Ever wondered what the ultrasound boys do in the ‘sonocave’? The chaps from UltrasoundVillage.com take us through Tonsillar Ultrasound.
Learning by Spaced Repetition
November 16, 2011 By 19 Comments
Learning by spaced repetition is a useful strategy for long-term knowledge acquisition in medicine. But what is spaced repetition and how can you put it into practice?
Samson and Sanuk New Toys
April 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
Juggling work commitments, family life and writing can be tricky. However, new vigour and inspiration has been instilled with the arrival of some geeky new toys from Samson and Sanuk Australia.
The S-CUT
April 16, 2011 By 5 Comments
LITFL reviews the S-CUT a dynamic new, simple and easy device for removing leathers/clothes in the critically ill trauma patient.
Seizing and No Access!!!
March 22, 2011 By 7 Comments
A review of the effectives and use of intraosseous devices in the emergency department.
A Motorcyclist’s Irreparable Injury
January 19, 2011 By 3 Comments
aka Trauma Tribulation 008 A 26 year-old male was BIBA after falling off his stationary motorbike at a set of traffic lights. C-spine precautions were removed following palpation of his neck and assessment of his sphincter tone. Initially, his only complaint was pain to his right thumb, presumably from a hyperextension injury. However a detailed [...]
Defibritazer Update
January 5, 2011 By 3 Comments
UCEM’s new Defibritazer BP50KV device promises to revolutionise the way we practice medicine in the Waiting Room. Interest in the device has reached fever pitch. Some insane individual has even gone as far as designing a Defibritazer BP50KV T-shirt: Meanwhile @Lyall has kindly volunteered to take part in the demonstration of this device at the [...]
Best Medical iPhone Apps
December 21, 2010 By 3 Comments
If you’re an ED doc, you probably love the iphone.But now that there are over 10,000 different apps in the App Store listed under “Medical” and “Healthcare & Fitness” you may be a bit bamboozled as to which apps to try. Not to worry… Houston Neal from SoftwareAdvice.com has an updated list of the best medical apps for doctors and medical students.
Emergency Medicine and Critical Care FREE podcasts
December 1, 2010 By 4 Comments
Introducing Life in the Fast Lane’s new searchable and sortable online Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Podcast Database
Take a big breath in…and hold it
November 9, 2010 By 5 Comments
If you silence the alarm for any reason and there is subsequent oxygen supply failure within the next 2 minutes you will have no audible alarm. Unlike other ventilators on the market the Oxylog® 3000 cannot ventilate without an oxygen supply….
