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The ENT Tool Kit: Practical Pearls for Emergency Physicians

The ENT Tool Kit: Practical Pearls for Emergency Physicians

by Hailey Newton | Sep 25, 2025 | Airway, Anesthesiology, ENT, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease

As an emergency medicine physician, whether you are working in the resuscitation bay or in urgent care, ENT complaints are common and will be encountered in both areas. The goal of this post is to provide you with a practical framework and highlight tips and tricks...
Are We Triage Monkeys or Gods? Big and Small Decisions in the ED

Are We Triage Monkeys or Gods? Big and Small Decisions in the ED

by Lucy Karp | Aug 7, 2025 | Commentary, Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation

While the term ‘God Squad’ reflects a real committee from the 1960s, we use it here critically to examine the risks of unchecked decision-making power in emergency care. This is a photo of the Admissions and Policy Committee of the Seattle Artificial Kidney Centre,...
Unexpected Souvenirs: The Latest in Fever in the Returning Traveller

Unexpected Souvenirs: The Latest in Fever in the Returning Traveller

by Jessica Tat | Jul 31, 2025 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Resuscitation, Tropical Medicine

Global travel has surged back in full force following the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing with it an important clinical consideration for emergency physicians—evaluating febrile patients with recent travel history. Despite the growing need, many emergency clinicians still...
The Code Crew: Medications That Save the Beat!

The Code Crew: Medications That Save the Beat!

by Megan Brenkel | Jul 24, 2025 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is sudden, silent, and devastating, claiming 9 out of 10 lives before they ever reach a hospital. In Canada, approximately 60,000 OHCAs occur annually — that’s one every nine minutes — and fewer than 1 in 10 people survive1....
Code Blind: Eye’m losing it! Vision Loss in the ED

Code Blind: Eye’m losing it! Vision Loss in the ED

by Talal Alkhaldi | Jul 3, 2025 | ENT, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurology, Ophthalmology

Imagine waking up one day, and the world around you is no longer as you’ve always seen it. The numbers on your alarm clock blur into nothingness, or half of your vision seems to have vanished altogether. Panic sets in as you make your way to the emergency department....
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