Hot lips
Your next patient is a 2 year-old girl who has sustained a burn.... to her mouth. See if you know your stuff in this case-based Q&A post.
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Let’s talk about dying
Peter Saul, an Australian intensivist, presents a TEDx talk in which he tells of the crisis of death in the 21st century and implores us all to start talking about dying.
Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?
Every doctor makes mistakes, and every doctor knows this. Yet the mantra of traditional medical culture is that doctors must be perfect. I think this culture is changing, but perhaps not fast enough.
Books in the FASTLANE
5 books recommended for emergency and critical docs by the LITFL R&R crew with the theme 'Reading for kicks and giggles, sometimes amidst despair and darkness'.
High Pressure-Injection Injury
A review on the emergency department assessment and management of high-pressure injection injuries.
ED Registrar’s Guide to Clinical Teaching
A guide for emergency medicine registrars and residents on how to be an effective clinical teacher.
A Motorcyclist’s Irreparable Injury
aka Trauma Tribulation 008 A 26 year-old male was BIBA after falling off his stationary motorbike at a set of traffic lights. C-spine precautions were removed following palpation of his neck and assessment of his sphincter tone. Initially, his only…
Medicina d’Emergenza Diagnosi e trattamento
Medicina d'Emergenza Diagnosi e trattamento - La quinta edizione di questo manuale, un vero successo internazionale, è stata completamente aggiornata ed ampliata, con l’intento di includere le più recenti linee guida basate sull’evidenza in medicina di urgenza e di emergenza
Fever, Abdominal pain, Constipation and Mary
Tropical Traveler Clinical Case. Salmonella Typhi, aetiology, differential, diagnosis, management, treatment and prevention
Trauma and Pregnancy Redux
One of the patients seriously injured in a multi-vehicle pile up is pregnant. What are the implications for radiological imaging and decision-making in trauma management?
EMI 032 Living Arrhythmias
The arrhythmia learning construct was based on 'Living Arrhythmias', a film by Dr John C Grammar MD FACC and Michael M Dehn made in 1980.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 251
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned medical trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 251