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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...

Medmastery Epidemiology Essentials 340

Medmastery: PPV and prevalence

Franz Wiesbauer looks at how a doctor can work out the probability of disease when confronted with a positive or a negative test result and how the prevalence of a given disease affects this probability.

Vertigo Big 3

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

David Rosengren Crystal Cave

The Crystal Cave

The Crystal Cave - Naica, Mexico. Along with TV journalist Michael Usher and crew (cameraman Andy Taylor and soundman Chick Davies), I was invited along to provide medical support.

LITFL Medical Humor 340

Retrieval 101

A footballer has sustained an injury. The game can't restart until the injured player has left the pitch. There is a perfectly good stretcher and two fit and healthy stretcher-bearers. The injured man is only two meters from the sideline.