by Prince Asare-Agbo | Nov 6, 2025 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Hematology, Resuscitation
You can find Part 1 on Hemophilia here. For Part 2, we’ll be focusing on hemolytic anemias and thrombotic microangiopathies, or TMAs for short. Defined simply, hemolytic anemia is the destruction of red blood cells before their normal 120-day lifespan. It’s a broad...
by Prince Asare-Agbo | Oct 30, 2025 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Hematology, Resuscitation
Blood tests (especially complete blood counts and coagulation markers) are some of the most commonly ordered investigations in both the emergency department and the hospital at large. It’s important for us as emergency physicians to have an excellent understanding of...
by James Gilbertson, Rory Connolly | Oct 2, 2025 | Cardiology, Featured, Main page, Most Viewed, Radiology, Ultrasound
The Tooth Fairy. The Easter Bunny. Two cardiologists trying to agree on a JVP measurement. These are myths we share with children — and, perhaps, with medical students. When it comes to estimating right atrial pressure, maybe it’s time we add JVP to that list. A study...
by Hailey Newton | Sep 25, 2025 | Airway, Anesthesiology, ENT, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease
As an emergency medicine physician, whether you are working in the resuscitation bay or in urgent care, ENT complaints are common and will be encountered in both areas. The goal of this post is to provide you with a practical framework and highlight tips and tricks...
by Jessica Tat | Jul 31, 2025 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Resuscitation, Tropical Medicine
Global travel has surged back in full force following the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing with it an important clinical consideration for emergency physicians—evaluating febrile patients with recent travel history. Despite the growing need, many emergency clinicians still...
by Omar Anjum | Jul 16, 2025 | Featured
We’re excited to announce the release of the 6th edition of the Ottawa Handbook of Emergency Medicine – a peer-reviewed, point-of-care resource created to support you in the emergency department. With new and improved content, this edition continues to build on the...
by Talal Alkhaldi | Jul 3, 2025 | ENT, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurology, Ophthalmology
Imagine waking up one day, and the world around you is no longer as you’ve always seen it. The numbers on your alarm clock blur into nothingness, or half of your vision seems to have vanished altogether. Panic sets in as you make your way to the emergency department....
by Alie Wudwud | Jun 19, 2025 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Surgery, Trauma
Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) involves vessel injuries that occur from trauma mechanisms commonly seen in the emergency department: falls down stairs, motor vehicle collisions, and facial trauma. By identifying high-risk patients early, we can decrease the risk...
by Alie Wudwud | Jun 12, 2025 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurosurgery, Surgery, Trauma
Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) involves vessel injuries that occur from trauma mechanisms commonly seen in the emergency department: falls down stairs, motor vehicle collisions, and facial trauma. By identifying high-risk patients early, we can decrease the risk...
by Isabella Menchetti | May 15, 2025 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education
The importance and efficacy of feedback as an educational tool is well established within medical education literature, with widespread consensus that it is essential for learner development.(1) Reflecting this, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education...
