but Jellybeans are partly about keepi...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 13, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doug Lynch Tags: JellyBean medical illustration rule of 4 tor ercleve Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 273
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Welcome to the 273rd 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 chunk of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
Steve Mathieu from Portsmouth ICU shares his hot topics for the UK FFICM slides, from a great cours...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 12, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 180
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
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 180.
Question 1
You are stuck in the wilderness and your friend has an anaphylactic reaction. You swiftly deploy his epipen into his thigh but there is limited effect after 5 minutes. His airway is becoming compromised. How do you get more adrenaline into him? Do you extrac...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five adrenaline Anaphylaxis bolivia combs sign coxsackie virus EpiPen lithium measles muffin muffin technique pimping polio Salar de Uyuni salt flats Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 180
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
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 180.
Question 1
You are stuck in the wilderness and your friend has an anaphylactic reaction. You swiftly deploy his epipen into his thigh but there is limited effect after 5 minutes. His airway is becoming compromised. How do you get more adrenaline into him? Do you extrac...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five adrenaline Anaphylaxis bolivia combs sign coxsackie virus EpiPen lithium measles muffin muffin technique pimping polio Salar de Uyuni salt flats Source Type: blogs
Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 175
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Welcome to the 175th 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 4 recommended reads. The R&R Editorial Team includes Jeremy Fried, Nudrat Rashid, Justin Morgenstern and, of cour...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 8, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Justin Morgenstern Tags: Education Emergency Medicine Obstetrics / Gynecology R&R in the FASTLANE EBM literature recommendations research and reviews Source Type: blogs
