by Omar Anjum | Apr 30, 2020 | Featured
In the current age of the COVID pandemic, we find ourselves inundated with headlines and millions of daily social media posts on COVID-19. For the frontline healthcare worker, the massive amount of online information can be overwhelming, and for the general public, it...
by Hans Rosenberg | Apr 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Infographics
This article published in CJEM 2020 by Kevin Boreskie MSc. and colleagues is freely accessible online and features strategies to inform resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infographic by Dr. Hans Rosenberg...
by Hans Rosenberg | Apr 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Infographics
This article published in CJEM 2020 by Dr. Sarah McIsaac and colleagues is freely accessible online and features an explanation of what the Protected Code Blue is meant to accomplish and how to easily execute it in your Emergency Department. Infographic created by Dr....
by Nick Schouela, Pascale King | Apr 23, 2020 | Featured
What is nurse-led ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)? A resuscitation model where a nurse takes on a leadership role coordinating and running the ACLS algorithm as part of the overall resuscitation effort. Nursing leadership has always played an integral role in...
by Omar Anjum | Apr 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured
In the current age of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves inundated with headline articles and millions of daily social media posts on the novel coronavirus. For the frontline healthcare worker, the massive amount of online information can be overwhelming, and...
by Shahbaz Syed, Hans Rosenberg | Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Infographics
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 original article for more information!
by Veronique Morin | Apr 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Physician Wellness
Fear, while on a mission (see below for a French translation). It was not that long ago, my husband was strapped on a missile (on purpose) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. I sat in the dirt at 17:21, on the bare Kazak Steppes, eyes focused on the Soyuz...
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...
by Shahbaz Syed | Apr 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured
Your friendly neighborhood Emergency doctor here with a message for Canadians. Hey Canada, sitting here on the frontlines – we see you. Staying home, helping to gather PPE, supporting us, and feeding us, you’re helping us to do our jobs. When we see you...
by Ariel Hendin, Lisa Fischer, Shahbaz Syed | Mar 27, 2020 | cardiac arrest, COVID-19, Featured, Infographics, Resuscitation, Slider
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 (such as COVID-19).
