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We look at:
- The DEVICE Trial
- The CAPE COD Trial
- Management of Cardiogenic Shock in Elderly Patients
- Magnesium in Atrial Fibrillation: 4 Trials
- Pad...
Amiodarone has been the first line therapy for VT/VF since 2000. At that time it replaced Lidocaine as the drug of choice, in the...
The Study
Pouryahya P et al. Utility of lumbar puncture after a normal brain commuted tomography scan in patients presenting to the...
Acute headache acounts for up to 2% of Emergency Department presentations, with up to 10% of those patients having a serious cause for their...
A lecture by Dr Adam Michael on investigations in suspercted PE in Pregnancy.
This study looked at the safety and efficiency of non-invasive diagnostic approaches in pregnant patients suspected of having a pulmonary...
When and How to Perform a Lateral Canthotomy
A 35 yo woman presents to your rural emergency department. She has recently had eye...
Case 1: Is that a Spider in her ear?
"Please help, there's something running around in my ear!" That was the triage. The patient woke with the...
This is a review from the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, of the data supporting their use of specific and...
A 38 yo patient with no previous history presents with 3 days of epigastric pain, shoulder pain, shortness of breath and fevers. He presents to the...
Bottom Line
In this large single-center retrospective study, there was a reduced risk of first pass failure when paralytic agents were...
The term 'hypertensive urgency' is a misnomer. It implies that there is an urgent need to treat. Treating asymptomatic hypertensive patients is the...
In response to the uncertainty of which route is better for drug administration in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) ie., intraosseous (I/O)...
Are Kids just small adults? The questions that creates outrage and debate.
How do we approach the child with a potential cervical spine in jury?...
This study looked at the use of intraosseous (I/O) versus intravenous (IV) routes for drug administration in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...
Hypertensive emergencies are defined as sudden and prolonged increases in the arterial blood pressure, with associated organ damage. The degree of...
This trial looked at "whether indirect laryngoscopy with a video laryngoscope would result in increased success on the first attempt at urgent oral...
This week we have a podcast with special guest Dr Will Davies, who takes us through a recent interesting case he had of exertional heat stroke....
Rapid sequence intubation can be associated with peri or post intubation hypotension and in a small group of patients, cardiac arrest. In the...
Cervical spine injuries in children are uncommon and radiation risk from CT scans can be significant. We don’t have specific paediatric...
Post Intubation hypotension has been linked to induction agents, although the studies for this are few. It is moreso related to age and Shock...
The Use of Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest: An Interview with Professor Paul Middleton.
The use of ultrasound in cardiac arrest has increased...
Right Ventricular(RV) failure presents a significant challenge in the emergency department. It can affect our resuscitative efforts. The only way...