Author: Shankar Sethuraman

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  • Shankar Sethuraman

    Shankar Sethuraman is a medical student at the University of Ottawa. His interests include the use of technology in healthcare and quality improvement in Emergency Departments. Outside of medicine, he enjoys tennis, repairing bikes, and reading a good book.

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ambulance
Grand Round Summaries, Pre-Hospital, Resuscitation, Trauma

Updates in Prehospital and Transport Medicine

There was a significant amount of pre-hospital research published in 2018; many trials were that will no doubt inform future guidelines and change practice. This... Read more.
Concussion: Complications and Public Safety (Part 3)
Grand Round Summaries, Neurology, Trauma

Concussion: Complications and Public Safety (Part 3)

In the final post of this 3-part series on concussions, Dr. Erica Lee discusses how to recognize and manage post-concussion complications, and hopes to raise awareness... Read more.
Concussion: Inside the Emergency Department (Part 2)
Grand Round Summaries, Neurology, Trauma

Concussion: Inside the Emergency Department (Part 2)

Welcome to Part 2 of our series on concussions. In this post, Dr. Erica Lee reviews how to make the diagnosis of concussion and manage these patients in the ED.... Read more.
Stroke
Grand Round Summaries, Neurology

An Update on the ED Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke and TIA

Ischemic stroke is one of Canada’s leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Over the last 30 years, we have observed rapid advances concerning how we identify,... Read more.
code orange
Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Quality Improvement, Resuscitation, Trauma

Code Orange: Lessons Learned from the Westboro Bus Collision

A Code Orange is a hospital-scale response to any event or group of events that results in a patient influx that outstrips available hospital resources. It realigns... Read more.
airway
Airway, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation

Assessing and Finessing: An Airway Update

Securing definitive control of a threatened airway is a fundamental skill in the care of critically ill patients and remains an ever-popular topic of discussion... Read more.
early pregnancy loss
Grand Round Summaries, OBGYN, Patient Advocacy

Early Pregnancy Loss: A Patient-Centered Care Model

This article discusses the patient perspective of early pregnancy loss in the ED. We will define the quality gap as it pertains to ED care for patients with early... Read more.
fluid
Grand Round Summaries

Life in the balance: Why fluid choice matters in the Emergency Department

IV fluid is a drug Intravenous fluid administration is the second most common medical intervention next to supplemental oxygen.1  Over 200 million liters of normal... Read more.