Ottawa Handbook of Emergency Medicine

 We are excited to introduce the Fifth edition of The Ottawa Handbook of Emergency Medicine. Your bedside guide for approaches to various Emergency Medicine presentations.

Highlights of the Fifth edition include the addition of: general surgery emergencies, pediatric orthopedic presentations, and updates in pediatric fever + more! 

PoCUS Pearl – Tibial Nerve Block

PoCUS Pearl – Tibial Nerve Block

Ever tried injecting local anesthetic into the bottom of someone’s foot? If you have, you’ll understand the incredible pain and difficulty in trying to anesthetize this region. Fortunately, there’s a better way to anesthetize the plantar foot, and avoid getting kicked...

Acetylcholine vs Dopamine “It’s Not You, It’s Me”

Acetylcholine vs Dopamine “It’s Not You, It’s Me”

I wrote this piece because understanding diseases by framing them as high or low levels of dopamine, acetylcholine, glutamate, or GABA has significantly improved my grasp of their pathophysiology and treatment strategies. Too often, medicine is taught as isolated...

Measles… its backkkk (again)

Measles… its backkkk (again)

In the past year, there's been a growing concern about the rising number of measles cases globally, including in Canada. This resurgence of measles cases in major centers has sparked worry. But is it something we should truly be alarmed about? How concerned should we...

Ottawa POCUS Symposium – 2025

Ottawa POCUS Symposium – 2025

Ottawa POCUS Symposium - Mastering the Pulse     FEB 14, 2025 7:30AM-5PM University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre, 725 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, Ontario Who should attend: Staff and resident physicians and other practitioners who take care of acutely unwell...

By the Hammer of Thora: Pleural Effusions in the ED (Part 2)

By the Hammer of Thora: Pleural Effusions in the ED (Part 2)

Assessing patients with pleural effusions in the emergency department (ED) can be challenging and nuanced. This is largely due to the lack of guidelines around pleural effusions in the ED. In part one we focused on imaging, diagnosis, and management of parapneumonic...

By the Hammer of Thora: Pleural Effusions in the ED (part 1)

By the Hammer of Thora: Pleural Effusions in the ED (part 1)

Assessing patients with pleural effusions in the emergency department (ED) can be challenging and unclear. This is largely due to the lack of guidelines around pleural effusions in the ED. In this post, I’ve tried to highlight some key information about an approach to...

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