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Best of #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS #echofirst finds – May (2)
Another edition and loads to talk about, as ever. Let's crack on...lots to click on and catch up on at your leisure. I hope you enjoy it. News! CCR 19 is coming!! Get booking here Is this for real?! At first, I thought this was an April fool...then realised its May! Exciting potential to... Continue Reading →
Best ED #FOAMed #FOAMcc #FOAMem #POCUS – December (1)
So here we are with some of the grabs from around and about in the world of EM. Another to follow soon. Infograph of Note.. This one is in the repository, but a great reminder of how to spot that impending occlusion as it could be happening. Twit Choice! Mutton Jeff! Here is... Continue Reading →
Best ED #FOAMed #FOAMus #POCUS #FOAMem
Here is the second of Dan Weston's ED bytes. Some of his pics from the world of EMFOAM! Enjoy and we look forward to more from him in due course! Twitter links! Don't miss that dissection!! So one not to miss! The basics of Type A Aortic Dissection from Dr Stamp, American surgeon. She also... Continue Reading →
Best of #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS finds – July (3)
Loads of action this week. But here is a pick of some of the best of FOAM / POCUS. Click the pics to go to the linked articles. JW General Papers ARDS and its after effects...beyond the trial info! Frailty...not just mortality!! I think this is very poignant. We quote mortality when putting patients... Continue Reading →
Best of #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS – July (1)
Here are a batch of my usual trawls of the FOAM world. I didn't make DasSMACC (gutted), but many of you did and I am sure the themes within here reflect much of what you may have picked up there. I have also procured a lovely little book on POCUS ...you may have seen me... Continue Reading →
New and updated Critical Care Ultrasound section!! #POCUS #FOAMcc #FOAMed
Hopefully...all that you need for critical care echo / scanning! Please take a browse through our all new sections, consistently updated on all we think you need to know about critical care ultrasound #POCUS. Click on the POCUS menu and take a look at each system. I have carefully selected videos and created playlists so... Continue Reading →
Best of #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS – June (1)
Here's another for you! Lot's going on as ever...and this is always very hard to put together without getting too carried away! Podcast 3 from the Two Jonnys coming your way this Thursday too...looking forward to that. Thanks also to Rob MacSweeny, as ever, for his hard work trawling about and putting together the always... Continue Reading →
Best of #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS (Week 1 May)
This is another quick trawl of the best of FOAMed. I am delighted to announce that I have teamed up with Jonathan Downham (@ccpractitioner), to bring you the '2 Jonnys' podcast every fortnight. Check out his brilliant work here: We will discuss the best of FOAMed as an accompanying podcast to the blog. So as they... Continue Reading →
48hrs of #FOAMed finds! #FOAMcc #POCUS
Sorry for the lapse! I just wanted to promote what I see as one of the best forthcoming meetings in Antwerp (November 2017). The International Fluid Academy meeting! This 3 day meeting promises to fill your eager brains with masses of the latest evidence, key pearls and key discussion points from a wealth of high-end... Continue Reading →
Tracheostomy and Laryngectomy Management..keep it simple! #FOAMed #FOAMcc
Take a look at the start of a series of video tutorials from my clinical fellow, Dr Richard Pertwee. These are geared to the FRCA exam but frankly, are more than useful for most of us in Critical care. Emergency Tracheostomy Management Emergency Laryngectomy Management Further interesting stuff CCN Airway Guidelines How2 Perc Trache See also... Continue Reading →
This Week’s Best #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS (March 13-19)
Another really busy week with various meetings going on around the world. This is a selection offering you an insight into what has been going on out there recently, and do remember that many of the Twitter shots contain clickable links! Lots of POCUS, as well as lots of new papers and reviews from Critical... Continue Reading →
This Week’s best #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS (March 2017 – week 1)
There has been a lot of action on the POCUS front, as well as some of the usual fabulous and bountiful FOAM Tweets this week and last. We have had a lot of activity over the last couple of months and a massive thanks to you all for supporting us. We are up to around... Continue Reading →
Think exercise will save you….perhaps not! #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS
An often sad tale... There are upsetting cases of athletes who just drop, the marathon runner who collapses. Why does this happen to these people, when they are pushing themselves to the absolute limit and enduring the ultimate in stress testing.... daily? ***WARNING, SOME MAY FIND THE VIDEO BELOW DISTRESSING!*** We have seen this on our... Continue Reading →
The week’s best #FOAMed #FOAMcc finds (3 – Jan 17)
Loads to get through here...so if you're looking at this in theatre (ensuring your patient is safe as No. 1 priority, obviously), you are probably doing it during a long case. To the rest of you, grab a large coffee and relax as you read. Lots of the screenshots may also have links, so do... Continue Reading →
Today’s best #FOAMed #FOAMcc finds (2 – Jan 17)
More top picks for you all....more coming next week! Enjoy. JW Big papers 5 days...is that too long?? URANGA - Take a look at this as ever fabulous bit of work from the crew at TBL. Looking at duration of Abx therapy in pneumonia. See here. FICE & Echo RAP measurement made easy! Here is... Continue Reading →
Thoracic Ultrasound – A’s, B’s and whatever’s!! #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS
See our section on the chest within the How 2 Echo section. Get confused with this modality...well it is extremely powerful in experienced hands and quick to do at the bedside. Get to grips with comets, A lines, B lines, sliders, lung points and effusions. See here for thoracic ultrasound Particularly useful to detect pneumothorax... Continue Reading →
ICU Emergencies Section added – Airway Obstruction #FOAMed
Airway Obstruction Management - click the pic!
