by Amanda Mattice | Mar 7, 2024 | emergency, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Pre-Hospital, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, Resuscitation, Toxicology
In this post, we will sink our teeth into some details around venomous snake bites that all emergency clinicians should be aware of regardless of their location of clinical practice. Although the incidence of venomous snake bites in Canada is rare, this should be...
by Brenton Wong, Hans Rosenberg, Krishan Yadav | Feb 26, 2024 | Airway, Critical Care, Featured, Journal Club, Toxicology
Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Freund Y, et al. JAMA. 2023 Dec 19;330(23):2267-2274. Question and Methods: Multicenter RCT involving comatose patients with suspected acute poisoning and GCS <9 compared a conservative airway strategy of withholding intubation...
by Steven Sanders | Jul 6, 2023 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Pre-Hospital, Resuscitation, Toxicology
Global temperatures are increasing and are projected to continue warming. The rates of warming across out planet are not uniform. In Canada, the loss of snow and sea ice reduces the reflectivity of the surface leading to increased absorption of solar radiation and a...
by Max Zworth, Rebecca Seliga | Mar 9, 2023 | Addictions, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Toxicology
The opioid epidemic is not new to ED providers, but many will be shocked to learn about the true extent of the harm caused by opioids in Canada. In the first half of 2022, there were 3556 recorded deaths due to opioid toxicity in Canada. This amounts to 19 deaths...
by Julie Ingratta, Alex Coutin | Jul 14, 2022 | Addictions, emergency, Featured, Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries, Main page, Public health, Toxicology
With legalization, and increased ease of access to marijuana, there is increased focus on the diagnosis of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome, with broader media attention and thus patient awareness to this entity. History: Cannabis (Cannabis sativa spp.) has been...
by Kevin Durr, Sam Wilson, Josee Malette | Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resident Insights, Resuscitation, Toxicology
Much uncertainty still exists surrounding intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) therapy. The precise mechanism of action remains unknown, no definitive consensus exists regarding its clinical indications, and there are no high quality studies evaluating its potential...
by Elyssia Adamo, Hans Rosenberg | Dec 30, 2021 | Full Article, Journal Club, mental health, psychiatry, Toxicology
Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Barbic D, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2021 Aug 2:S0196-0644(21)00433-9. Question and Methods: Randomized, single center, blinded clinical trial comparing the rapidity of onset, level of sedation and adverse effect profile of Ketamine...
by Alexandra Hamelin, Alie Wudwud | Jul 15, 2021 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Social Media, Toxicology
In this blog post, Dr. Alexandra Hamelin weighs in on many of the controversies surrounding activated charcoal (AC), and provides a practical approach for its use in overdose patients in the emergency department. Specifically: The dosing of AC The time window...
by Nicole Mathies, Chirag Bhat, Alexandra Hamelin, Josee Malette | Jan 14, 2021 | Featured, Occupational Health, Toxicology
Case Presentation A 30-year-old male presents to urgent care with a complaint of excruciating pain in his left hand. He is a gardener, and earlier that day had been mixing a solution of pesticides. He had been wearing gardening gloves to open the solutions, including...
by Hans Rosenberg | Oct 5, 2020 | Addictions, Journal Club, Toxicology
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Anton RF, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Mar 9;180(5):1-9. Question and Methods: Blinded randomized control trial comparing gabapentin to placebo in reducing the number of heavy drinking days in alcohol use disorder treatment. Findings:...