FOAMed Resources: French
French language FOAM – Free Open Access Meducation (#FOAMed) – Medical education for anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Wake up Thrombolysis
Why keep fighting? 15 million strokes/year (WHO) >5 million permanently disabled >500,000 deaths Wake-up Strokes >20-25% occur during bedtime hours
Carl Wunderlich
Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich (1815 - 1877) was a German physician. Inventor of the clinical thermometer. Wunderlich syndrome and law
Adult CXR Cases 012
October 2020 Adult Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Travis Barlock, MD and Breeanna Lorenzen MD
Bier Block
Bier Block; Intravenous regional anaesthesia (IVRA) provides a simple, safe technique for various surgeries on the upper and lower limbs. First performed by Bier in 1908 and fell into disuse
In the eye of the storm
Ganesh Suntharalingam discussion of incident management in non-conventional, ICU-centred major incidents including the TGN1412 drug trial
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD): avascular necrosis (AVN) of the proximal femoral head. The disease is usually insidious in onset and may occur after an injury to the hip.
Old Brain, New tricks
Alice Ma provides a quick introduction to endovascular stroke treatment
Eduardo Tolosa
Eduard Tolosa i Colomer (1900 - 1981) was a Spanish neurosurgeon. described the superior orbital fissure syndrome in 1954 (Tolosa-Hunt syndrome)
Abdominal Imaging Cases 011
October 2020 Adult Abdominal imaging cases and interpretation with Michael Avery; Joshua Davis; Kelsey Lena and Kyle Cunningham, MD
November 8, 1895
On November 8, 1895 Wilhelm Röntgen, chair of physics at Würzburg, noted an unusual phenomenon, that would change the world of medicine
Psychological creativity
On the psychology of creativity and how to improve your creative thinking, by reframing problems, thinking more laterally, and accessing creative brain states.