by Michael Austin, Josee Malette | Mar 9, 2026 | BHP Corner, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
With a new year, comes a new BHP Corner. For those who are new to this part of our EM Ottawa Blog, it is here that we cover up and coming topics of discussion within our Regional Paramedicine Program for Eastern Ontario (RPPEO). Written by the base-hospital...
by Erica Lee, Kate O'Connell | Nov 21, 2019 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy
During your medical training, how many times did someone watch you talk to a real patient? What about explaining their diagnosis? Or how to take their medications? Have you had a conversation with a patient and felt that you weren’t “speaking the same language”? Good...
by Leo Carroll, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | May 9, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, OBGYN, Patient Advocacy
This article discusses the patient perspective of early pregnancy loss in the ED. We will define the quality gap as it pertains to ED care for patients with early pregnancy loss. We will then look at patient-centered communication strategies for counseling and...
by Matthew Lipinski, Richard Hoang | Apr 5, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy
In this post, we take a deep dive into the ever-present issue of ED crowding, going beyond the basic input-throughput-output model and focusing on institutional and provincial strategies for managing patient flow and overcrowding. We will cover the following...
