Author: Shahbaz Syed

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  • Shahbaz Syed

    Dr. Shahbaz Syed is a FRCPC Emergency Physician at the University of Ottawa, he is also the assistant director of Digital Scholarship and Knowledge Dissemination, and Co-Editor in Chief of the EMOttawa Blog.

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The twitter Pandemic: the critical role of information dissemination
COVID-19, Featured, Infographics

The twitter Pandemic: the critical role of information dissemination

Originally published in CJEM 2020, we explore the role of twitter in the dissemination of medical information/misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the... Read more.
end-of-life care
cardiac arrest, COVID-19, Featured, Infographics, Resuscitation, Slider

End-of-life care in the ED related to COVID-19

Hot off the press from CJEM; End-of-life care in the Emergency Department for the patient imminently dying of a highly transmissible acute respiratory infection... Read more.
Ottawa Handbook of Emergency Medicine
Airway, COVID-19, Infographics, Resuscitation

Guidelines for Emergency Airway Management of COVID-19

Guiding Principles Suspected SARS-COV-2 patients showing signs of hypoxemic respiratory failure should be intubated proactively, as early as possible. Signs may... Read more.
hypothermia
Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma

Hypothermia Part 2: Prognostication and Protocols

Here we present part two on our series on hypothermia. For more on the assessment, resuscitation, and management of the hypothermic patient, see part one. Prognostication... Read more.
hypothermia
Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma

Hypothermia: Keeping your cool when it gets cold

Hypothermia results in slightly over one hundred deaths per year in Canada; typically as a result of primary hypothermia, frostbite and other cold exposure injuries... Read more.
RAFF2
Cardiology, Featured, Infographics, Journal Club

Electrical vs Chemical Cardioversion in ED patients with Atrial Fibrillation (RAFF2)

RAFF2 Ian Stiell and colleagues are back at it with atrial fibrillation; The RAFF2 trial (Electrical versus Chemical cardioversion for Emergency Department patients... Read more.
ultrasound
Featured, Most Viewed, Ultrasound

Focused Gallbladder Ultrasound – Enhance your Skills!

Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) for the evaluation and diagnosis of gallbladder related disease is becoming commonplace in the Emergency Department. Here, we present... Read more.