LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog – Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog Don’t get me wrong, I am a big fan of Pat Croskerry and metacognition but I do wonder whether the rest of the medical profession has become a
This case was sent by Laszlo Farkas, a paramedic from Hungary. He discussed it with Janos Borbas MD and Robert Sepp MD from University of Szeged 2nd Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Clinic. The case inspired me to resurrect a case that I published 10 years ago with the same ECG finding (2nd case below). What
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog – Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously
Towards Excellence in Resuscitation – Analysing Difficult Resuscitation Cases #1 A resuscitationist agonises. These words, expressed by Scott Weingart during a podcast we did together, ring true to all of us who strive to improve our practice. Driven by the passionate conviction that we should never lose a salvageable patient through imperfect care, we relive cases
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog – Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog The Victorian Registrar Study Group is held in at the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine Headquarters at West Melbourne on Saturday mornings, and has been a very great
The following ECG is from a 19 yr old referred by their GP for investigation of palpitations found at a routine medical review. The patient is asymptomatic with no past medical history or regular medications. Click to enlarge Things to think about What are the key ECG features ? What further information would you inquire
This was sent by Twitike Nthakomwa, a medical officer from Malawi who knows a lot about ECGs.Here is a 50-something patient who presented without symptoms of MI (simply a cough). Because a murmur was heard, an ECG was recorded.But this patient could easily develop reflux with chest pain, or chest wall pain, or any number of reasons
The following ECG is from an 18 month old female following a potential accidental medication ingestion. Click to enlarge Rate: 108 bpm Rhythm: Regular Sinus rhythm Axis: Inferior (+90 deg) Intervals: PR – Normal (~130ms) QRS – Normal (100ms) QT – 320 ms Additional: Dominant R wave V1-3 T wave inversion leads V1-4 Inferior Q
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog – Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog The team at Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website. Exploring the Point of Care Ultrasound Essentials course with a
There is also some source of news out there that is contributing to misinformation. As we have talked about before, misinformation is a daily presence but usually we can quickly fact check a source. Most of these are from sources where the credibility is already questionable. However, what happens when a major media source misrepresents
