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

How to give an unforgettable talk

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Rather than epithets and dogma, it is best to turn to empirical evidence to learn how to give an unforgettable talk. As Laurence Klotz demonstrates, G. S. Brindley’s 1983 lecture on erectile dysfunction is truly unforgettable.

R&R in the FASTLANE 009

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The ninth edition of our eminence-based guide to the evidence, where some of the best and brightest emergency and critical care docs from around the world tell us what they think is worth reading.

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 074

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What do you get when you combine salted pork, a full moon, William the Conqueror, Stendhal and a swollen labia majora? The 74th edition of the FFFF of course!

R&R in the FASTLANE 008

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The eighth edition of our eminence-based guide to the evidence, where some of the best and brightest emergency and critical care docs from around the world tell us what they think is worth reading.

A View of Emergency Medicine in Botswana

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This ‘postcard from the edge’ is by Swedish Emergency doctor Katrin Hruska (@akutdoktorn), who writes a predominantly Swedish language blog called akutdoktorn.

R&R In The FASTLANE 007

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The seventh edition of our weekly series of eminence-based evidence (back after the festive season hiatus)

Best Of The LITFL Review 2011

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The LITFL Review is now a year old. We reflect on the incredible social media educational resources being produced every week around the world for emergency medicine and critical care. Here are our twenty favourite ‘Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts’ from the first 52 editions.

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 073

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Amazing isn’t it? It’s as if the LITFL team can read your mind. You were just thinking, “isn’t about time that an edition of the Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five was dedicated to the subject of flatology?”. Go on, admit it…

Disco still saves lives

Stayin Alive

Here’s how to ‘stay alive’ with ‘hands only CPR’ in the UK… Thanks to Vinnie Jones of all people!

Greatest Hits 2011

Who's greatest hits? Ours of course!

Goodbye 2011! We recap the year that was for LITFL and present to you the best LITFL posts of the year.