Life in the Fast Lane

Emergency Musical Interlude XV

sandnsurf — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:26:34 +0000

Working where the sun don’t shine… Credit: Bowser and Blue Have you ever wondered why an intelligent human being would become a colorectal surgeon? Here is a dip back into the archives from the Canadian duo of George Bowser and Ricky Blue [Bowser and Blue] from the Annual Meeting of the American Society of [...]

Medicina d’Emergenza Diagnosi e trattamento

sandnsurf — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:58:09 +0000

Medicina d’Emergenza Diagnosi e trattamento Brown A.F.T., Cadogan M.D. La quinta edizione di questo manuale, un vero successo internazionale, è stata completamente aggiornata ed ampliata, con l’intento di includere le più recenti linee guida basate sull’evidenza in medicina di urgenza e di emergenza. Il testo segue un approccio standard, chiaro e ben organizzato, concepito per esaltare la [...]

Emergency Musical Interlude XIV

sandnsurf — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:45:17 +0000

Like a Surgeon - cuttin’ for the very first time Credit: Weird Al Yankovich Like a Surgeon lyrics - Weird Al Yankovich I finally made it through med school Somehow I made it through I’m just an intern I still make a mistake or two I was last in my class Barely passed at the institute Now I’m [...]

Connotea - Social Citation Management

sandnsurf — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:13:16 +0000

I have trialled many social bookmarking sites in an attempt to find the best solution to read, bookmark and share online resources. To date I have been most impressed with Diigo, Delicious and StumbleUpon as bookmark storing and sharing platforms. Recent interactions on Twitter with @allergynotes and @symtym and @DrCris have led to forays into [...]

Emergency Musical Interlude XIII

sandnsurf — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:01:05 +0000

I am the very model of a psychopharmacologist… I know Akiskal’s spectrum and it’s not just nosological and I can write on psychotropic agents in prose lyrical! [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] I am the very model of a psychopharmacologist… I know Akiskal’s spectrum and it’s [...]

Top Bedside Health Search Engines 2008

sandnsurf — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:40:24 +0000

Mednar has just been voted the ‘clear number one‘ by Medical librarian and author - Hope Leman (writing for AltSearchEngines.com) in her Top 10 Health Search Engines of 2008. My list is based on ‘rapid resolution’ at the bedside (or at least pretty close to it!). Needing to find answers to clinical questions, guidelines, images to demonstrate signs [...]

Mednar the Health Search Solution

sandnsurf — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:38:21 +0000

Mednar is a one-stop federated search engine designed for professional medical researchers to quickly access information from a multitude of credible sources. Researchers can take advantage of Mednar’s many tools to narrow their searches, drill down into topics and discover new information sources. Mednar is here and it is good. Check it out medical librarians, public library staff, [...]

Yottalook - worth a look

sandnsurf — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:34:07 +0000

Yottalook is free radiology-centric web search engine and was designed to provide the practicing radiologists with the most important and relevant information at the time of patient care. The search engine is based on natural query analysis, semantic ontology and ranking algorithms powered by iVirtuoso. The thesaurus of medical terminologies is supported by the Radiology Society of North [...]

TimeSaver STAT VIII iBreath for iPod

sandnsurf — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:40:34 +0000

Introducing the iBreath Breathalyzer & FM Transmitter for iPod from David Steele Enterprises. The iBreath gadget allows the user to check their breath alcohol content. The iBreath is an innovative gadget designed to operate with the iPod. Just fold out the blow wand and exhale into it for at least 5 seconds. 2 seconds later, this amazing tool let’s you know [...]

Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri)

sandnsurf — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:57:52 +0000

Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) The box jellyfish is found in tropical Australian waters. Most stings are benign and respond to supportive measures. Severe envenoming has been associated with at least 67 deaths in Australia, the last 12 being children. All deaths occur within 5 minutes of the sting, probably secondary to direct cardiac toxicity. Toxin The specific venom [...]