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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 219
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 219, Christmas Edition. Question 1 On average, how many calories will the British consume on Christmas day? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1969721043'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1969721043')) 6000 calories, and it...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - December 21, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five babies born on christmas day calories christmas lunch christmas tree dermatitis colophonium dermatitis contact dermatitis father christmas graham speed of father christmas Source Type: blogs

The Joy and Challenge of Simple Medicine in India
​BY KATE BANKS, MDThe Himalayan Health Exchange (HHE) is an organization that assembles volunteers and health care providers from all over the world to deliver care in underserved areas in northern India. I had the amazing opportunity in my second year of residency to spend a month delivering medical care with HHE in the beautiful inner Himalayan mountains. The month was full of exploring, trekking, camping, learning, doctoring, and personal and professional growth.The clinics were scattered throughout different areas in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Our convoy of interpreters, cooks, volunteers, and health care profess...
Source: Going Global - December 12, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

The Future of Emergency Medicine: Innovations Making Patients The Point-of-Care
Every minute spent without treatment could reduce the chance of survival in case of medical emergency and trauma patients. Digital health innovations making patients the point-of-care could become a great help for first responders and emergency units in the battle against time. Here, we collected what trends and technologies will have an impact on the future of emergency medicine. Six minutes before brain damage Car crashes, home injuries, fires, natural disasters. The difference between life and death often depends on the speed and efficiency of emergency care services. The work of doctors, paramedics, and nurses being in...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: imported CPR digital health emergency emergency medicine EMS first aid first response future Health 2.0 Healthcare Innovation technology Source Type: blogs

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 212
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 212 – a “where in the world” edition from Dr Mark Corden – paediatric fellow in Melbourne. Question 1 Where in the world was insulin discovered? www.diabetes.co.uk + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1478966...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 3, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five appendicectomy artificial ear bionic ear claudius aymand cochlear implant frederick banting Graeme Clark hyperbilirubinaemia insulin Leonid Rogozov mestivier phototherapy pierre eymard Sister J Ward sodi Source Type: blogs

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 197
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 197. The week have a first-aid feel to the questions. Question 1 What organisation celebrates 140 years, 70 years before the NHS? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1761494469'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1761494469'))...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 14, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five cafe coronary claude beck dangerous animal defibrillation Heimlich Heimlich manoeuvre horse ironman madonna buder St John's Ambulance Source Type: blogs

Jellybean 067 with Dr Hanna Kaade from Aleppo
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog Under Siege. Under fire. Undergraduate. The remarkable journey of Dr Hanna Kaade; from Aleppo to Berlin and from the Red Crescent to #dasSMACC. This is an ordinary tale. An accidental tale of everyday heroism. There are many tales like this. Every one worth telling, worth hearing, worth learning from. Hanna Kaade is a Syrian born and trained doctor. He completed his medical training in a town under siege, in a hospital under fire, in the centre of a civil war at the cent...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 14, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doug Lynch Tags: JellyBean Aleppo dasSMACC Hanna Kaade Source Type: blogs

Advanced Cooling Therapy Releases New Temperature Modulation Device
Advanced Cooling Therapy (ACT), a medical device firm, has expanded personnel in its commercial launch of the Esophageal Cooling Device (ECD).     “The ECD is the first device on the market cleared for temperature modulation via the esophagus. This enables efficient core-cooling, or core-warming, without the complexity and risks associated with intravascular catheter placement, and without the obstruction of patient access seen with surface pads and wraps,” said Robin Drassler, the vice president of North American sales.   The device is placed like a standard gastric tube, making placement quick. Placement ...
Source: Technology & Inventions - November 20, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

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