On March 11, our educator-in-chief Carl Alsup will present a meta-analysis by Al Deeb et al. on ultrasound in the ED diagnosis of acute pulmonary edema: Point-of-care Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema in Patients Presenting Wtih Acute Dsypnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Academic Emergency Medicine Read more…
Dear ED, On November 12, Eli Brown will be giving Journal Club on this paper: Failed Validation of the Quebec shoulder dislocation rule for young adult patients in an Australian emergency department. Ong et al., CJEM 2011; 13(3): 150-154. The Quebec rule, described in 2009, was meant to determine when Read more…
Dear Kings County, Kaycie Corburn will be presenting a retrospective observational study comparing success — first-pass and overall — between direct laryngoscopy and Glidescope-assisted intubations in an academic Arizona ED: “Tracheal intubation in the emergency department: a comparison of GlideScope(R) video laryngoscopy to direct laryngoscopy in 822 intubations.” Read more…