by Hans Rosenberg | Apr 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Infographics
This article published in CJEM 2020 by Dr. Sarah McIsaac and colleagues is freely accessible online and features an explanation of what the Protected Code Blue is meant to accomplish and how to easily execute it in your Emergency Department. Infographic created by Dr....
by Omar Anjum | Apr 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured
In the current age of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves inundated with headline articles and millions of daily social media posts on the novel coronavirus. For the frontline healthcare worker, the massive amount of online information can be overwhelming, and...
by Shahbaz Syed, Hans Rosenberg | Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Infographics
Originally published in CJEM 2020, we explore the role of twitter in the dissemination of medical information/misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the original article for more information!
by Mark McKinney, Shahbaz Syed | Mar 12, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma
Here we present part two on our series on hypothermia. For more on the assessment, resuscitation, and management of the hypothermic patient, see part one. Prognostication of cardiac arrest in hypothermia Indicators of cardiac arrest before cooling (Brown 2012) Major...
by Mark McKinney, Shahbaz Syed | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma
Hypothermia results in slightly over one hundred deaths per year in Canada; typically as a result of primary hypothermia, frostbite and other cold exposure injuries (Toronto Public Health, 2014). In the United States, this is estimated at 1500 deaths annually...
