LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane

Lung Point Case 3

James Rippey
November 3, 2020

45 year old male presents with left sided chest pain after scuba diving. What does the ultrasound show? Tiny pneumothorax and lung point

Respiratory Ultrasound Library

The victim of medical mistakes

Tessa Davis
September 14, 2019

Mary Ellen Mannix’s life was turned upside down when her baby, James, died while in the care of a hospital in the US. In this piece, she talks to me frankly and openly about her experience.

To err is human

EMA August 2014

Mike Cadogan
September 14, 2019

Issue 4 (Vol. 26) of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) for 2014 was published online on 4 August. Editorial overview by Andrew Gosbell & Geoff Hughes

EMA Journal

Risky Rhythyms

Ed Burns
October 8, 2024

This ECG Exigency serves up 5 different risky rhythm strips. Each tells a story. Can you work out what is happening before its too late?

Cardiology Clinical Cases

Charles Frederick Morris Saint (1886 - 1973) 1200

Charles Frederick Morris Saint (1886 – 1973) was a British abdominal surgeon. Saint’s Triad association of hiatal hernia, gallbladder disease, and diverticulosis is named after him Biography Born 14 August 1886 Bedlington, Northumberland 1908 – Durham University College of Medicine,…

Eponym

CICM SAQ 2013.1 Q3

Chris Nickson
November 3, 2020

For each set of the following biochemical and arterial blood gas parameters, Describe the abnormalities.

CICM Fellowship

The doctor who exposed his own error

Tessa Davis
September 8, 2019

Rather than hiding in shame from his mistakes, Bryan Bledsoe went public to tell the world about his error. Here, he tells me about the reasons behind that decision, and the consequences it has had for his career.