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Vector-Borne Illness P2: the Chikun or Zika?

Vector-Borne Illness P2: the Chikun or Zika?

by Jessica McCallum, Alex Coutin | Oct 15, 2020 | Featured, Global health, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease, Public health, Tropical Medicine

In part one of this two-part series, we took a bite out of Lyme disease and Malaria (see what we did there?). In this part, we’ll be covering African tick-bite fever, African sleeping sickness, Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika. Fever in the returning traveler is...
Vector-Borne Illness: Lyme disease and Malaria

Vector-Borne Illness: Lyme disease and Malaria

by Jessica McCallum, Alex Coutin | Sep 24, 2020 | Featured, Global health, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Public health, Tropical Medicine

In part one of a two-part series on vector-borne illnesses, we seek to take a deep dive into Lyme disease and Malaria. For more on the other vector-borne illnesses, check out part two!   The only helpful way to distinguish between all these illnesses is the...
Solid Organ Donation from the Emergency Department – Missed Donor Opportunities

Solid Organ Donation from the Emergency Department – Missed Donor Opportunities

by Jessica McCallum, Kate O'Connell | Apr 9, 2020 | Critical Care, Featured, Pre-Hospital

In this post, we aim to highlight the perspectives of family, physicians, the emergency department and pre-hospital medicine in regards to organ donation. Types of Organ Tissue Donation There are 2 main types of deceased organ donation including neurologic...
Community Paramedicine: Behind the Scenes

Community Paramedicine: Behind the Scenes

by Jessica McCallum, Pascale King | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured, Geriatrics, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education, Pre-Hospital, Quality Improvement

What is Community Paramedicine? The international round table on community paramedicine provides the following definition: “…a model of care whereby paramedics apply their training and skills in non-traditional community-based environments outside of the usual...
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