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Diagnosis and Management of Acute Renal Colic: An Evidence Based Update

2018-03-01
By: Jeff Landerville
On: March 1, 2018
In: CME, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Radiology

Renal colic is an diagnostic entity emergency providers see almost every shift, often cited as the “worst pain imaginable”. Here, Dr. Landreville takes use through an evidence based update so that we can provide the best possible care to these patients. Introduction Suspected renal colic is a common complaint resultingRead More →

Rapid Rule-out of Acute Myocardial Infarction With a Single High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Measurement Below the Limit of Detection: A Collaborative Meta-analysis

2018-02-26
By: Hans Rosenberg
On: February 26, 2018
In: Cardiology, Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5                Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Question and Methods: This meta-analysis included prospective studies to assess the ability of a single negative hs-cTnT and non-ischemic ECG to identify patients at low risk for AMI. Findings: The results of 11 studies were pooled, resulting in a pooled sensitivityRead More →

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Code Silver: Sanctuary Under Fire

2018-02-22
By: Julie Kim
On: February 22, 2018
In: Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster

A Code Silver represents the planned response for a person with a weapon within the hospital. The Ontario Hospital Association has recommended the addition of Code Silver to separate the response of a person who is actively killing from that of a hostage situation (previously both under Code Purple).   ARead More →

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My Heart is Racing! Select Cardiac Arrhythmias in the ED

2018-02-15
By: Rob Suttie
On: February 15, 2018
In: cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Resuscitation, Thrombosis

There are a few specific arrhythmias that we encounter often in the ED that deserve a little bit more thought. Dr. Matthew Lipinski takes us through a few updates in the area beyond the routine basics. For other Grand Rounds Summaries please see our archives. Chronic Bundle Branch Block andRead More →

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ATLS Trauma Update (2018)

2018-02-09
By: Shahbaz Syed
On: February 9, 2018
In: Featured, Journal Club

Dr. Michael Woo is a staff Emergency Physician and trauma team leader at the Ottawa Hospital. At this years NCCEM conference he presented an update on ATLS trauma care. The 10th edition of ATLS was released this previous summer, and was offered to be one of the “most innovative and creativeRead More →

Top Emergency Medicine Articles of 2017! (and maybe some from 2016)

2018-02-09
By: EMottawa
On: February 9, 2018
In: Featured, Journal Club

Dr. Stella Yiu and Dr. Shahbaz Syed presented their top Emergency Medicine (EM) articles of 2017 at the National Capital Conference on Emergency Medicine (NCCEM), we’re happy to present their summary here. References for each summary may be found at the bottom of the page. Text Summary Perry JJ, SivilottiRead More →

Development of EMOttawa’s Digital Scholarship and Knowledge Dissemination program

2018-02-08
By: Hans Rosenberg
On: February 8, 2018
In: Commentary, Social Media

I wanted to share with you a brief history on how our Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at the University of Ottawa developed and evolved from what we called our Web 2.0 program to our current official Digital Scholarship and Knowledge Dissemination program. As far as I know, it’s oneRead More →

Lessons learned over a career: using connectivity to avoid burnout

2018-02-02
By: Paul Pageau
On: February 2, 2018
In: Commentary, Featured

Before we delve into this, we would like to point out that we’re fortunate to have Dr. Paul Pageau (ER Physician and current CAEP president) and Dr. Lorne Wiesenfeld (ER Physician and current Vice-Dean for the PGME) guest writing our final post for wellness week. These two have an wealthRead More →

Mindfulness: a guide to understanding and minimizing stress

2018-02-01
By: Curtis Lavoie
On: February 1, 2018
In: Commentary, Featured

Forget everything you’ve heard about mindfulness and “living in the moment.” These common phrases are overused, and at this point are laden with misunderstandings. Forget the pop-psychology one-liners about mindfulness, the cute little sayings, the iPhone apps, one week challenges and everything else you’ve heard. For the moment, forget everythingRead More →

Enhancing wellness: improving work efficiency may be the key

2018-01-31
By: Stella Yiu
On: January 31, 2018
In: Commentary, Featured

As we delve deeper into wellness week, an important consideration many of us often have is the time we have available to us. Our personal and professional lives are often so chaotic, it is easy to find excuses not to make time for wellness. Here, we will examine some select strategiesRead More →

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