Tag Archives: FOAM
How to get FOAM to work for you
ED Rounds – Jan 2019
Dr. Kavish Chandra presents rounds on Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) and how to make it work for you
How to get FOAM to work for you
Definition
What are we doing at sjrhem.ca?
- Over 40 resident clinical pearls
- Medical student pearls
- EM reflections (summary and learning points of high risk cases)
- Trauma reflections
We also have our own online journal channel at Cureus.com. Articles are submitted by local as well as international authors, and reviewed by peers and finally approved by local channel editors
The practical guide (adapted from Thoma et al. (2014)
Then within the program, search blogs and website by name or URL. The programs above generally search your created list and populate a “to read list” with direct links and the option to defer until you have more time
Examples of websites and blogs
Step 2 – connect with social media (SoMe)
Use SoMe to connect with the largest online medical community
Participate in post publication reviews
If anything, take away one of the many pearls
See the attached image for “How to Twitter”
Please find the entire rounds presentation below
What we missed in FOAM October 2017
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!
Subscribe to our twitter feed for regular updates and enjoy!
EM procedures
- See how Justin Morgenstern optimizes the basics in emergency airway management and some great videos to go along with it
https://first10em.com/2017/10/23/airway-optimizing-the-basics/amp/ - Learn how to use bedside US as an adjunct to your abdominal exam in a patient with suspected acute appendicitis. Start scanning “where it hurts the most” and identify the iliac crest, iliac artery and psoas muscle
http://5minsono.com/appy/ - The “easy IJ”, internal jugular vein catheterization in stable patients where peripheral access has failed
https://sjrhem.ca/rcp-easyij/
Clinical summaries
- Because the type of fluid you use in resuscitation matters…see why you’re next sepsis patient should be getting Ringer’s Lactate for fluids http://epmonthly.com/article/in-sepsis-fluid-choice-matters/
- Next time you order broad spectrum antibiotics for your patient in the ED, take a moment to see if they cultured any resistant organisms previously
https://eminfocus.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/review-the-damn-cultures/ - Liver function tests decoded!
http://www.tamingthesru.com/blog/r1-diagnostics/decoding-lfts - Why is perichondritis more than just simple cellulitis and what can you do to avoid the disfiguring result of untreated perichondritis http://rebelem.com/perichondritis-not-just-simple-cellulitis
Kavish Chandra, R3 FMEM, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick
What we missed in FOAM Sept 2017
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!
Subscribe to our twitter feed for regular updates and enjoy!
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