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 […]
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 […]