LITFL Review 247

Welcome to the 247th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest, and deliver a bite-sized chunk of Global FOAM.

The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week

Simulationists, join Ben Symon’s Simulcast Journal Club discussion, reviewing recently published reporting guidelines for simulation research. [JS]

The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine

• Uterine inversion is rare and life-threatening, the perfect storm in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. EM Cases reviews some basics and advanced techniques for management. [AS]
• A great succinct overview of scoring systems in suspected appendicitis from HEFT EMCAST. [SL]
• Another great flavour of this month’s EMJ papers from Rick Body and Simon Carley covering procedural sedation, triage gestalt and much more. [SL]

The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care

• Josh Farkas suggests we take a breath and pause before prescribing double antibiotic coverage for ventilator associated pneumonia. [JS]
• The first podcasts from SMACC Dublin are out- why not start with Shreves on “why we need palliative care everywhere”? [SO]
• The Bottom Line take on a sensitive topic, reviewing a study looking at language used in discussions around organ donation. Another great summary. [SO]

The Best of #FOAMres Resuscitation

• Here are some useful tips on cuff leaks and tube exchanges courtesy of Scott Weingart. [SO]

The Best of #FOAMus Ultrasound

• An excellent reminder from UOTW to check for obstructive uropathy in all patients with new onset renal failure. [AS]

The Best of #FOAMped Pediatrics

• Don’t Forget the Bubbles takes a really interesting look at the evolution of Meningococcal B vaccine. [JS]
• St. Emlyn’s reviews the new term BRUE for the old disease ALTE and gives some great tips on determining what the event was and helping you decide what to do. [AS]

The Best of #FOAMim Internal Medicine

• Louisville Lectures is hosting Boot Camp, part three with even more  essentials for CrossFit wannabes, AKA new medical interns.

The Best of #MedEd FOAM and #FOAMsim

• St. Emlyn’s delivers two excellent posts stemming from one paper. Journal Club asks ‘are there too few women speakers at conferences’, and in a thought provoking commentary, attention is turned from the conference stage to gender representation in emergency medicine. [JS]

LITFL Weekly Review Team

Reference Sources and Reading List

• #FOAMed – #FOAMcc – #FOAMres
• #FOAMped – #FOAMtox – #FOAMus
• #FOAMim – #FOANed