“Is there a doctor on board?”: In-Flight Emergencies
As global COVID-19 travel restrictions loosen, many people are finally taking the vacations they’ve been putting off for the last two years. As passenger... Read more.
Intravenous Lipid Emulsion: The New Fad Diet
Much uncertainty still exists surrounding intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) therapy. The precise mechanism of action remains unknown, no definitive consensus exists... Read more.
Quality Improvement (QI) in the ED
As part of a Quality Improvement initiative you are tasked with improving ED length of stay for patients presenting with ankle pain. You remember learning about... Read more.
Palliative Care in the ED – Part 2
We are back with Part-2 of our blog series on Palliative Care in the ED. If you haven’t already check-out Part 1 HERE. In this series, we will delve into the... Read more.
Palliative Care in the ED – Part 1
Pulling back the Pall from palliative care The word pall refers to a traditional death shroud or a dark cloud of dust or smoke. The aim of this blog post is both... Read more.
Advancing Resuscitation Care: Controversial Guidelines
There are 35,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) annually in Canada6. Patient survival in OHCA increases dramatically with resuscitation; bystander CPR, use... Read more.
Navigating ED Patient Complaints
Patient complaints are common in medicine. Emergency medicine (EM) in particular has some of the highest numbers of complaints, just behind obstetrics and surgery.... Read more.
Implementation of an ED ECMO Program
In the first part of this series, we looked at the basics of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and its primary indications. In this section, we will discuss... Read more.
Are We Ready for ECMO on the Ground Floor?
Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) has significantly progressed over the past decades. It has become an invaluable tool in the care of adults with severe... Read more.
Thrombolytic Therapy: A Stroke of Luck? Part 2
Addressing the Controversies Around Thrombolytic Therapy (tPA) In our previous blog post, we reviewed the formative literature supporting the currently used tPA... Read more.