First10EM LIVE podcast: October 2023

This is a very special episode of the Broome Docs Podcast Journal Club with Dr Justin Morgenstern.

Justin was invited to visit us in Western Australia as a guest lecturer for the W.G. Smith lecture series. So we decided to invite along a few of our favourite FOAMed friends to be a part of the festival of nerdiness and record a live version in front of the local crew. We were joined by:

Dr James Rippey (@theSonoCave) ,

Dr Michelle Johnson (@eleytherius),

Dr Tom Cassidy (@tgpcassidy ) and

Dr Alexandra Rowell (Intensivist & liver fan girl).

As always – the free PDFs are linked to the titles, and you can download the audio via podcast apps or stream from the link below.


Fitzpatrick, S. Thomas, A. Straight from the Crocodile’s Mouth. Medical Journal of Australia, Dec 2010 vol 193 Med J Aust 2010; 193 (11): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04119.x


PATCH-Trauma Investigators and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group; Gruen RL, Mitra B, et al. Prehospital Tranexamic Acid for Severe Trauma. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jun 14. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2215457. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37314244


Dwyer R, Palepu A, Williams C, Daly-Grafstein D, Zhao J. Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Sep 5;120(36):e2222103120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2222103120. Epub 2023 Aug 29. PMID: 37643214


Bandyopadhyay A, Kumar P, Jafra A, Thakur H, Yaddanapudi LN, Jain K. Peri-Intubation Hypoxia After Delayed Versus Rapid Sequence Intubation in Critically Injured Patients on Arrival to Trauma Triage: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg. 2023 May 1;136(5):913-919. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006171. Epub 2023 Apr 14. PMID: 37058727


The DEVICE trial: Prekker ME, Driver BE, Trent SA, et al. Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults. N Engl J Med. 2023 Aug 3;389(5):418-429. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2301601. Epub 2023 Jun 16. PMID: 37326325


Flatz W, Hinzmann D, Kampmann P, Poehlmann L, Reidler P, Schlichtiger J, Kanz KG, Ricke J, Bazarian J, Bogner-Flatz V. Mobile Computed Tomography at Munich Oktoberfest. N Engl J Med. 2023 Sep 14;389(11):1051-1052. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2306490. PMID: 37703560


Ly DP, Shekelle PG, Song Z. Evidence for Anchoring Bias During Physician Decision-Making. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Aug 1;183(8):818-823. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2366. PMID: 37358843


Jabre P, Belpomme V, Azoulay E, Jet al. Family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.N Engl J Med. 2013 Mar 14;368(11):1008-18. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1203366. PMID: 23484827NCT01009606


Peters N, Williamson F, Bauer MJ, Llewellyn S, Snelling PJ, Marsh N, Harris PNA, Stewart AG, Rickard CM. Comparison of Low-Level to High-Level Disinfection in Eliminating Microorganisms From Ultrasound Transducers Used on Skin: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial. J Ultrasound Med. 2023 Jun 12. doi: 10.1002/jum.16286. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37306253


van Baarle FLF, van de Weerdt EK, van der Velden WJFM, et al. Platelet Transfusion before CVC Placement in Patients with Thrombocytopenia. N Engl J Med. 2023 May 25;388(21):1956-1965. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2214322. PMID: 37224197


Sun YI, Oliver JD. Hot Sauce: No Elimination of Vibrio vulnificus in Oysters. J Food Prot. 1995 Apr;58(4):441-442. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X-58.4.441. PMID: 31137341

Bottom line: Although Tabsco probably won’t save you from a painful death at the hands of V Vulnificus it does seem to have inherent antibacterial properties, so maybe we could use it to clean our ultrasound probes?


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