Jason Elzinga

Clinical Pharm & Tox Fellow. PGY-5 Emergency Medicine. University of Calgary.

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

@ToxAndTofu @ALiEMteam @fzaver @UCalgaryEM I would agree that doses used vary by provider, with no trials large enough to guide dosing decisions. After having some patients refuse anti-psychotics or list haloperidol as an allergy due to prior EPS, I have moved to lower doses and titrating to effect.

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

@GoodishIntent It's right up there with sending Trops on a first presentation diabetic because "MI is on the list of DKA triggers"

[Calgary EM Residents @CalgaryEMres]

Excited to share our new promo video which celebrates our city, staff, residents, and training program. Check it out! https://t.co/D6snHgzN7L

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

Somehow they manage to make the pharmacy's keflex taste like vanilla, while hospital keflex is stuck tasting like chalk. Seems like this should be a high priority QI project... #MedTwitter

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

A great morning learning about the management of neurologic emergencies. Our multi-disciplinary SIM curriculum is another great aspect of the @UCalgaryEM residency program. @CalgaryEMres

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

@scottwakeham Somehow this seems like a poetic summary of residency. 🤔

[Hippocratic Council @HippoCouncil]

Welcome @SchulichMedDent 2024s - It’s GO time - don’t SLOW down as you take this next step, nothing can STOP you now!🚦❤️💛💚💜 #oweek2020 @WesternU @CMA_Docs

[Shawn Dowling @shawnkdowling]

Excellent review of TXA in GI bleed (spoiler alert - no benefit). https://t.co/dyKT4twPdH. Thank you @First10EM

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

Why are we still comparing drugs to placebo when there are many evidence based therapeutic options that could be considered standard or care? Tylenol is also superior to placebo in RCTs and has a much more favourable side effect profile.

[Salim R. Rezaie, MD @srrezaie]

Haldol for Treatment of Benign HA in the ED via @spoonfedEM https://t.co/qeHhDGWUpa #FOAMed

-RCT of 118 pts
-2.5mg IV haldol vs placebo
-Average 4.77 point reduction in VAS at 60 min vs 1.87 point reduction in placebo
-58.6% in haldol group had complete resolution of headache

[Shawn Dowling @shawnkdowling]

In case anyone ever wondered how awesome our ED community is - check out this video. @UCalgaryEM @CalgaryEMres @EddyLang1 @davidlendrum @socmobem

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

@CalgaryEMres First shift back after a week off, I now get this tweet.... 😢

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

@CalgaryEMres So excited that we are doing dog pics! Juno was very eager to join the fun.... Epi was pretty nonchalant about it. @codydunneNL

[Matt Eagles 🇨🇦 @eags36]

Time for some positivity: I’ve been 1 in 2 call for the past two weeks. I’ve never seen physicians from different specialties have each other’s backs like this. Especially thankful for our incredible colleagues @UCalgaryEM who are the frontline soldiers in this. #COVID19AB

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

It has been really heartwarming to see the amazing outpouring of support from the #yyc community for all of our frontline worker in the last few weeks! #HealthCareWorkers

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

So exciting for this amazing crew to join us in July!

[UCalgaryEM @UCalgaryEM]

We are SO PUMPED about the stellar crew who matched to @UCalgaryEM @scottwakeham (QueensU), Kira Genise (UOttawa), Duncan Simmons (UAlberta) and Robert (Bobby) Johnston (UCalgary). Can’t wait for July!

[reuben strayer @emupdates]

So much hand-wringing around which atrial fibrillation patients should be cardioverted in the ED, and which require anticoagulation. The Canadians have been leading on this for years. Follow them.

https://t.co/wuGEjLhJ5C

[Jason Elzinga @JasonElzingaEM]

@cdunneNL Making us all proud!