Standing on the Corner, Minding my Own Business in the ER
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 … [Continue reading]
Hi all, Today we have a guest post from Dr. David Lendrum, an ER physician at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary. Dave is a super brilliant doc, and this post will outline how to perform BIPAP using a ventilator, as opposed to bringing an … [Continue reading]
The use of propofol to treat migraine has been previously discussed here at SOCMOB. Today an interesting paper came to my attention thanks to Reuben Strayer over at EMupdates. Single dose propofol 1 mg/kg over 60 seconds effective for … [Continue reading]
Case: A 24 yo male with chronic migraines, presents to your ED with status migrainosus for 72 hours. He has tried his home therapy of ibuprofen, tylenol and a triptan. After throwing in some iv fluids, prochlorperazine and dexamethasone, his … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]