Trial of Continuous or Interrupted Chest Compressions during CPR.
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Nichol G, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 3;373(23):220... Read more.
Another stroke update! (Last one! For now..)
Ischemic stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack have been a vigorously studied subject, particularly in the past few years. With numerous updates an... Read more.
Mechanical versus manual chest compression for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (PARAMEDIC): a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial.
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Perkins GD, et al. Lancet. 2015 Mar 14;385(9972):947-... Read more.
To ‘Roid or not to ‘Roid: Steroids in the ED!
Steroids have been used in medicine for their immune-modulating effects for decades, but how much of their use is actually evidence based? He... Read more.
Randomized Trial of Apneic Oxygenation during Endotracheal Intubation of the Critically Ill
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Semler MW, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct 1. Abstract ... Read more.
High-flow oxygen through nasal cannula in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
Journal Club Summary: Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Frat JP, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jun 4;372(23):2185-... Read more.
Novel Migraine Therapies!
For those of us who work in the Emergency Department, we are very well versed in migraine management. We see these patients frequently, and typically don’... Read more.
Spinal Immobilization: Just a pain in the neck?
The principles behind spinal immobilization, including the utilization of backboards and cervical collars was derived from expert opinion in the 1... Read more.
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of D-dimer as a Rule-out Test for Suspected Acute Aortic Dissection
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Asha SE, Miers JW. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Oct;66(4):368-78. ... Read more.
Sepsis Myths: Bringing Sepsy back !
Fluids and antibiotics and lactate…. oh my! Sepsis management in the Emergency Department (ED) was revolutionized by the Rivers trial – a relatively small ... Read more.