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Own the FEAST

We recently featured a video on what could turn out to be the emergency medicine/ critical care 'Trial of the Year'... That's right, the FEAST Trial:

Gerard Fennessy
October 10, 2018

To thoracotomy, or not to thoracotomy?

A chest trauma patient lies before you. When would you perform an emergency thoracotomy? A case-based Q&A approach to the indications and contraindications.

Chris Nickson
October 10, 2018

Choose Your Own Resus Adventure

Get ready for an insanely edutaining roller-coaster ride through the perils of ruling the resus... Oh, and try to stay out of the courtroom if you can.

Gerard Fennessy
October 10, 2018

So, what are you gonna use for this rapid sequence intubation --- roc or sux? Can you answer the hard questions to determine once and for all, whether roc rocks and sux sucks or if it should be the other way around?

Chris Nickson
October 10, 2018

Seizing and No Access

A review of the effectives and use of intraosseous devices in the emergency department.

Mike Cadogan
October 10, 2018

He simply looks sick…

A 60 year-old man simply looks sick. The diagnosis is unclear. He is about to crash. What are you going to do in the emergency department?

Chris Nickson
October 8, 2018

Francis J Shepherd

Francis J. Shepherd (1851-1929) British/Canadian Surgeon eponymously associated with Shepherd's Fracture - lateral tubercle of the posterior talar process

Mike Cadogan
October 8, 2018

Carl-Axel Cedell

Carl-Axel Cedell (1932-2021) Swedish Orthopaedic Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Cedell fracture - medial tubercle of the posterior talar process

Mike Cadogan
October 8, 2018

Hugh Owen Thomas

Hugh Owen Thomas (1834-1891) was a Welsh Orthopaedic Surgeon. Thomas knee splint (1865); Thomas Test and Thomas wrench for bonesetting

Mike Cadogan
October 7, 2018

Once Were Warriors

Blood slowly dripped from two linear slits on the left side of the man's chest. He focused on the doctor with a wide eyed stare and spoke in an anxious whisper: "Doc, don't let me die... don't let me die, doc."