The September edition of journal club featured two articles focused on the diagnosis of appendicitis. These articles each highlight some critical EBM points, which is why I’m breaking them apart into separate posts. This post will only focus on the first article, which examined a potential clinical decision rule for the management of patients with […]
SOCMOB joins REBELEM
Hi all, I’m excited to report that I’ve joined the group over at REBELEM.com (Rezaie’s Evidence Based Evaluation of Literature in Emergency Medicine) and my first post on the use of Colchicine for treatment of pericarditis is now up. For those of you who don’t follow REBEL:EM, what are you waiting for? With Salim Rezaie […]
Novel therapies for Anterior Epistaxis (Calgary EM Journal Club)
Epistaxis can be managed in many ways, from a simple squeeze of the nose to stuffing it with a tampon, and everything in between. Today we’ll look at two novel methods of managing anterior epistaxis, one of which has become my go to for the moderate, non-anticoagulated bleeder. Both of these techniques obviate the need […]
Paraspinous Cervical Block for Headache
Previously we have discussed the use of propofol for migraine headache (part 1, part 2). In this post, we’ll look at another headache treatment that can be added to your armamentarium, the paraspinous cervical block. There are many standard cocktails for headache management in the ED, but unfortunately, many of these require an IV, fluids, […]
CAEP 2013
Hey all, Just got back from the annual CAEP (Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians – eg. ACEP in Canada) conference in Vancouver. It was an absolute blast, with the highlight being a meet up with some fellow Canadian FOAMites, including Ken Milne of The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine (@TheSGEM). Ken is a brilliant, hilarious […]