Author: Hans Rosenberg

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  • Dr. Hans Rosenberg

    Dr. Rosenberg is an emergency physician at the Ottawa Hospital, associate professor at the University of Ottawa, and Director of the Digital Scholarship and Knowledge Dissemination Program.

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defibrillation
Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Journal Club, Prehospital and Transport Medicine

Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 4.5/5 Cheskes S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Nov 6. Question and Methods: A cluster-randomized open-label trial evaluating survival... Read more.
blood transfusion
Featured, Full Article, Journal Club, Pre-Hospital

Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock receiving prehospital care (RePHILL): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial

Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Crombie N, et al. Lancet Haematol. 2022 Apr;9(4):e250-e261.  Question and Methods: Multicenter RCT investigating prehospital resuscitation... Read more.
Sterile gloves
Featured, Full Article, Infectious Disease, Journal Club

Non-sterile gloves and dressing versus sterile gloves, dressings and drapes for suturing of traumatic wounds in the emergency department: a non-inferiority multicentre randomised controlled trial

Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Zwaans JJM, et al. Emerg Med J. 2022 Sep;39(9):650-654. Question and Methods: This study assessed non-inferiority between sterile... Read more.
sink nose bleed
ENT, Full Article, Journal Club

Intranasal Topical Application of Tranexamic Acid in Atraumatic Anterior Epistaxis: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Hosseinialhashemi M, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Sep;80(3):182-188. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.04.010. Question and methods:... Read more.
buckle fracture
Journal Club, Orthopedics, Pediatrics

Immobilisation of torus fractures of the wrist in children (FORCE): a randomised controlled equivalence trial in the UK.

Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4.5/5 Perry DC, et al. Lancet. 2022 Jul 2;400(10345):39-47. Question and Methods: This large, multicentre, pragmatic RCT aimed to show... Read more.