PCI for stroke trials
3 Jan
OK, so I admit PCI for stroke is something I made up, but I think it’s a reasonable analogy. Given that treatment for STEMI moved from tPA to PCI then it’s hardly surprising to see a similar trend in the … Read More »
FOAMtastic top 5 for 2012
23 Dec
As per the rules and guidelines set out by by st-emlyns I only went back to real work in July, so I’m only gonna choose 5 instead of 10 as I just haven’t had enough patients to try out a … Read More »
Anatomy for Emergency Medicine 023 – Shoulder: Dislocations
18 Dec
This is a fun one. We all love a good dislocation. [Direct Download] I cannot recommend shoulderdislocation.net enough. Spend some time there, get a room, enjoy the view. There’s some great stuff on there. If you’re into papers then this … Read More »
Which test for rotator cuff tear following shoulder dislocation?
17 Dec
There are of course a number of papers looking at the same thing but I saw this one recently. Yuen, Chi Kit, Ka Leung Mok, and Pui Gay Kan. “The Validity of 9 Physical Tests for Full-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears … Read More »
Ketamine use in TBI – the ICP goes down not up.
8 Dec
H/T Rob Bryant for tweeting the paper. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/RobJBryant13/status/271116807195217920″] We all love ketamine, or at least Minh does. But there has always been the bogey man stories, that if you use ketamine in someone with a head injury, there brain will … Read More »