LITFL Authors

We are Australasian emergency and critical care physicians, nurses and healthcare professionals exploring the changing world of eLearning, emergency medicine, critical care and toxicology through clinical cases, fictionalized anecdotes and medical satire.

Many people have contributed to this website and we are thankful to them all for their hard work.

GP trainee in the UK after three years of Emergency Medicine in Brisbane and Perth. Fascinated by the history of medicine.

Dr David Mountain LITFL

Assoc Prof Emergency Medicine at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | LinkedIn |

Rob Naish LITFL Author Perth Sports Physio

Manipulative Physiotherapist who has worked with professional athletes. Owner/ Head Physio at Perth Sports Physio

Prof Bret P. Nelson, MD Mount Sinai LITFL Author

Bret P. Nelson, MD, AEMUS-FPD, FACEP. Professor of Emergency Medicine, System Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine, System Chief of the EM Ultrasound Division Mount Sinai Hospital | Sinai EM |

Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the  Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner.

He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. He was one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) has been recognised for his contributions to education with awards from ANZICS, ANZAHPE, and ACEM.

His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.

On Bluesky, he is @precordialthump.bsky.social and on the site that Elon has screwed up, he is @precordialthump.

| INTENSIVE | RAGE | Resuscitology | SMACC

Dr Tatiana Ninkov LITFL author 2

BSc, MD from University of Western Australia. Junior Doctor currently working at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

LITFL Author David G O'rien Medmastery

David G. O’Brien, MD FRCP. Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Clinical Director of Cardiology at the Lincolnshire Heart Centre in the UK, and is a passionate teacher.| Medmastery|

Nuria O'Mahony LITFL Author

Nuria O'Mahony Emergency Nurse Practitioner MNP MNS PGDipCritCare DipHSNurs GradCertNPresc NP, RN, RNP

Dr Conor O'Reilly, MB BCh BAO BComm, University College Dublin / Dublin City University, Ireland. In Australia working in Emergency Medicine with an interest in Sports medicine

Rainer Oberbauer LITFL Author Medmastery

Rainer Oberbauer, MD MSc. Nephrologist. Chairman of the nephrology department at the Medical University of Vienna. | Medmastery |