LITFL Update 035
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Top 20 Online ECG courses. We’ve compiled the top ECG resources out there. So take a peek and brush up on this important skill.
Thoracostomy Tube Insertion. In this episode of our emergency and critical care procedures series, we take a look at how to insert a tube thoracostomy. In this real case, Dr. Chris Moseley and Dr. Andy Steval will talk you through how to do this critical procedure in a real patient with haemothorax.
Introduction to an ICU rotation. So you’re going to start in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU, aka. expensive care unit). Congratulations! This page is intended as an introduction to ICU core topics.
Latest updates from the #FOAMed world
Assessing patients with pleural effusions in the emergency department (ED) can be challenging and unclear. The team at EMOttawa present a two-part series on all you need to know about managing effusions in the ED.
In this week’s ECG Cases blog, Dr. Jessie McLaren looks at pitfalls from ECG artifact and lead misplacement, plus pearls to prevent misdiagnosis.
Professor Amal Mattu brings us another cracking EMcast podcast episode looking at GBS, blunt cardiac trauma, and finishes with a look at how the clinical exam can still help us diagnose pneumonia at the bedside.
Is there a better way we should be classifying heart failure? Dr. Josh Farkas challenges the medical societies to consider looking at the right ventricle more and include it in the nomenclature when classifying heart failure.
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