The Baloney Detection Kit
on Nov 21, 2009 in Uncategorized baloney detection kit carl sagan michael shermer Science Not sure what to believe? Start using your Baloney Detection Kit.

Burning Pain Post Urination
on Nov 20, 2009 in Emergency Medicine Medical Humor Medical Semantics electric electric fence urination Never pee on an electric fence....

Emergency Medicine Clerkship Primer
on Nov 20, 2009 in Education Emergency Medicine book clerkship primer free medical student Reviews Are you a medical student about to do an Emergency Medicine rotation and want to impress the hell out of your supervisors? Here’s a tip. Read the Emergency Medicine Clerkship Primer by David A. Wald and colleagues – if you absorb even 10...

Bringing Home the Bacon
on Nov 19, 2009 in Emergency Medicine Tropical Medicine Wilderness Medicine cutaneous emergency fly food furuncular myiasis putsi tumbu In addition to some good suggestions for the removal of tar, there was at least one important food item missing from Food for Emergencies.... A food item that for anyone who needs it would surely rank as the most essential food for use in a medical e...

UCEM Relocates despite economic downturn
on Nov 19, 2009 in Medical Humor Organisations UCEM College headquarters The UCEM have relocated from Swarmington-on-the-Wold to the more picturesque setting of Enlightenment Boulevard thanks to the generosity of it’s fondling members and the subtly underhand and ever so slightly fraudulent work of our very own Chai...

Interview with the UCEM President
on Nov 18, 2009 in Medical Humor Medical Semantics Organisations UCEM Video Interview President Utopian Medicine Today the UCEM released the first in a series of interviews by Hilda Lutenblag with Sir Hubert Ignatius Thompson the Third - President and primary fondling member of the Intergalactic Federation of the Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine.

ICU Mind Maps
on Nov 18, 2009 in Education Intensive Care critical care Fellowship Examination ICU JFICM mind map New to Life in the Fast Lane is a collection of 'Mind Maps' encompassing the entire curriculum for the Fellowship examination of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.

The Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine
on Nov 17, 2009 in Medical Humor Organisations UCEM Utopia Utopian College Taking Medicine To The People Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine (UCEM) With access to inpatient beds for acutely ill patients consistently decreasing over the last decade there is a critical and growing need for the emergency medicine team t...

Life in an Urban (Legend) ED
on Nov 17, 2009 in Emergency Medicine Medical Humor Video humour urban legend Big hat tip to Shadowfax (aka @MovinMeat), author of the great accidental ER blog ‘Movin’ Meat‘.

Radiological Oddity #017
on Nov 17, 2009 in Investigation [tests] What the X-Ray oddity radiological oddity Radiology 34 year old male presents with suprapubic discomfort, tachycardia, hypertension and a ruddy complexion. Bladder scan determined 750mL of urine within the bladder and distal cause for urinary obstruction was sought.