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 […]
Delayed Complications of Sternal Fractures – SGEMHOP
Sternal fractures are a rare sequela of blunt thoracic trauma (Recinos et al.) and most often occur due to motor vehicle collisions. They are also often associated with other chest injuries such as rib fractures and contusions. This week on the Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine – Hot off the Press, we had the chance to […]
The Spectrum App : A Must Have for Calgary Physicians and Residents
Disclaimer: I am not paid for the following overwhelmingly complimentary review of an app. If you are a doctor or nurse working in Calgary, you should immediately click this link on your iPhone and download the free Spectrum App. Okay, I guess you may want to know what this is. The Spectrum App is a fantastic […]
Calgary EM Journal Club: Dual Anti-Platelet Therapy for Stroke (The CHANCE Trial)
Hi all, Today is the first installment of a new addition to the site, the Calgary Emergency Medicine Journal Club! Click here to open the page in full screen width. It will make the tables much easier to read. You can check out the Calgary EM Journal Club page here, and this will serve as […]
Pathologists? Who knew?
Hey all, Pathologists? Who knew? If you haven’t seen the Macklemore Thrift Shop video, you should probably watch it first to get the awesomeness of this parody video. YouTube link if not working above P.S. Getting ready to ramp up the post volume as I am getting settled in my new place now. Cheers, Chris […]