Percivall Pott
Percivall Pott (1714-1788) was a British surgeon. Extensive work with hernia repair, hydrocoele repair, vertebral TB and his own Pott fracture
LITFL and the Hackocalypse
It has been 341 days since the original site lifeinthefastlane was hacked and white space Trojan code filled our server with deleterious effect. To date we have re-written, reviewed and transferred over 5000 pages/posts; and 1million words to our new…
This Will Revolutionise Education
This Will Revolutionise Education... yeah, right? As technology advances, education remains relatively static. This brief Veratisium video will get you thinking why.
Ultrasound Case 100
A 70 year old male presents with fever and right upper quadrant pain. Describe the findings on ultrasound
Guillain–Barré syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most common and severe acute inflammatory paralytic neuropathy. The classical description of GBS involves rapidly progressive bilateral weakness, usually starting in the distal lower extremities and ascending proximally.
The Curriculum Rehash Proposal
The UCEM presents it's Curriculum Rehash Proposal just in time to save the world from inadequately trained and poorly rounded emergency physicians
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 286
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 286
ECG Rule of Fours
ECG Rule of Fours - aka ECG Interpretation Made Easy...On your arrival in the ER, the emergency intern casually throws you the ECG.
Mastering Intensive Care 044 with Geoff Toogood
Episode 44: Geoff Toogood - From severe depression to mental health advocacy through #CrazySocks4Docs
Letting Go
A few experiences in the last week or two have reminded me of the importance of Peter Safar's Laws for the Navigation of Life:
A Philosophical Death
It is sometimes forgotten that one of the most important goals of medicine is to help people achieve a good death. It is here that medicine and philosophy intersect.
Some days you just need to listen
Fixing stuff can be hard...