Harald Hirschsprung
Harald Hirschsprung (1830 – 1916) was a Danish pediatrician. Eponym - Hirschsprung disease, congenital idiopathic aganglionosis with colonic dilatation
Simulation on a budget
When you are teaching procedures, most educators prefer for the first couple of attempts to be simulations, and not on actual patients. But if you’re going to be teaching wilderness procedures, there are other factors in question. Do you use…
Bimanual laryngoscopy
Bimanual laryngoscopy using external laryngeal manipulation (ELM) is the single most practical and effective airway management technique for facilitating intubation during direct laryngoscopy.
FOAM
FOAM - Free Open Access Meducation - Medical education for anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Anticoagulants: Bad in the wilderness
As I have written about before, more and more people are taking oral anticoagulants for various medical conditions. For better or for worse, they aren’t then staying at home in a padded room, but continuing on their daily activities and…
Renal ultrasound cases
Worked examples of clinical cases for specific pathological conditions and signs from the Renal Ultrasound Modules Distal VUJ Stone: Case 1 – Case 2 – Case 3 – Case 4 – Case 5 Bladder Stone: Case 1 – Case 2 Distal Ureteric Stone: Case 1 –
Lung Ultrasound Report
This report is designed as an educational aid aimed at guiding the user through the steps required to perform a lung ultrasound examination. Whilst not exhaustive it will remind users of the appearances of the more common lung pathologies.
Renal Ultrasound Report
This report is designed as an educational aid for the Emergency Physician. It reminds the user of the appearance and grading of hydronephrosis, the appearance of simple renal cysts, and how to measure bladder volume.
Crisis Resource Management (CRM)
Crisis Resource Management (CRM) refers to the non-technical skills required for effective teamwork in a crisis situation
Primum non killem
We all need a bit more Mattu in our lives. Three awesome #FOAMed lectures to satisfy your hypomattuism thanks to Essentials of EM and Hippo education
The True Angina
A 44 year-old man presents to the ED 2 days after having an infected left mandibular second molar tooth extracted by his dentist.
Cyproheptadine
Cyproheptadine is a histamine and serotonin antagonist with anticholinergic properties. It has been advocated for control of symptoms in mild-to-moderate serotonin syndrome.