In the Emergency Department (ED) we’re always thinking about the “ABC’s”. You’ve also probably heard of “DEFG: Don’t Ever Forget Glucose”. This ... Read more.
Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAiD, was first legalized in Canada in 2016. At first glance, it may have seemed that this legislation, while an important ste... Read more.
Emergency medicine is a diverse specialty. We’ve all had the shift where you go from suturing an elderly woman’s scalp, to managing an anxious patient with ... Read more.
The vast majority of burns that present to the ED can be managed as outpatients1,2, usually by the patient’s family doctor, but many emergency physicians do n... Read more.
Consider world champion tennis player Roger Federer. He represents one of the most successful professional athletes of our time. To what does he owe his success... Read more.
Chest pain is a common presenting complaint to Emergency Departments (ED) worldwide. Massive resource investment is required to differentiate benign from sinist... Read more.
In this post, we discuss the pharmacology, myths, and a myriad of roles for Ketamine in the ED; including analgesia, sedation, agitation, alcohol withdrawal, an... Read more.
TCCC (Tactical combat casualty care) outlines the priorities of care for casualties in combat applications Nearly 90% of combat fatalities occur before reaching... Read more.
Most clinicians are familiar with and utilize the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) on a daily basis, but many are not aware of the updates and additions to the score th... Read more.
In this post, we will review several recent updates related to pre-hospital medicine. Specifically, we will: Review the role of tranexamic acid (TXA) in pre-hos... Read more.