ECG pimping – the ECG rule of fours…
Six True Emergencies
March 15, 2011 By 10 Comments
Does your mind go blank at a code? If you remember the six true emergencies you’ll do fine…
Nightshift Energy Food
December 26, 2010 By 4 Comments
How is that than an emergency doctor can find the energy to keep on going hour after after hour, even in the dead of night? LITFL now reveals the ultimate night-shift energy food. This is how the night-walking medico keeps on stoking the furnace and keeps the night train a chugging.
Six Phases of Study
August 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
You are listening to jazz. Your first day of study is great. Your textbooks are amazing – packed with knowledge, facts and insight
Instructional Ultrasound
August 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
First in a series of videos on Instructional Ultrasound in the emergency department – Ultrasound Guided Venous Access
Condom Inhalation
July 24, 2010 By 4 Comments
With the Flu season upon us the Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine (UCEM) would like to remind all fondling members of their duty to take a full and appropriate past medical history. This includes a past sexual history…
The Little Button
July 14, 2010 By 3 Comments
Bookmarking your favourite web pages and adding to the the home screen (desktop) of your iPad and iPhone just got easier, and a whole lot prettier. Having taken the time to understand the basic principles of icon creation and bookmark beautification, I thought I would share some tips to help you get started.
Common Ear Complaints in the ED
July 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This is the first post in a monthly series on LitFL featuring the latest evidence-based review from EBMedicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. First up is July 2010′s ‘Evaluation and treatment of common ear complaints in the emergency department’.
Worst Emergency Patient Occupations
May 14, 2010 By 7 Comments
An abrasive satirical look at the worst occupations to hold if you’re an Emergency Department patient!
Minor Injuries 001
March 29, 2010 By 5 Comments
How do subungual haematomas present: Subungual haematomas occur when there is bleeding beneath the nail. They are generally caused traumatically by getting it caught between to hard surfaces.
The haematoma becomes trapped between the rigid structures of the nail above and the distal phalanx below. The space occupying mass causes intense pain secondary to increased pressure against the very sensitive nail bed and matrix.
