by Graham Wilson | Jan 25, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness
And on the 6th day Graham bellowed; “let thee environment be considered among thy seven dimensions of wellness.” And so, the environment was added to the wheel of physical, social, spiritual, occupational, intellectual, financial and emotional wellness. Although I...
by Curtis Lavoie | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness
As a species, we’re making bad choices – polluting the planet and making life difficult now, and perhaps impossible in the future. As physicians, it is time to do what you do best: heal the planet. Ok sure, that sounds corny, but take a listen and let me...
by Gary Bota | Jan 21, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness
I’m a boomer Canadian Emergency physician, with a special interest in climate change. My oral fellowship exam took place in a small hotel room where facial bone x-rays were held up against the Montreal skyline awaiting my interpretation. I went directly from resident...
by Robert Suttie, Richard Hoang | Sep 6, 2018 | Airway, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma
Emergency medicine is a diverse specialty. We’ve all had the shift where you go from suturing an elderly woman’s scalp, to managing an anxious patient with chest pain, to running a cardiac arrest as EMS patches in with a trauma. We wear many hats throughout a single...