VT or not VT? That is the question…

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“VT or not VT? That is the question…” you muse. Then your patient Bill says “A shock, a shock, my kingdom for a shock”…

Private Health Care in Indonesia

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Sick of your patients waiting in the ED for life saving treatment as a result of interminable ICU / CCU bed-block? Worry no more…move to Indonesia

The Ballad of Eric’s Prostate

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The Ballad of Eric’s Prostate starts with an unusual finding hidden inside a patient’s jocks…

At what price?

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Resusci Sharon and CPR Tracey are now available for purchase. But at what price? UCEM looks at the price of ‘similar’ models on the market…

Emergency Musical Interlude XXVI

We echo the ZDOggMD crew’s call to IMMUNIZE!

Bad Movie Medicine

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 [...]

Nightshift Energy Food

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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.

Medical School, True Story

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So you want to know what it’s like going to medical school? Check out this brilliantly funny and oh-so-true smack down in a graduation gown from a fledgling ZDoggMD as he tell it the way it is.

UCEM Video Learning Modules

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UCEM’s Professor Stickler presents the first UCEM video learning module to assist the acquisition of core skills by UCEM fondling members.

Real Men’s Health Food

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We shine the spotlight on Men’s Health as the month formerly known as November comes to a close, and ask: can a real man eat yogurt?