Arthur Barker
Arthur Edward James Barker (1850-1916). British surgeon, asepsis pioneer, and key figure in local infiltration and spinal analgesia.
Barnett A. Greene
Barnett Alan Greene (1907-1999) American anaesthesiologist. Use of fine-gauge obstetric spinal needles and reducing post-spinal headache.
Herbert M. Greene
Herbert Merton Greene (1878-1962), American physician who linked post-lumbar puncture headache to dural trauma and designed the Greene needle
MacDonald Critchley
Macdonald Critchley (1900–1997): Pioneering neurologist of higher brain function; author of The Parietal Lobes; leader, teacher, and medical humanist.
History of Neuraxial Anaesthesia
History of neuraxial anaesthesia: milestones in spinal and epidural blockade from Koller and Corning to Quincke, Bier, Tuohy and Curbelo.
Angelo L. Soresi
Angelo Luigi Soresi (1877–1951), Italian-born American surgeon who described peridural (epidural) anaesthesia and an early “hanging drop” endpoint for locating the epidural space (1932).
William Bainbridge
William Seaman Bainbridge (1870-1947), American surgeon, cancer educator, naval physician and early advocate of spinal analgesia in children.
CT Case 103
A 35 year old male presents with recurrent episodes of spontaneous bleeding from his right ear. What does the CT angiogram show?
Education Theory Made Practical
Download ALiEM’s free Education Theory Made Practical series: 8 volumes, 77 frameworks, turning education theory into tools for teaching, assessment and PD.
CT Case 102
A 52 year old man is brought to hospital by ambulance complaining of 2 weeks of abdominal pain and constipation. What does the abdominal CT show?
Achille Mario Dogliotti
Achille Mario Dogliotti (1897-1966), Italian surgeon. Pioneer of epidural anaesthesia (Dogliotti’s principle), pain therapy, cardiac surgery, and total extracorporeal blood circulation
FOAM Cortex: AI Clinical Search Tool
FOAM Cortex has been launched. A new Free AI-powered clinical search tool built by emergency medicine (EM) physicians specifically for EM and critical care use at the point of care.