Best Case Ever 41 Opiate Misuse and Physician Compassion
Opiate misuse is everywhere. Approximately 15-20% of ED patients in the US are prescribed outpatient opiates upon discharge. In Ontario, about 10 people die accidentally from prescription opiates ev...
13 Loka 20157min
Episode 70 End of Life Care in Emergency Medicine
Most of us in North America live in cultures that almost never talk about death and dying. And medical progress has led the way to a shift in the culture of dying, in which death has been medicalized....
29 Syys 20151h 7min
Episode 69 Obesity Emergency Management
Current estimates of the prevalence of obesity are that a quarter of adult Canadians and one third of Americans are considered obese with approximately 3% being morbidly obese. With the proportion of ...
8 Syys 20151h 5min
Best Case Ever 39 – Airway Strategy & Mental Preparedness in EM Procedures with Richard Levitan
I caught up with airway educator, innovator and self-described enthusiast Dr. Richard Levitan at SMACC in Chicago this past June. In this Best Case Ever on Airway Strategy and Mental Preparedness in E...
1 Syys 201514min
Episode 68 Emergency Management of Sickle Cell Disease
A recent needs assessment completed in Toronto found that Emergency providers are undereducated when it comes to the Emergency Management of Sickle Cell Disease. This became brutally apparent to me pe...
18 Elo 20151h 1min
Best Case Ever 38 Sickle Cell Acute Chest Syndrome
Sickle Cell Acute Chest Syndrome remains the leading cause of death in patients suffering from Sickle Cell Disease. In his Best Case Ever, Dr. Richard Ward, a hematologist with a special interest in S...
11 Elo 20156min
Journal Jam 4 – Low Dose Ketamine Analgesia
You’d think ketamine was in the ED drinking water! Not only has this NMDA receptor antagonist been used effectively for procedural sedation and rapid sequence intubation, but also, for delayed sequenc...
31 Heinä 201538min
Episode 67 Pediatric Pain Management
Pain is the most common reason for seeking health care. It accounts for 80% of ED visits. The WHO has declared that “optimal pain treatment is a human right”. As has been shown in multiple ED-based Pe...
7 Heinä 20151h 6min
