Edward Tuohy
Edward Boyce Tuohy (1908 – 1959) American anaesthesiologist. Best known for contribution to continuous epidural anaesthesia; Tuohy needle
Category LITFL
Henry Janeway
Henry Harrington Janeway (1873-1921) was an American physician and pioneer for radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer. Janeway Gastrostomy, Janeway Laryngoscope
Niels Lauge-Hansen
Niels Lauge-Hansen (1899 – 1976) was a Danish Radiologist. Eponymously linked with the Lauge-Hansen classification of ankle fractures in 1950
Karel Rokitansky
Karel (Carl von) Rokitansky (1804-1878) was a Czech pathologist. Eponymous terms include Rokitansky disease; Rokitansky syndrome; Rokitansky–Aschoff sinuses; and Rokitansky-Maude Abbott syndrome
Robbert de Winter
Robbert J. de Winter (1958 – ) is a Dutch Professor of cardiology. Eponym: de Winter T wave - a new ECG Sign of Proximal LAD Occlusion
Clinical debriefing
Clinical debriefing refers to learning conversations that occur soon after clinical events and involve the frontline workers that took part in patient care.
Ernst Mørch
Ernst Trier Mørch (1908-1996) was a Danish-American anesthesiologist, inventor, geneticist and humanitarian. Mueller-Mørch ventilator (1954); Mørch Laryngoscope (1951)
Psychological Safety and Simulation
An overview of psychological safety and simulation, including: pre-conditions, explicit and implicit strategies, and how to manage breaches in psychological safety.
Forrest Bird
Forrest Bird (1921-2015) was an American aviator, inventor, biomedical engineer and medical doctor: Bird Mark ventilator; BabyBird ventilator
Emergency Procedures
Interview with the lead authors of the first iteration of a FOAMed online, peer reviewed, evidence based, Emergency Procedures website/phone app.
Jacob Moritz Blumberg
Jacob Moritz Blumberg (1873 - 1955) was a Polish-German surgeon and gynaecologist. Blumberg sign (1907); Blumberg glove (1900)
Blumberg sign
Rebound tenderness test (Blumberg sign) initially described in 1907 by Jacob Moritz Blumberg (1873 – 1955), German surgeon and gynaecologist.