by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 26, 2018 | Cardiology, Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Question and Methods: This meta-analysis included prospective studies to assess the ability of a single negative hs-cTnT and non-ischemic ECG to identify patients at low risk for AMI....
by Julie Kim, Richard Hoang | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster
A Code Silver represents the planned response for a person with a weapon within the hospital. The Ontario Hospital Association has recommended the addition of Code Silver to separate the response of a person who is actively killing from that of a hostage situation...
by Robert Suttie, Matthew Lipinski | Feb 15, 2018 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Resuscitation, Thrombosis
There are a few specific arrhythmias that we encounter often in the ED that deserve a little bit more thought. Dr. Matthew Lipinski takes us through a few updates in the area beyond the routine basics. For other Grand Rounds Summaries please see our archives. Chronic...
by Shahbaz Syed | Feb 9, 2018 | Featured, Journal Club, Slider
Dr. Michael Woo is a staff Emergency Physician and trauma team leader at the Ottawa Hospital. At this years NCCEM conference he presented an update on ATLS trauma care. The 10th edition of ATLS was released this previous summer, and was offered to be one of the...
by EMOttawa | Feb 9, 2018 | Featured, Infographics, Journal Club
Dr. Stella Yiu and Dr. Shahbaz Syed presented their top Emergency Medicine (EM) articles of 2017 at the National Capital Conference on Emergency Medicine (NCCEM), we’re happy to present their summary here. References for each summary may be found at the bottom...
