Welcome to SJRHEM’s newest feature, “Best of FOAM”. This is a quick curated list of the best free open access medical education the internet has to offer!
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EM procedures
- Scott Weingart’s approach on how to safely place central lines. These videos serve as reminder on how to acquire central access with fully sterile precautions
https://emcrit.org/central-lines/ - Have a patient with a serious hand injury? Want to block all of the nerves of the hand with more confidence? See Jacob Avila’s approach to US guided hand block that takes you away from the hand and into the forearm where you can minimize damage to “accidental bystanders”
http://blog.5minsono.com/hand_block - While the traditional “blind” ulnar nerve block may have worked, look at this resource on how to maximize your success with an US guided approach and change the site of needly entry
https://www.aliem.com/2016/trick-of-the-trade -
Two links on difficult airways from the two world renowned experts…one on how to deal with massive fluids in the airway, the other on tips in dealing with the awake intubation
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EMcrit post on how to successfully intubate someone awake…”dry ‘em out, topicalize, sedate”
https://emcrit.org/emcrit/awake-intubation-update/
Clinical tools
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What’s the Gorelick score? See how Dr. Claudius approaches pediatric dehydration in this EEM Short
Clinical summaries
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A plug for our local attending, Dr. Clouston, and her summary on pregnancy of unknown location, early pregnancy loss and some good take home points
Kavish Chandra, R3 FMEM, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick
