by Hazel Park | Jan 31, 2019 | Featured, Physician Wellness
Dr. Park is an Emergency physician and trauma team leader at Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver. She is also the Medical Director of the Regional Trauma Program at Vancouver Coastal Health, and a simulation instructor/enthusiast. Additionally, Hazel, a University...
by Ken Milne, Lisa Fischer | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured, Physician Wellness
Today, we’re fortunate enough to be joined by Dr. Ken Milne, also known as BATDOC, from the Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine Ken has an impressive social media reach, and has managed to become a successful emergency medicine clinician, researcher, an...
by Samantha Calder-Sprackman, Nick Costain | Jan 29, 2019 | Featured, Physician Wellness
Despite what you might think when you initially hear the term, there is more to social wellness than having an active social life. Social wellness is the positive effect that friends and loved ones have on your mental and physical health.(1,2) Sure, spending time with...
by Erica Lee | Jan 28, 2019 | Featured, Physician Wellness
It’s no surprise to any resident that debt is a large contributor to stress. We have high debt levels that continue to rise1, and less job security as employment and career opportunities become harder to secure. We rarely talk about money during our training, and...
by Lisa Fischer, Roderick Lim, Louise Rang, Sara Gray | Jan 27, 2019 | Featured, Physician Wellness
We’re back! Move aside John Snow, winter has arrived. The ED’s are crowded, influenza droplets permeate the air, and many of us are still recovering from the working blitz that is required of us during the holiday season (24/7/365 after all). We are feeling the...
by Brittany Ellis, Richard Hoang | Jan 10, 2019 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy, Uncategorized
Care of the Elderly is an ever-growing, important, and prevalent part of an Emergency Physician’s repertoire of skills. With increasing numbers of elderly patients presenting to EDs across Canada, we look to discuss the issue of polypharmacy, prescribing, and...
by Shahbaz Syed | Dec 20, 2018 | Featured, Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease
Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a challenging diagnosis to make in the Emergency Department (ED), with a diagnostic delay occurring in about 75% of patients.[1] To ultimately make a diagnosis of SEA, patients typically require an MRI, and so physicians may often have...
by Hans Rosenberg | Dec 17, 2018 | Featured, Journal Club, Thrombosis
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Kent AP, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jul 17;72(3):255-267 Question and Methods: This was a post hoc analysis of the RE-LY trial examining the risk of NSAID use in patients receiving oral anticoagulation (OAC)...
by Robert Suttie | Dec 6, 2018 | Featured, Infectious Disease, Medical Education, Ultrasound, Urology
For other ultrasound cases see our POCUS archives Case Vignette 63-year-old male presents with a two-day history of groin pain and swelling. He has a history of hypertension and smoking. He takes an anti-hypertensive medication and an atypical antipsychotic for...
by Shahbaz Syed | Nov 29, 2018 | Commentary, Featured
I’ve recently spent some time thinking about what it means to be a mentor. We’re often thrust into this role – with very little training on how to actually do this. I’ve been fortunate enough to be surrounded by a plethora of excellent mentors...
