Adverse drug events (ADEs) are Canada’s 4th leading cause of death and account for up to 22000 deaths per year in Canada.(1) The number of non-fatal adverse events is much higher. We encounter ADEs almost every day when we’re on shift in the emergency department, although in many cases it goes unrecognized and we attribute […]
CAEP 2018 – Dr. Jeff Kline, Empathic Communication and PE
Hey all, This past week I had the opportunity to chat with a true legend of EM, Dr. Jeff Kline. Dr. Kline is the man responsible for a tremendous amount of research on venous thromboembolic disease, in particular, pulmonary embolism. For most of us, we use his research (eg. the PERC rule) on a daily […]
CAEP 2018 and a Vlog
Hey all, I recently started a Vlog for CAEP 2018 – Strengthening Connections, which will be held in Calgary, Alberta on May 26-29, 2018. CAEP (Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians) is the largest annual EM conference in Canada, and attracts over one thousand attendees. In the first Vlog episode I had a chance to speak […]
SGEM-HOP on OHCA – More ROSC, but no Survival Benefit
Hey all, An article was published in this month’s Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) titled, Prehospital Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Cohort Study. Click the article title for free access on the AEM website. This article by Cournoyer et al. asks if patients who are candidates for E-CPR in the out of hospital […]
Bronchiolitis Review on the SGEMHOP
It’s that time of year again, bronchiolitis season. This week on the Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine, Hot off the Press (SGEMHOP), guest host Anthony Crocco and I reviewed this CJEM article on community hospital management of bronchiolitis. The article is free and open access on CJEM. Anthony (@sketchyEBM) and I had the opportunity to […]
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