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Sleigh What You Think You Know (About White and Dark Clouds)

Sleigh What You Think You Know (About White and Dark Clouds)

by Shahbaz Syed | Dec 25, 2025 | Commentary, Featured

Every December, the Emergency Department changes character a little. Lights show up around the nursing station. Someone brings in shortbread that appears to pre-date the Roman Empire. There is Christmas music. Someone inevitably wrongly claims that “Die Hard” is not a...
JVP is Dead

JVP is Dead

by James Gilbertson, Rory Connolly | Oct 2, 2025 | Cardiology, Featured, Main page, Most Viewed, Radiology, Ultrasound

The Tooth Fairy. The Easter Bunny. Two cardiologists trying to agree on a JVP measurement. These are myths we share with children — and, perhaps, with medical students. When it comes to estimating right atrial pressure, maybe it’s time we add JVP to that list. A study...
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....
Giving Feedback that Sticks and Receiving it With Purpose

Giving Feedback that Sticks and Receiving it With Purpose

by Isabella Menchetti | May 15, 2025 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education

The importance and efficacy of feedback as an educational tool is well established within medical education literature, with widespread consensus that it is essential for learner development.(1) Reflecting this, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education...
Law and Disorder: Navigating medicolegal Issues (Part 1)

Law and Disorder: Navigating medicolegal Issues (Part 1)

by Max Zworth | Apr 17, 2025 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, mental health, Patient Advocacy

On October 17, 2013, 27-year-old Philisha Sutherland was found at home by her parents—lethargic, weak, and slurring her speech. EMS transported her to Sault Area Hospital, where she was assessed by the attending emergency physician, Dr. Booth. Dr. Booth performed a...
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