Standing on the Corner, Minding my Own Business in the ER
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Sergey Motov (@smotovmd) sparked an interesting Twitter debate last month with his poster that looked at ketorolac (Toradol) dosing in the ED. I have previously written about ketorolac in NSAIDs parts one, two and three. Elisha Targonsky … [Continue reading]
In the January 2014 instalment of the journal club, the Calgary EM program reviewed the recent practice changing paper on cooling (AKA therapeutic hypothermia) after out of hospital cardiac arrest. For more discussion of this paper, you can check … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]