by Shahbaz Syed | Nov 4, 2021 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Resuscitation
You’re working a night shift when you are handed the following ECG from triage in a 50 year old male, with no past medical history, presenting with chest pain: What abnormalities do you notice? What is your approach? Interpretation...
by Shahbaz Syed | Oct 28, 2021 | Commentary, Featured, psychiatry
It is with increasing frequency that we are seeing higher volumes of patients presenting to their family physicians and the Emergency Department with complaints related to anxiety. It was certainly an issue that was noticed pre-COVID19, but the effect that the...
by Garrick Mok, Samara Adler, Josee Malette | Oct 21, 2021 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries
As part of a Quality Improvement initiative you are tasked with improving ED length of stay for patients presenting with ankle pain. You remember learning about the Ottawa Ankle Rules to help screen which patients require ankle x-rays. How will you implement that...
by Shahbaz Syed | Sep 23, 2021 | Commentary, Featured
I’ve previously talked about flow hacks for the Emergency Physician – with emphasis on: Avoiding reassessment land Grabbing multiple ‘charts’ Increasing actions per minute An emphasis on ‘shift rhythm’ rather than number of patients...
by Mikki McGuinty, Rajiv Thavanathan, James Gilbertson | Sep 9, 2021 | Featured, Infectious Disease, Podcast
Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on Google PodcastsListen on Stitcher EMOttawa Podcast Episode 6Tick Borne Illness Part 2 – Anaplasmosis (Click here to access Podcast Main menu) Click here for Part 1, focusing on Lyme disease. In part 2 of our...
