Join us and our expert guest Dr. James Gould as we discuss ECMO and mature ECMO programs, appraise the ARREST trial and consider the future of cardiac arrest care. Today’s hosts are Jayneel Limbachia, Dakoda Herman, and Jake Domm. Expert Guest: Dr. James Gould is a father of 3, emergency medicine physician and assistant professor at QEII Health Sciences Center and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a special interest in resuscitation …
Journal Club by CanadiEM – E04 Approach to Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses
Welcome back to Journal Club by CanadiEM! In this episode we go over an approach to systematic reviews and meta analyses based on Oxford centre of EBM, and learn about diagnosing pneumothorax with ultrasound vs X-ray Using the Oxford centre of EBM tool, we will ask:1. What question(s) did the systematic review address?2. Is it likely that important, relevant studies were missed?3. Were the criteria used to select articles for inclusion appropriate?4. Were …
Journal Club by CanadiEM – E03: Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) – Part 2
In this episode we: Learn the importance of treatment studies (Randomized Controlled Trials) in EBM Understand and interpret methods and results of treatment based studies Become familiar with critically appraising treatment based studies Part 1 examines the trial validityPart 2 covers the results Hosts: Dylan Collins Levi Johnston Dakoda Herman Jayneel Limbachia Jake Domm Paper: Warren, Jaimee, et al. “Antacid Monotherapy Is More Effective in Relieving Epigastric Pain Than in Combination With Lidocaine: …
Journal Club by CanadiEM – E02: Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) – Part 1
In this episode we:1. Learn the importance of treatment studies (Randomized Controlled Trials) in EBM 2. Understand and interpret methods and results of treatment based studies 3. Become familiar with critically appraising treatment based studies Part 1 examines the trial validity Part 2 covers the results Hosts: Dylan Collins Levi Johnston Dakoda Herman Jayneel Limbachia Jake Domm Paper: Warren, Jaimee, et al. “Antacid Monotherapy Is More Effective in Relieving Epigastric Pain Than in Combination With …
Journal Club by CanadiEM E01: Meet the Team
Journal Club by CanadiEM is a podcast designed to help medical learners at all stages of training develop the skills necessary to properly appraise, interpret, and apply medical research to the practice of Emergency Medicine, all in the spirit of evidence based medicine. Hosts From the West to the East coast: Dylan Collins – 4th year medical student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Levi Johnston – Family Medicine R2 at …
Tiny Tips: Canadian CT Head Rule
“But Doc, I didn’t hit my head THAT hard” Computed tomography (CT) scans are frequently performed after a head injury to rule out acute intracranial findings. However, most Emergency Department patients with a head injury have no acute CT findings. The Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) was developed to help clinicians determine when to order a CT image for patients with minor head injury.1 In 2010, a multi-centre prospective trial implemented the CCHR and …