Comments for Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog http://lifeinthefastlane.com Emergency Medicine education blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Friday Force Fitness Inspiration by albinoblackbearhttp://lifeinthefastlane.com/2012/02/friday-force-fitness/#comment-22505 albinoblackbear Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:47 +0000 http://lifeinthefastlane.com/?p=50491#comment-22505 Why in GOD'S NAME would you give up on the caffeine when resuming your training...? :) My favorite brown drink is the only reason I can ever make it up any hill. Great post! Happy Friday. Why in GOD’S NAME would you give up on the caffeine when resuming your training…? :) My favorite brown drink is the only reason I can ever make it up any hill. Great post! Happy Friday.

]]> Comment on FACEM VAQ Radiology 003 by Sanghttp://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/09/facem-vaq-radiology-003/#comment-22500 Sang Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:08:56 +0000 http://lifeinthefastlane.com/?p=4510#comment-22500 I agree with Hildy. This man will have both arterial and venous bleeding as well as internal organ injury. Damage control operation with exfix and packing pelvis will be required. He will drop his BP quicker than Mark Webber in F1 on straight line. I agree with Hildy. This man will have both arterial and venous bleeding as well as internal organ injury. Damage control operation with exfix and packing pelvis will be required. He will drop his BP quicker than Mark Webber in F1 on straight line.

]]> Comment on Intercostal Antidote to Hubris by LOST AND FOUND: FEBRUARY | ScanCrit.comhttp://lifeinthefastlane.com/2012/02/intercostal-antidote-to-hubris/#comment-22499 LOST AND FOUND: FEBRUARY | ScanCrit.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:45:58 +0000 http://lifeinthefastlane.com/?p=50215#comment-22499 [...] anatomy 101 had you sorted for doing pleura drainage and inserting chest tubes? Think again: “Intercostal antidote to hubris” – Life in the Fast [...] [...] anatomy 101 had you sorted for doing pleura drainage and inserting chest tubes? Think again: “Intercostal antidote to hubris” -- Life in the Fast [...]

]]> Comment on It costs what? by Andy Neillhttp://lifeinthefastlane.com/2012/02/it-costs-what/#comment-22492 Andy Neill Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:48:19 +0000 http://lifeinthefastlane.com/?p=50460#comment-22492 Absolutely brilliant Rick, thanks for this.I recently met a guy from the USA whose son died in his mid-twenties of DKA - didn't know he had DM and was sick for a week or so but didn't want to go to hospital as he had no insurance and huge bills from a previous illness. DKA patients don't die that frequently - they get sick as hell but to die because you couldn't afford the potential bill is a bit shocking Absolutely brilliant Rick, thanks for this.

I recently met a guy from the USA whose son died in his mid-twenties of DKA -- didn’t know he had DM and was sick for a week or so but didn’t want to go to hospital as he had no insurance and huge bills from a previous illness. DKA patients don’t die that frequently -- they get sick as hell but to die because you couldn’t afford the potential bill is a bit shocking

]]> Comment on R&R in the FASTLANE by R&R in the FASTLANE 010 - Life in the Fast Lane Medical Bloghttp://lifeinthefastlane.com/education/rr-in-the-fastlane/#comment-22484 R&R in the FASTLANE 010 - Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:21:46 +0000 http://lifeinthefastlane.com/?page_id=45911#comment-22484 [...] PrimaryACEM FellowshipCICM FellowshipUtopian CollegeACTM FellowshipConferenceEducationClinical CasesR&R in the FASTLANEToxicologyHistoryClinical ExaminationInvestigations [tests]ProceduresEponymous FracturesLecture [...] [...] PrimaryACEM FellowshipCICM FellowshipUtopian CollegeACTM FellowshipConferenceEducationClinical CasesR&R in the FASTLANEToxicologyHistoryClinical ExaminationInvestigations [tests]ProceduresEponymous FracturesLecture [...]

]]> Comment on R&R in the FASTLANE by R&R in the FASTLANE 010 - Life in the Fast Lane Medical Bloghttp://lifeinthefastlane.com/2011/11/rr-in-the-fastlane/#comment-22483 R&R in the FASTLANE 010 - Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:19:22 +0000 http://lifeinthefastlane.com/?p=45517#comment-22483 [...] edition contains 11 recommended reads. Find out more about the R&R in the FASTLANE project here and check out the team of contributors from all around the world.This week’s ‘R&R Hall of [...] [...] edition contains 11 recommended reads. Find out more about the R&R in the FASTLANE project here and check out the team of contributors from all around the world.This week’s ‘R&R Hall of [...]

]]> Comment on Emergency Medicine Update Febuary 2012 by Jay Bakerhttp://lifeinthefastlane.com/2012/02/emergency-medicine-update-febuary-2012/#comment-22482 Jay Baker Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:15:10 +0000 http://lifeinthefastlane.com/?p=50082#comment-22482 I have two toddlers and disagree with TAKE HOME MESSAGE: Menthol rubs have not been proven to help chest colds.Ok, menthol rubs do nothing to cure chest colds. But when my wife rejects my "it's only a virus" lecture and pleads for something to treat her babies' coughs, I can give her something that doesn't kill children and she feels like she's finally doing something for them. That's a big help.Although I suspect it doesn't do much to kill viruses either, we also use honey for coughs. My kids love it. I have two toddlers and disagree with
TAKE HOME MESSAGE: Menthol rubs have not been proven to help chest colds.

Ok, menthol rubs do nothing to cure chest colds. But when my wife rejects my “it’s only a virus” lecture and pleads for something to treat her babies’ coughs, I can give her something that doesn’t kill children and she feels like she’s finally doing something for them. That’s a big help.

Although I suspect it doesn’t do much to kill viruses either, we also use honey for coughs. My kids love it.

]]> Comment on Emergency Medicine Update Febuary 2012 by Stephenhttp://lifeinthefastlane.com/2012/02/emergency-medicine-update-febuary-2012/#comment-22479 Stephen Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:57 +0000 http://lifeinthefastlane.com/?p=50082#comment-22479 RE: The swallowed foreign body. I can recall a case in our ED in the last six months where a junior called the nearest Paediatric Gastroenterology service before speaking to an ED senior. As a result the child received daily abdominal XR until a paediatric clinic review a week later . RE: The swallowed foreign body. I can recall a case in our ED in the last six months where a junior called the nearest Paediatric Gastroenterology service before speaking to an ED senior. As a result the child received daily abdominal XR until a paediatric clinic review a week later .

]]> Comment on Intercostal Antidote to Hubris by Rick Abbotthttp://lifeinthefastlane.com/2012/02/intercostal-antidote-to-hubris/#comment-22476 Rick Abbott Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:50:18 +0000 http://lifeinthefastlane.com/?p=50215#comment-22476 I seem to note that other parts of my body are becoming more tortuous and/or droopy with age. I seem to note that other parts of my body are becoming more tortuous and/or droopy with age.

]]> Comment on Intercostal Antidote to Hubris by Royhttp://lifeinthefastlane.com/2012/02/intercostal-antidote-to-hubris/#comment-22475 Roy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:28:07 +0000 http://lifeinthefastlane.com/?p=50215#comment-22475 Why do the intercostal arteries become more tortuous with age? Why do the intercostal arteries become more tortuous with age?

]]>