Lightning strikes cause an average of 53 deaths per year in the US, killing about 10% of those who are struck. Strikes are well known to cause audiovestibular sequelae. The first reported case of deafness after lightning was in 1879,…
Andrew Davies and Mastering Intensive Care Episode 34 with Marianne Chapman - Keeping your focus of expertise purposefully narrow
A distinctly uncommunicative man says he injured his hand in a fall. What is the diagnosis, the mechanism and how will you treat the injury?
An ambulance crew have radioed through to the emergency department. They are en route with a patient who has sustained a 'microwave injury'…
Ciguatera, the illness caused by eating foods contaminated by ciguatoxin, can ruin your day, week, or month. The problem starts with Gambierdiscus toxicus, a dinoflagellate that is eaten by small fish.
Scott Weingart gives an example of why the traditional 'Letter to the Editor' found in medical journals is dead. There is a better way!
Jesse Spurr recaps the SMACC Chicago in situ simulation workshop, "Leaving the Sim Lab Behind" (includes recommended resources)
Can social media bridge the gap between research and practice? This is the question raised by Paul Young, Chris Nickson and Dash Gantner in this month's edition of Critical Care and Resuscitation.
An expert panel from last year's Wilderness Medical Society Annual Meeting have produced Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Lightning Injuries
Resources and the run down for the "Learning to take the Heat" workshop held at SMACC Chicago 2015
So brilliant to see #FOAMed resources being used around the world. Here is an example of resources being used in Mongolia...
This video features John Kheir from the cardiac PICU at Boston’ Children’s Hospital talking at TEDMED. The talk begins with the story of a tragic PICU case and leads to Kheir explaining his obsession with figuring out how to administer oxygen microparticles…