No Statistical Difference - Dr. Ken Milne
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“No statistical difference”
On today’s episode of Critical Levels, we chat with Dr. Ken Milne of the Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine (https://thesgem.com; @thesgem).
We start with a high-level discussion and literature and evidence, and then apply these concepts to ‘lyse’ and ‘bust’ some of the predominate prehospital myths.
Find links to the primary literature on our website.
We examine:
2:00 - The importance of primary literature
4:10 - Why?
10:10 – Literature, critically appraising articles, & levels of evidence
13:20 – Evidence Based Medicine
17:30 – Guidelines & Protocols
22:22 – Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest
28:30 – Sodium Bicarbonate in Cardiac Arrest
32:10 – Advanced Airways
36:10 – “Treat the patient, not the monitor”
42:05 – TTM (Targeted Temperature Management)
48:22 – “Be Skeptical”
51:15 – TBI Management/TXA
61:05 – Final Thoughts
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