We review FOAM (Free Open Access Medical education), SMART EM "Pseudoaxioms 2 and Literature Update," in which Dr. David Newman discussesthe lack of benefit for tamsulosin in most renal colic.  Then, we discuss core content urologic emergencies including:
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<li style="padding-top: 12px; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.15999984741211px;">Bullous Myringitis</li>
<li style="padding-top: 12px; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.15999984741211px;">Perforated Tympanic Membrane</li>
<li style="padding-top: 12px; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.15999984741211px;">Auricular Hematoma</li>
<li style="padding-top: 12px; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.15999984741211px;">Necrotizing Otitis Externa (Malignant Otitis Externa)</li>
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As always, visit <a style="color: rgb(34, 36, 47);" href="http://www.foamcast.org/">foamcast.org </a> for show notes and the generously donated Rosh Review questions.
Key Texts:
Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide (7e) Chapter 237
Rosen's Emergency Medicine(8e) Chapter 92
Thanks for listening!
 
-Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

Episode 4 - Transfusion Emergencies and Ingested Foreign Bodies

We  believe in the educational merits of Free Open Access Medical education (FOAM), which includes podcasts, blogs, articles on PubMed Central, conferences streamed for free and more.  As a result, we would like to encourage others to move beyond quoting podcasts and into the realm of tying “cutting edge” FOAM to the core content.  We’ll provide some review and references for listeners to go read.  Why, indeed, should we FOAM it alone when FOAM can inspire us to go, read, think, and be excellent?