Thomas George Morton
Thomas George Morton (1835 – 1903) was an American surgeon. Eponyms include Morton's neuroma; neuralgia and metarsalgia
FOAMed Resources: Spanish
Spanish language FOAM – Free Open Access Meducation (#FOAMed) – Medical education for anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Artificial Intelligence and Indigenous cultures
Coda EDUCATE: What can Artificial Intelligence algorithms in healthcare learn from Indigenous cultures? with Megan Williams
Non-traumatic Abdominal Ecchymosis
Non-traumatic abdominal ecchymosis of the abdominal wall and flanks (Grey Turner, Cullen and Stabler); scrotum (Bryant) and upper thigh (Fox) as clues to potentially serious causes of abdominal pathology.
Bifascicular Block
Bifascicular block is the combination of RBBB with either LAFB or LPFB. Conduction to the ventricles is via the single remaining fascicle.
Deep Learning
Coda EDUCATE: Deep Learning - Pushing the boundaries of health AI. How do we make it fair and the data safe? Martin Seneviratne
Epsilon Wave
Epsilon wave is a small positive deflection buried in the end of the QRS complex on the ECG. Characteristic ARVD arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
AVNRT for two
Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) is a type of SVT and is the commonest cause of palpitations in patients with hearts exhibiting no structurally abnormality.
Lethal and insidious
Addiction is potentially the most lethal disease we encounter in medical practice. As emergency healthcare providers we can have an enormous impact on 'years of life lost' by managing this illness well.
Mild TBI and Concussion
Concussions have gained lay person attention over the past several years, due to high profile media stories from military conflict and professional sports.Also known as "mild" TBI, concussion affects millions of patients worldwide
Ultrasound in the Field
Jason Bowman reviews multiple papers that cover the merits of ultrasound use in the prehospital field.
Adolf von Strümpell
Ernst Adolf Gustav Gottfried von Strümpell (1853 - 1925) was a German neurologist. Strümpell signs, Strümpell-Lorrain disease, Marie-Strümpell disease and Westphal-Strümpell pseudosclerosis.