Episode 20

Friends Save Lives | Testicular Traction

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 29 – June 2, 2023.

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Friends Save Lives Spoon Feed

There was an increased number of patient deaths on ICU shifts with low nurse-to-nurse familiarity.


Testicular Traction Spoon Feed

Pulling traction on a torsed testicle is proposed by these authors to help relieve pressure, identify direction of torsion, and make the detorsing rotation easier to perform.  See figure below for technique.

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The voice behind the mic! I'm an emergency medicine resident with a real nerdy love for podcasts and evidence based medicine. Joined the JournalFeed team way back in the before times (pre-COVID).
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Hi! I've been practicing emergency medicine for over 20 years and started JournalFeed. I'm the Chief Spoon-Feeder, which means I either write or edit everything that's posted on the JournalFeed blog. But Nick totally runs the show with the podcast!