SOCMOB Blog https://socmob.org/ Standing on the Corner, Minding my Own Business in the ER Tue, 21 Aug 2018 00:38:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 47757199 Adverse Drug Events in the ED – SGEM Podcast https://socmob.org/2018/08/adverse-drug-events-in-the-ed-sgem-podcast/ https://socmob.org/2018/08/adverse-drug-events-in-the-ed-sgem-podcast/#respond Tue, 21 Aug 2018 00:38:00 +0000 http://socmob.org/?p=752 Adverse drug events (ADEs) are Canada’s 4th leading cause of death and account for up to 22000 deaths per year in Canada.(1) The number of non-fatal adverse events is much higher. We encounter ADEs almost every day when we’re on shift in the emergency department, although in many cases it goes unrecognized and we attribute […]

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]]> https://socmob.org/2018/08/adverse-drug-events-in-the-ed-sgem-podcast/feed/ 0 752 CAEP 2018 – Dr. Jeff Kline, Empathic Communication and PE https://socmob.org/2017/10/caep-2018-dr-jeff-kline-empathic-communication-pe/ https://socmob.org/2017/10/caep-2018-dr-jeff-kline-empathic-communication-pe/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2017 23:52:31 +0000 http://socmob.org/?p=741 Hey all, This past week I had the opportunity to chat with a true legend of EM, Dr. Jeff Kline. Dr. Kline is the man responsible for a tremendous amount of research on venous thromboembolic disease, in particular, pulmonary embolism. For most of us, we use his research (eg. the PERC rule) on a daily […]

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]]> https://socmob.org/2017/10/caep-2018-dr-jeff-kline-empathic-communication-pe/feed/ 0 741 CAEP 2018 and a Vlog https://socmob.org/2017/10/caep-2018-vlog/ https://socmob.org/2017/10/caep-2018-vlog/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:47:54 +0000 http://socmob.org/?p=734 Hey all, I recently started a Vlog for CAEP 2018 – Strengthening Connections, which will be held in Calgary, Alberta on May 26-29, 2018. CAEP (Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians) is the largest annual EM conference in Canada, and attracts over one thousand attendees. In the first Vlog episode I had a chance to speak […]

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]]> https://socmob.org/2017/10/caep-2018-vlog/feed/ 0 734 SGEM-HOP on OHCA – More ROSC, but no Survival Benefit https://socmob.org/2017/09/sgem-hop-ohca-rosc-no-survival-benefit/ https://socmob.org/2017/09/sgem-hop-ohca-rosc-no-survival-benefit/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2017 13:45:40 +0000 http://socmob.org/?p=727 Hey all, An article was published in this month’s Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) titled, Prehospital Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Cohort Study. Click the article title for free access on the AEM website. This article by Cournoyer et al. asks if patients who are candidates for E-CPR in the out of hospital […]

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]]> https://socmob.org/2017/09/sgem-hop-ohca-rosc-no-survival-benefit/feed/ 0 727 Bronchiolitis Review on the SGEMHOP https://socmob.org/2016/12/bronchiolitis-review-on-the-sgemhop/ https://socmob.org/2016/12/bronchiolitis-review-on-the-sgemhop/#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:13:35 +0000 http://socmob.org/?p=704 It’s that time of year again, bronchiolitis season. This week on the Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine, Hot off the Press (SGEMHOP), guest host Anthony Crocco and I reviewed this CJEM article on community hospital management of bronchiolitis. The article is free and open access on CJEM. Anthony (@sketchyEBM) and I had the opportunity to […]

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]]> https://socmob.org/2016/12/bronchiolitis-review-on-the-sgemhop/feed/ 0 704 Delayed Complications of Sternal Fractures – SGEMHOP https://socmob.org/2016/09/delayed-complications-sternal-fractures-sgemhop/ https://socmob.org/2016/09/delayed-complications-sternal-fractures-sgemhop/#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2016 23:09:04 +0000 http://socmob.org/?p=686 Sternal fractures are a rare sequela of blunt thoracic trauma (Recinos et al.) and most often occur due to motor vehicle collisions. They are also often associated with other chest injuries such as rib fractures and contusions. This week on the Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine – Hot off the Press, we had the chance to […]

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]]> https://socmob.org/2016/09/delayed-complications-sternal-fractures-sgemhop/feed/ 0 686 SGEM-HOP: Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) https://socmob.org/2016/07/sgem-hop-computerized-provider-order-entry-cpoe/ https://socmob.org/2016/07/sgem-hop-computerized-provider-order-entry-cpoe/#respond Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:22:30 +0000 http://socmob.org/?p=675 Do you recall the days of paper charts for everything?  Maybe you still work in that environment.  In 2016, many of us work using computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for everything from lab tests to diagnostic imaging to medication orders. From my experience, providers tend to have a love/hate relationship with CPOE.  But what evidence […]

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]]> https://socmob.org/2016/07/sgem-hop-computerized-provider-order-entry-cpoe/feed/ 0 675 SGEM-HOP Ultrasound in High Fidelity Simulation https://socmob.org/2016/05/sgem-hop-ultrasound-high-fidelity-simulation/ https://socmob.org/2016/05/sgem-hop-ultrasound-high-fidelity-simulation/#respond Wed, 11 May 2016 22:10:56 +0000 http://socmob.org/?p=665 The most recent SGEM-HOP podcast took a look at ultrasound in high fidelity simulation.  Ken and I got a chance to speak with Dr. Paul Olszynski from the University of Saskatchewan.  He recently authored the following article in which two novel ultrasound interventions were introduced for emergency medicine resident simulation training.  The CJEM article is […]

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]]> https://socmob.org/2016/05/sgem-hop-ultrasound-high-fidelity-simulation/feed/ 0 665 Mannitol vs. Hypertonic Saline for Elevated ICP https://socmob.org/2016/03/mannitol-vs-hypertonic-saline-elevated-icp/ https://socmob.org/2016/03/mannitol-vs-hypertonic-saline-elevated-icp/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:01:56 +0000 http://socmob.org/?p=658 This week’s version of the Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine – Hot off the Press was released yesterday and covers a systematic review of mannitol vs. hypertonic saline solution for elevated ICP.  We spoke with the lead author of the study, Dr. Elyse Pelletier, and got a chance to ask her questions about the particulars […]

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]]> https://socmob.org/2016/03/mannitol-vs-hypertonic-saline-elevated-icp/feed/ 0 658 SGEM-HOP Update https://socmob.org/2016/03/sgem-hop-update/ https://socmob.org/2016/03/sgem-hop-update/#respond Thu, 24 Mar 2016 22:06:10 +0000 http://socmob.org/?p=653 Hey all,  If you haven’t been listening to the Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine – Hot off the Press (SGEM-HOP) series, why not?  This series of podcasts is the ultimate in early knowledge translation, with articles from Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) and the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (CJEM) being reviewed with the authors of the […]

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