I started med school at the age of 18. I was a sheltered child of an adult. Most people I knew at that age were. It’s not their fault it’s more that we are a society capable of producing legally … Read More »
Aujesky D et al. Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial. Lancet 2011 Jul.;378(9785):41–48. PMID 21703676 Most of you are probably treating PEs as out patients, we’ve been doing it for years … Read More »
Moore EE et al Defining the Limits of Resuscitative Emergency Department Thoracotomy: A Contemporary Western Trauma Association Perspective. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2011 Feb.;70(2):334–339. PMID 21307731 We don’t get much penetrating trauma in Ireland (though it’s … Read More »
This lecture on the EMCrit site is incredible. First off the shock-trauma unit is something else. Does anywhere else in the world have such a place? This in itself must be quite the intervention, having all the right people in … Read More »
I keep a little, ever-expanding note on my phone where I jot down little morsels of goodness that I pick up while listening to or reading one of the many excellent sites/podcasts in the useful resource section. I’ll try and … Read More »