by Lisa Fischer, Shahbaz Syed | Jan 29, 2018 | Commentary, Featured
The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa has a clear dedication to wellness, demonstrated by the creation of a Director of Wellness position for our academic group. Although the learning curve has been steep, one thing has quickly become clear:...
by Lisa Fischer, Shahbaz Syed | Jan 28, 2018 | Commentary, Featured
In January 2017, a group of residents at CAEP and ACEP put together an Emergency Medicine (EM) Wellness week. We think this was a fantastic initiative that covered the importance of physical and spiritual health, and how to stay well in our challenging working...
by Scott Odorizzi, Richard Hoang | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries
In this post, we’ll explore the many exciting applications that concepts borrowed from industrial engineering can have on ED efficiency and workflow. To help build a framework for further discussion, we will define industrial engineering, describe the ED as a...
by Hans Rosenberg | Jan 22, 2018 | Featured, Gastroenterology, Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Question and Methods: This tertiary-care centre, placebo controlled RCT examined whether nasally inhaling isopropyl alcohol provides better nausea relief than normal saline. Findings: At 10 mins,...
by Nour Khatib, Richard Hoang | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy
Intimate partner violence is prevalent worldwide and has a significant economic impact on our healthcare system. This post will discuss: Intimate Partner Violence statistics globally, in Canada, and in Ontario The economic impact of intimate partner violence cases in...
by Marie-Andre Lavoie, Richard Hoang | Jan 11, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries
Recreational scuba diving is becoming more and more popular with the number of scuba divers approaching 9 million in the USA alone. With this interest comes an increasing number of diving related incidents. What is Decompression sickness? Even though it was first...
by Julie Kim, Richard Hoang | Jan 4, 2018 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Most Viewed, Resuscitation, Trauma
Unstable pelvic fractures have high mortality rates, particularly with patients who are hemodynamically unstable, due to difficulty in achieving hemostasis and other associated injuries. At present, there is no standard guideline that has been published and...
by Lauren Lacroix, Richard Hoang | Dec 21, 2017 | cardiac arrest, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Most Viewed
According to the AHA guidelines, in 2016 the annual incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the US was roughly 360,000 and was 209,000 for in-hospital cardiac arrest. In Canada, we see 40,000 OHCA per year (Mozaffarian 2016). Data from the ROC Epistry...
by Brittany Ellis, Robert Suttie | Dec 14, 2017 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma
The demographics in Canada are changing, with individuals becoming increasingly more obese. In 2014 over 40% of Canadians self-identified as being overweight or obese and this number is rising. Dr. Brittany Ellis brings us through a review of the differences in...
by Robert Suttie, Brandon Ritcey | Dec 7, 2017 | Cardiology, Featured, Ultrasound
For other ultrasound focused cases please see our Ultrasound Archives. A woman in her 60’s presents to the emergency department on her 7th post-operative day feeling nauseous, vomiting, weak and dizzy. She has just recently underwent a open left hemi-colectomy,...
