My latest collaboration podcast whilst away on leave was a recorded “Stump the Chump” case discussion with the RVTS Grand Rounds. The RVTS is the Remote Vocational Training Scheme I it is a vocational training program for medical practitioners in remote and isolated communities throughout rural and remote Australia. The purpose of the program is […]
First10EM Journal Club: March 2017
March 26, 2017 By 1 Comment
Hello EBM listeners After a month of radio silence we are back with the March episode of the Justin & Casey Journal club. This month we have 11 papers in 3-quarters of an hour. We cover the good, bad and ugly of migraine sprays. How Facebook stats can determine your longevity, Marik’s Magic Sepsis Sauce […]
Stats, CRP and Sick Kids
October 11, 2016 By 11 Comments
So I have been having a particularly nerdy week. After the recent review of the point-of-care CRP paper I got to thinking. We all seem to have an opinion about CRP based on what we think we know – but I think most of us have a pretty shady understanding of the true diagnostic characteristics […]
On Sick Kids and CRPs
October 7, 2016 By 3 Comments
Today I am doing a post-publication review of an interesting paper that popped into my inbox this week. This paper was sent to me by the University of Lueven where the research was based via a promotion email. This is the promotional email, entitled: “Rapid blood test can rule out serious infections in children”. Rapid blood […]
No Xray, No Problem: the evidence
February 3, 2016 By Leave a Comment
So in case you missed #SMACC in Chicago – I was lucky enough to be able to talk about one of my greatest passions – bedside Ultrasound. The talk was a bit of the evangelical side – the goal being to try and make the audience think about how we image patients. I wanted to […]
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