Emergency Procedure: Craniostomy
Emergency Procedure: Emergency department Burr holes (Craniostomy). That’s right we are drilling through skulls to save lives!
Category Procedure
Emergency Procedure: Lumbar Puncture
Emergency Procedure: Lumbar Puncture. This core skill is worth knowing inside out. You need the confidence to put the patient at ease and perform it well.
Emergency Procedures
Introducing the SECOND iteration of the FOAMed online, peer reviewed, evidence based, Emergency Procedures app for iOS and android
CXR Essentials: Abnormal pacemaker lead position
Julian Dobranowski Medmastery video helps identify aberrantly placed cardiac pacer leads and complications such as pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, hydrothorax, hemothorax, hydromediastinum and cardiac tamponade
CXR Essentials: Abnormal CVC position
Julian Dobranowski Medmastery video helps identify incorrectly positioned central venous lines on chest x-ray and the potential complications of pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, hydrothorax, hemothorax and cardiac tamponade
FARES method for Shoulder Reduction
The FARES technique for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocations as demonstrated by the guys at Keeping Up with Emergency Medicine.
CXR Essentials: Abnormal ETT position
Julian Dobranowski Medmastery video helps you identify aberrantly positioned endotracheal tubes (ETT) on chest x-ray by locating the tip of the ETT and the position of the carina.
Emergency Procedures
Interview with the lead authors of the first iteration of a FOAMed online, peer reviewed, evidence based, Emergency Procedures website/phone app.
Battlefield Surgery
MSF goes where no one else will go, but doing this kind of good is not getting any easier. John Swinnen on The Future of Battlefield Surgery.
Erector Spinae Plane Block
The Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB) is a technically simple and safe form of regional anaesthesia that can provide effective analgesia for 12 hours in patients with acute posterior rib fractures
Serratus Anterior Plane Block
The SAPB is a technically simple and safe form of regional anaesthesia that provides effective analgesia in patients with acute anterolateral rib fractures
Rare Life-Threatening Emergencies
Rare Life-Threatening Emergencies; Publication Deficits & Potential Solutions with Laura Duggan