Emergency management of Pre-eclampsia
Dr Oliver Flower Emergency management of Pre-eclampsia
Kat Evans takes us through the reality of managing pre-eclampsia in South Africa, highlighting what we cannot miss. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 16, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Clinical Crit Care Obstetrics Gynaecology eclampsia Kat Evans maternal death maternity Pre-eclampsia Source Type: blogs
Classic CT brain pathology
Dr Oliver Flower Classic CT brain pathology
Andrew Dixon from Radiopaedia covers all the common pathology seen on CT scans in critical care. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 15, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Clinical Crit Care Radiology Andrew Dixon Brain pathology CT brain CT scan CTB CTH Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 304
Dr Mark Corden Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 304
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 304 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind The medical trivia FFFF. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 14, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Mark Corden Tags: FFFF bisphosphonate BRONJ bushings syndrome coxsackie A16 fluroquinolones lemon on matchsticks onychomadesis osteonecrosis of the jaw phossy jaw Source Type: blogs
Airway management
Dr Oliver Flower Airway management
Adam Rehak provides practical pearls about managing the unexpected difficult airway; emphasising the importance of effective teamwork with the Vortex approach and the DAS guidelines. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 13, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Anaesthesiology Clinical Crit Care Resuscitation Adam Rehak Airway Management Vortex Vortex approach Source Type: blogs
Paediatric analgesia
Dr Oliver Flower Paediatric analgesia
Great pediatric care requires excellent pain management, and excellent pain management requires the recognition that sucrose is not a pain medication. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 12, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Anaesthesiology Clinical Crit Care Pediatrics EBM First10EM Justin Morgenstern neonatology paediatric analgesia pediatric analgesia sucrose Source Type: blogs
The Novel coronavirus
Jarrad Hall The Novel coronavirus
While nCoV19 is a public health threat, the public are perceiving it to be a larger threat than it is. If we have learned anything from SARS, this large gulf between expectation and reality could undermine control efforts against future contagions (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 10, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jarrad Hall Tags: Infectious Disease Corona virus Corona viruses Coronaviruses novel coronavirus virology Source Type: blogs
Is less best in critical care?
Dr Oliver Flower Is less best in critical care?
John Myburgh gives a philosophical talk about what life (and death) is really about and what the new challenges are in critical care. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 10, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Clinical Crit Care ethics FOAMethics John Myburgh less less is best less is more Source Type: blogs
Grief and Loss
Dr Oliver Flower Grief and Loss
Liz Crowe gives sage advice about dealing with grief and loss in the critical care setting, for both relatives and health care professionals. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 9, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Career & Wellbeing Communication grief Liz Crowe loss Source Type: blogs
Intracranial Hypertension
Dr Oliver Flower Intracranial Hypertension
Rhonda Cadena discusses management of intracranial hypertension, specifically substantial practice variation. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 8, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Clinical Crit Care Intracranial Hypertension Rhonda Cadena Source Type: blogs
Clot retrieval for stroke
Dr Oliver Flower Clot retrieval for stroke
A case example of a large vessel obstruction of the brain and our current techniques available to treat it. How we make decisions on endovascular treatment and management points for emergency and intensive care colleagues. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 6, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Clinical Crit Care Alice Ma Brain EM cerebrovascular accident Clot retrieval endovascular thrombectomy stroke stroke thrombectomy Source Type: blogs
Pediatric CXR Cases 009
Michael A. Gibbs, MD Pediatric CXR Cases 009
January 2020 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Jennifer Potter and Nicholena Richardson (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 5, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael A. Gibbs, MD Tags: Pediatrics Radiology CXR CXR interpretation CXR Quiz pediatric CXR Source Type: blogs
Fat, Feed and Futility
Dr Oliver Flower Fat, Feed and Futility
Muscle wasting in intensive care is the thief of future health. Hugh Montgomery shows us what a big issue this is and what can be done to mitigate the problem. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 5, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Clinical Crit Care CIAW CIW feeding Hugh Montgomery Muscle wasting Source Type: blogs
ICU through their Eyes
Dr Oliver Flower ICU through their Eyes
If we put "emotion before cognition" and respond with empathy and curiosity instead of "answering feelings with facts" we build trust and learn values. The patient perspective with Laura Rock (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 5, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Community & Advocacy GIVE Laura Rock patient advocacy patient perspective Source Type: blogs
High emotion in the workplace: Session 5
Dr Oliver Flower High emotion in the workplace: Session 5
The most challenging moments in resuscitation are often not the clinical decisions. Learning to react, accept, reset and engage is a psychological tool that can help us all. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 4, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Education & Communication Chris Nickson High emotion Jenny Rudolph Source Type: blogs
ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator EOIs close soon!
Dr Chris Nickson ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator EOIs close soon!
Some of us (mostly me) are getting a little excited about the upcoming launch of the ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator programme. If this sounds like your thing, you need to get your EOI in by February 15th 2020…. That’s less than 2 weeks away! The ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator is a professional development programme for […] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 3, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Chris Nickson Tags: Education LITFL ANZCEN clinician educator incubator Source Type: blogs