Over the last few months the EMconf hashtag has built a large and active membership (visit FOAMfeeds for the latest posts). It’s been great for the EM/CC conversation. The hashtag continues to gain momentum and it stands to reason that other specialties might also benefit from creating a continuous, asynchronous educational conversation vis-a-vis FOAMed. In […]
Internal Medicine
A Remembrance, Dedicated to Dr. Anne Kastor
I opened Facebook the other day to a post that, at first glance, appeared to be a self written obituary: “I, Anne Kastor, died on July 5th of Ovarian Cancer at age 49.” Though I never knew her to be particularly active on Facebook, it seemed like something she might write. Perhaps an act of […]
Is there a doctor on board?
Was just reading a review of outcomes of medical emergencies on commercial flights by Peterson et al published earlier this year in JAMA. I’ve got a particular interest in this topic since my life is divided between two continents and I’ve been involved in several of these cases over the years. It’s basically a summary […]