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• Life in the Fast Lane

  • Shock… Do We Know It When We See It? June 19, 2013
    'Shock... Do We Know It When We See It?' was a talk by Michelle Johnston at SMACC2013 - you can listen to the audio here and check out the background material and references. Enjoy!The post Shock… Do We Know It When We See It? appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane medical education blog.
    Michelle Johnston
  • Evidence-Based Emergency Care June 19, 2013
    Evidence based Emergency Care (2013) is a paperback handbook providing a concise overview of evidence-based information pertaining to diagnostic tests and decision rules for emergency physicians and emergency medicine trainees The post Evidence-Based Emergency Care appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane medical education blog.
    Mike Cadogan
  • Just sayin’ June 17, 2013
    Psychiatric Predictive Value of the Voice MessageThe post Just sayin’ appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane medical education blog.
    Jarrad Hall

• RESUS.ME

  • The non-intubation checklist June 16, 2013
    Scenario: A 79 year old previously well female presents with loss of consciousness, having been found unresponsive by her daughter who saw her well one hour previously. Examination reveals a GCS of E1V2M3 = 6 and reactive pupils with no lateralising signs. She is hypertensive. A VBG reveals a normal glucose and sodium and a [...]
    Cliff
  • Thenar eminence based medicine June 3, 2013
    A recent study showed superior effectiveness of one bag-mask ventilation style over another in novice providers. The technique recommended is the thenar eminence grip, in which downward pressure is applied with the thenar eminences while the four fingers of each hand pull the jaw upwards toward the mask. Interestingly, in their crossover study in which [...]
    Cliff
  • Making Things Happen from SMACC 2013 May 21, 2013
    The talks from SMACC 2013 – the best critical conference ever (so far) – are being made available. Here’s my talk on Making Things Happen. Video: An audio only version is available here: References from the talk and the slide set are available here For more SMACC talks susbscribe via iTunes or keep an eye [...]
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• The blunt dissection

  • no bones about it… May 23, 2013
    The case. A 15 year old male is bought to ED by his mother with a complaint of throat pain after eating a meal of chicken skewers that were cooked on the family barbecue. He is alert and in no apparent distress, breathing comfortably without stridor or drooling. His observations are within normal limits and [...]
    Christopher Partyka
  • top of the ladder… May 18, 2013
    The case. It’s 9 o’clock at night. You are asked to review a 45 year old male on the ward for uncontrolled pain. He has a history of Crohn’s disease and is 24 hours post-laparotomy for small bowel resection & stoma formation. He is nil by mouth… His current pain regime includes; Paracetamol 1g q6h [...]
    Christopher Partyka
  • a test of metal… May 11, 2013
      The case. 64 year old female who is day 1 post elective left total-knee replacement. She has a past medical history of osteoarthritis, bipolar disorder and depression for which she takes quetiapine, lithium and paracetamol. You are asked to see her on the ward for optimization of her pain management with a concern that she “just [...]
    Christopher Partyka