by Hailey Newton | Apr 20, 2023 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease, Trauma
In Part 1 of this 2 part series, we focused on animal bite management. In Part 2, we will look at our approach to human bites and considerations around addressing Rabies related concerns. Human Bites Human bites can present as: Occlusive bites: Bites from human...
by Hailey Newton | Apr 13, 2023 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Trauma
On first glance, bite management may seem like a seemingly simple presentation in the ED. However, in today’s literature, there remains a lot of controversy regarding bite management. Who do you give antibiotics to? Can you suture the wound? When should you worry...
by James Gilbertson, Hans Rosenberg, Ian Stiell | Apr 9, 2023 | Critical Care, Featured, Infectious Disease, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury Clinical Trials Network; et al. N Engl J Med. 2023 Feb 9;388(6):499-510. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2212663. Epub 2023 Jan 21. Question and...
by Matthew Lipinski | Apr 6, 2023 | Commentary, Featured
“So, what do you do for a living?” “Oh, Emergency Medicine! You must have some wild stories, what’s the craziest thing you’ve seen?” If you work in Emergency Medicine (or to be honest any aspect of medicine) you have likely had some version of this conversation...
by Graham Wilson, Hans Rosenberg, Ian Stiell | Apr 3, 2023 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, emergency, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 2.5/5 Suverein MM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jan 26;388(4):299-309. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2204511. Question and Methods: Does eCPR increase survival at 30 days with good neurologic outcome in refractory OHCA caused by an initial cardiac...
