Dr Chris 'PrecordialThump' Nickson

Third culture aspirant + oslerphile doctor-vagrant with knowledge dipsosis; trying to keep calm amid a storm of ED, ICU, toxicology, + trop medicine Google | Contact

About Chris Nickson

An oslerphile suffering from a bad case of knowledge dipsosis. Key areas of interest include: emergency medicine, critical care, toxicology, tropical medicine, clinical epidemiology, history, literature and the internet-learning revolution. @precordialthump | + Chris Nickson | Contact

R&R in the FASTLANE 019

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Some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature in the 19th edition of R&R in the FASTLANE.

Books in the FASTLANE 001

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5 books recommended for emergency and critical docs by the LITFL R&R crew with the theme ‘Reading for kicks and giggles, sometimes amidst despair and darkness’.

Do you know if you really own the airway?

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Toby Fogg follows up his interview with Minh Le Cong with a guest post about his Australia and New Zealand ED Airway Registry project. Get involved!

ED Ultrasound Simulator

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Another great video from SAEM12 – The creators of the EDUS2 project tell us about their ED ultrasound simulator.

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 089

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In the 89th FFFF we find out how the Spanish health service intends to save 2 billion euros a year, what condition accounts for over 10 million courses of antibiotics each year in the US, as well as learn about a clever Dutch physiologist, ego bias and micromorts.

Become a Meducation Master! Redux

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Rob Rogers’ has a great little video explaining exactly what is going down in Baltimore this November on the IEM Faculty Development and Teaching Course.

R&R in the FASTLANE 018

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Some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature in the 18th edition of R&R in the FASTLANE.

Mike Mallin on the Ultrasound Podcast

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Another great video presentation from SAEM2012, this time featuring Mike Mallin talking about the history and philosophy behind the Ultrasound Podcast.

EM Lyceum

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Learn about a blog that uses an evidence-based debate approach to emergency medicine education.

Graham Walker’s E-mergency Medicine

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Graham Walker spoke at the Stanford Grand Rounds on how electronic resources improves emergency medicine in his fantastic talk ‘E-mergency Medicine’.