Choosing wisely: Unnecessary tests and treatments cost money and harm your patient financially (DO NO HARM)!

EMKF #FOAMed
  1. Don’t order CT head scans in adults and children who have suffered minor head injuries (unless positive for a head injury clinical decision rule).
  2. Don’t prescribe antibiotics in adults with bronchitis/asthma and children with bronchiolitis.
  3. Don’t order lumbosacral (low back) spinal imaging in patients with non-traumatic low back pain who have no red flags/pathologic indicators
  4. Don’t order neck radiographs in patients who have a negative examination using the Canadian C-spine rules.
  5. Don’t prescribe antibiotics after incision and drainage of uncomplicated skin abscesses unless extensive cellulitis exists.

EMKF

Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation (EMKF) is a not-for-profit (NGO) public benefit organisation registered in Kenya