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Episode One Shownotes: GI Bleeds & TTM

Episode One Shownotes: GI Bleeds & TTM

by Jim Yang, Rajiv Thavanathan, James Gilbertson | Feb 9, 2021 | Podcast

Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on Google PodcastsListen on Stitcher Dr. Rajiv Thavanathan sits down with Dr. Jim Yang to talk about some of the best high impact trials in the last year in Emergency Medicine. Which patients with a GI bleed need urgent...
The D-Dimer Dilemma: It’s Use In Low-Risk PE

The D-Dimer Dilemma: It’s Use In Low-Risk PE

by Jim Yang, Kaitlin Endres, Josee Malette | Nov 19, 2020 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education, Thrombosis

Pulmonary embolism is often a nebulous diagnosis with various nuances. COMMON: They affect 25-100 people per 100,000, or approximately 30,000 Canadians every year Potentially FATAL: 3rd most deadly cardiovascular disease, after Heart Attack and Stroke Associated with...
Procedural Sedation in the ED: Agents

Procedural Sedation in the ED: Agents

by Jim Yang, Richard Hoang | Nov 1, 2018 | Airway, Anesthesiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Procedural care

In this two part series, we are delving into a few of the many controversies regarding procedural sedation and explore how to reduce resource utilization and ED length of stay. In PART 1, we discussed preprocedural fasting and concluded that adherence to fasting...
Procedural Sedation in the ED – Part 1: Preprocedural Fasting

Procedural Sedation in the ED – Part 1: Preprocedural Fasting

by Jim Yang, Richard Hoang | Oct 18, 2018 | Airway, Anesthesiology, Grand Round Summaries, Pediatrics

Procedural sedation is commonly performed in the Emergency Department. It is a critical tool that helps facilitate unpleasant but often necessary procedures that our patients would otherwise not tolerate. However, procedural sedation is also an extraordinarily...
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