LITFL Review 312
Welcome to the 312th 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
SGEM often posts thoughtful “skeptical” reviews on logical-sounding procedures and treatments, as it has this week: discover the non-value of therapeutic hypothermia in convulsive status epilepticus. [MG]
The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine
- NSAIDs, acetaminophen or both in minor extremity trauma? St. Emlyn’s reviews a recent article looking at the question. [AS]
- Crack-Cast is back with an awesome dive into skin infections. We can’t get enough of these clinical pearls. [CC/MG]
- Beware the unexplained tachycardia…..some learning for us all with case-based quality in EM discussions from EM-Docs! [CC]
- Ryan Radecki reminds us that while the benefits of antibiotics in upper respiratory infections (strep throat, sinusitis etc) are suspect, the harms are well established and, likely outweigh the benefits. [AS]
- CoreEM reviews the evidence for pelvic exam in first trimester bleeding, and IVC collapsibility for fluid responsiveness. [MG]
- Dr Smith has another great ECG case: a 70 year old woman with syncope. [MG]
- The Journal of Emergency Medicine November audio summary is finally out. [MG]
- RoshCast’s Episode 38 continues its free weekly sampling of content from its fee-based proprietary Q&A bank. The resource is aimed at emergency medicine and pediatric medical students and non-physician practitioners. Alas, the editorial process and primary sources of content were not found on the free web site. [MG/ML]
The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care and #FOAMres Resuscitation
- Do prehospital antibiotics matter in sepsis? EM in Focus discusses a recent Lancet article on the topic. [AS]
- What are the antibiotic considerations for infective endocarditis from an EM pharmacist’s perspective? [MG]
- The team at The Bottom Line present their top 10 trials of 2017 as ranked by the reviewers. Have you read them all? [SO]
- Nudrat Rashid discusses her management of delirium in a top talk from the Australian College of Intensive Medicine annual meeting. [SO]
The Best of #FOAMus Ultrasound
- Find out if POCUS affects pericardial effusion time-to-treatment [MG]
The Best of #FOAMpeds Pediatrics
- Managing an airway emergency in a child is nerve wracking, but learning how to manage it to avoid intubation is more tricky. [MMS]
- Learn a step-by-step technique for managing tracheostomy emergencies from Tessa Davis at DFTB. [MMS]
The Best of #FOAMim Internal Medicine
- From the Louisville Lectures, Dr. Lushniak discusses how dermatology fits into the public health model with a focus on various skin cancers [ML]
The Best of #MedEd FOAM and #FOAMsim
- Becoming an effective team doesn’t happen overnight, it takes choreography to provide high-quality resuscitation. Valuable free resource from Penn CC Project to take back to your shop. [MMS]
- Emergency Medicine Ireland has a great overview of how to record and edit a podcast. [MG]
- Simulcast has a great review of literature on debriefing. [MG]
- Cultivating a state of belongingness as a medical student and beyond. [MMS]
- Cliff, Nat and Geoff from the Hospital Primary (Sydney HEMS) discuss the challenges involved in helicopter transportation from the scene to a (non-major) hospital, including: how to introduce yourself, what language to use, how to integrate yourself into the team and offer support and if necessary leadership, the importance of a collaborative approach, and the critical contribution of the RT paramedic in making all this happen smoothly. For more, download their free e- or i-book, 104 Reflections from Sydney HEMS [CW]
News from the Fast Lane
- Ben Symon offers a powerful discussion on changing the culture of safety by education and enlightening the leaders of the pack instead of simply focusing on those at the bottom. [AS]
LITFL Weekly Review Team
LITFL RV brought to you by:
Anand Swaminathan [AS] (EM:RAP, Core EM,REBEL EM and The Teaching Institute)
Andrew J. Bowman [AJB]
Bruno Tomazini [BT] (ICURevisited)
Chris Connolly [CC] (RCEMFOAMed, FOAMShED)
Chris Nickson [CN] (RAGE, INTENSIVE and SMACC)
Cian McDermott [CMD] (POCUS Geelong, SMACC)
Craig Wylie [CW] (BadEM)
Jeffrey Shih [JSh](ALiEM)
Luke Phillips [LP] (POCUS Geelong)
Manpreet ‘Manny’ Singh [MMS] (emDOCs.net)
Marjorie Lazoff [ML] (TandemHealth)
Mat Goebel [MG]
Matt Siuba [MS]
Philippe Rola [PR] (Thinkingcriticalcare)
Rick Pescatore [RP] (EM News UC:RAP)
Sarah Newman [SN]
Salim Rezaie [SR] (REBEL EM, The Teaching Institute)
Segun Olusanya [SO] (JICSCast, The Bottom Line)
Thomas C. Neal [TCN]
Reference Sources and Reading List
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Marjorie Lazoff, MD FACP. Board certified internist with clinical background in academic emergency medicine, currently the founder of The Healing Red Pen, an editorial consulting company. Dr Lazoff is a full-time editor and strong supporter of FOAMed.