by Jim Yang, Rajiv Thavanathan, James Gilbertson | Feb 9, 2021 | Podcast
Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on Google PodcastsListen on Stitcher Dr. Rajiv Thavanathan sits down with Dr. Jim Yang to talk about some of the best high impact trials in the last year in Emergency Medicine. Which patients with a GI bleed need urgent...
by Shahbaz Syed | Jan 28, 2021 | Commentary, Featured
I’ve written about it previously – but, patient’s ‘bouncing back’ to the Emergency Department (ED) after discharge has always been perceived as a negative thing, but I think that this is an inadequate lens to view patient care. The...
by Simon Wells, James Gilbertson | Jan 21, 2021 | Airway, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Procedural care, Respirology
In Part 1 of our 2-part series on Pneumothorax, Dr. Simon Wells walked us through the varying definitions, epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, and imaging findings of pneumothorax including on point of care ultrasound (POCUS). Click here to review Part 1. In...
by Nicole Mathies, Chirag Bhat, Alexandra Hamelin, Josee Malette | Jan 14, 2021 | Featured, Occupational Health, Toxicology
Case Presentation A 30-year-old male presents to urgent care with a complaint of excruciating pain in his left hand. He is a gardener, and earlier that day had been mixing a solution of pesticides. He had been wearing gardening gloves to open the solutions, including...
by Lindsay Cheskes, Josee Malette | Jan 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Resuscitation
In situ simulation, informally thought of as “crash testing the dummy”, is defined as a team-based training technique conducted within the actual patient care environment, involving members of the healthcare team using equipment and resources from the...
