Medical Myths

Medical Myths (lecture notes for North York Emergency Medicine Update)

Fist10EM - May 4, 2016 - By Morgenstern J

"Medical myths matter. All of our decisions, although they often seem small to us in the middle of a busy shift, have real impacts on peoples’ lives.

The primary myth that we discussed today was the harms of topical anaesthetics in the management of simple corneal abrasions. The full list of articles and resources can be found here.

If you are interested, a few of the other medical myths that I mentioned during the talk were:

• The use of PPIs for upper GI bleeds
• The benefit for stress testing in low risk cardiac patients
• The need for casts in Salter-Harris 1 injuries"