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!
Protocol for lung ultrasound in COVID-19 patients
Lung PoCUS can rapidly diagnose the underlying etiology at the bedside of the acutely dyspneic patient. Lung PoCUS has excellent test characteristics for the diagnosis of pulmonary edema, pneumothorax and pleural effusions allowing the treating physician to rapidly...
Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy: Diagnostic Dilemmas
Epidemiology of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy The rate of pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy is 5.4 per 10 000 pregnancies. This is 5x the risk of the general non-pregnant female population The rates of venous thromboembolism change throughout pregnancy:...
Braving the Electrical Storm in the ED
This post takes a deep dive into the pathophysiology, presentation and management of electrical storm in the emergency department. The management focuses on patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators receiving multiple shocks, patients with polymorphic...
Authentic emergency department leadership during a pandemic
This article published in CJEM 2020 by Dr. Eddy Lang and colleagues is freely accessible online and features tips for Emergency Department leadership during a pandemic.
Learning during COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the challenges facing residents is continuing to receive high-quality learning during their training. Difficulties such as transitioning to a virtual platform, protecting residents from certain aerosol-generating procedures, and...
Sepsis and Septic Shock
The Surviving Sepsis Guidelines define sepsis as a “life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to an infection”. Septic shock is further defined as sepsis with hypotension (MAP ≤65) and/or lactate ≥2.0 despite adequate fluid...
Infographic for COVID-19: What Paramedics Need to Know!
This article published in CJEM 2020 by Dr. Jason Buick and colleagues is freely accessible online and features a summary of the key areas that make COVID-19 a unique challenge for Paramedics.
Part II: COVID-19, making sense of the numbers
In the current age of the COVID pandemic, we find ourselves inundated with headlines and millions of daily social media posts on COVID-19. For the frontline healthcare worker, the massive amount of online information can be overwhelming, and for the general public, it...
Infographic for Age is just a number – and so is frailty: Strategies to inform resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic
This article published in CJEM 2020 by Kevin Boreskie MSc. and colleagues is freely accessible online and features strategies to inform resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infographic by Dr. Hans Rosenberg @hrosenberg33
Infographic for the Protected Code Blue – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Emergency Department during the COVID-19 pandemic
This article published in CJEM 2020 by Dr. Sarah McIsaac and colleagues is freely accessible online and features an explanation of what the Protected Code Blue is meant to accomplish and how to easily execute it in your Emergency Department. Infographic created by Dr....