Dr Foote’s Home Cyclopedia of Popular Medical, Social and Sexual Science was initially published in 1858…but is it still relevant today?
About James Winton
Emergency Physician at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, heavy metal fan, runs to work (sometimes). Recently converted to #FOAM. James believes everything you need to know about emergency medicine can be learned from watching reruns of ER... + James Winton | Contact
I See, I Do, iSimulate
February 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It is not a secret that most of us at LITFL are big appleophiles. We love apple products and we love their user friendly platforms and we love finding new ways to use our apple devices in our day to day lives and clinical practice. iSimulate is an organisation that utilises a team of the [...]
What is Orf?
November 4, 2011 by 4 Comments
Orf is a zoonotic infection occurring in humans which is characterised by erythematous weeping nodules found most commonly on the hands and feet
Bad Movie Medicine
January 28, 2011 by 3 Comments
A recent tweet by LITFL friend and medical satirist extrordinaire ZDoggMD piqued my interest… @zdoggmd No wonder government docs couldn’t resuscitate E.T. in the movie; they shocked asystole and tried bretylium, for God’s sake. …and got me thinking. There have been some quite unusual, somewhat interesting and rather unconventional (some would say ridiculous) medical treatments [...]
Green and Gold Malaria
September 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I travelled across Australia last week by air from Perth in Western Australia to Cairns in the far north of Queensland.
Antibiotic Therapeutic Guidelines Update 2010
July 30, 2010 by 1 Comment
The latest version of the New 2010 Antibiotic guidelines is an essential guide for the appropriate management of patients with infectious diseases in both general practice and hospital settings. All sections have been extensively reviewed and updated by a panel of experts, incorporating the latest evidence with a focus on clinical application.
Chocolate saves lives
May 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
A recent study in the European Heart Journal gives us a new reason to enjoy some of life’s little pleasures. German researchers followed almost 20,000 participants (as part of a larger cancer epidemiology study) over 10 years and had them document their chocolate intake.
That probably wasn’t a good idea….
December 9, 2009 by 1 Comment
One of great joys of being an emergency doctor, (and also one of it’s sobering features) is that, on certain occasions, there will be unfortunate members of the public who present to hospital having done something ridiculously stupid. Many of these foolish acts are chronicled in the Darwin Awards.
Fellows of the UCEM embrace WHORe model
November 26, 2009 by 1 Comment
It may be idealistic, but the UCEM firmly believes that in the future the management of emergency patients should be outsourced and entirely orchestrated from offshore. Hands-off-medicine, teleconferencing, the iPhone and video assisted robotic technology (VART) will assist in the management of critically ill patients within the waiting room.
Who is Rick Disnick?
September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
As the newest member of the Lifeinthefastlane team I’d like to take the opportunity to introduce myself, rickdisnick. Those of you for which this name sounds familiar will surely remember the comedy sketch from the “Wired World of Sports” by the Twelfth Man, aka Billy Birmingham. In this, the mock interview takes place between one [...]
