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Extreme Ownership: How to Own the Trauma Bay and Lead High-Stakes Resuscitations

Extreme Ownership: How to Own the Trauma Bay and Lead High-Stakes Resuscitations

by Richard Hoang | Oct 17, 2019 | Featured, Trauma, Uncategorized

In this post, we’re going to do something a little different. Instead of reviewing a specific Emergency Medicine topic, we’re going to discuss Leadership – How to lead your team and make things happen during a high-stakes resuscitation. As the Leadership principles...
Polypharmacy, Prescribing, & Deprescribing in the ED

Polypharmacy, Prescribing, & Deprescribing in the ED

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...
Health Journalism: Does it matter?

Health Journalism: Does it matter?

by Sarah Bencharif, Richard Hoang | Nov 15, 2018 | Grand Round Summaries, Uncategorized

Why Should You Care About Health Journalism? Patients receive health information from many sources—and it’s often not from you, their doctor. The accuracy of the health information available varies widely. Critical health journalism can help set records straight, as...
Update from the K-Hole: Ketamine in the ED

Update from the K-Hole: Ketamine in the ED

by Simeon Mitchell, Richard Hoang | Jul 26, 2018 | Grand Round Summaries, Uncategorized

In this post, we discuss the pharmacology, myths, and a myriad of roles for Ketamine in the ED; including analgesia, sedation, agitation, alcohol withdrawal, and suicidal ideation. Part I: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ketamine Produced in 1970s,...
Vitamins in the ED: Is it all just expensive pee?

Vitamins in the ED: Is it all just expensive pee?

by Stephanie Barnes, Richard Hoang | Oct 26, 2017 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Uncategorized

The global vitamin and supplement industry is expected to be worth $278 billion by 2024. “Wellness” as a concept and industry, which often includes vitamin and supplement use, is heavily promoted by celebrities, athletes, and social media stars. IV therapy lounges are...

Prognostic value of plasma lactate levels among patients with acute pulmonary embolism: the thrombo-embolism lactate outcome study

by emottawa | Apr 8, 2013 | Journal Club, Uncategorized

Journal Club Summary Prognostic value of plasma lactate levels among patients with acute pulmonary embolism: the thrombo-embolism lactate outcome study Methodology: 3/5           Usefulness: 2/5 Vanni S, Viviani G, Baioni M, Pepe G, Nazerian P, Socci F, Bartolucci M,...
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