Garrett Pipkin
Garrett Pipkin (1904-1981) was an American orthopedic surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Pipkin classification of femoral head fractures
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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 296
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 the Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 296
CORE and FOAMres
CORE offers free access to millions of research papers and host the world’s largest collection of open access full texts. CORE is a not-for-profit service delivered by The Open University and Jisc
Riding the FOAM of ECG Waves
FOAMed movement has facilitated access to myriad online educational resources and journals, previously locked behind a paywall. ecgwaves update for all LITFL readers who enjoy putting the F into FOAM...
Portable apparatus for the recovery of the apparently dead
In 1789 Savigny published a description of the construction and uses of a portable apparatus for the recovery of the apparently dead, notable for it's catchy title and for the amazing prehospital resuscitation equipment replete with an ETT, NGT, OGT, bag...and rectal desufflator
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 295
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 295
Vertigo the Big 3
Dr Peter Johns, Canadian emergency physician and dizziness demystifier, has made a video on how to diagnose ‘The Big 3 of Vertigo” in the ED
5 lessons learned
On our 10th year blogiversary. 5 mistakes made and 5 lessons to learn from creating FOAM and entering the blogosphere
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 294
It's Friday the 13th LITFLers... so of course this week's FFFF will test your knowledge on all types of fearfulness related to this inauspicious date.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 293
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 293
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…
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…