by Kevin Durr, Sam Wilson, Josee Malette | Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resident Insights, Resuscitation, Toxicology
Much uncertainty still exists surrounding intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) therapy. The precise mechanism of action remains unknown, no definitive consensus exists regarding its clinical indications, and there are no high quality studies evaluating its potential...
by Zach MacDonald, Lucy Karp | Dec 9, 2021 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Orthopedics, Orthopedics, Radiology, Trauma, Ultrasound
Shoulder dislocations are the most common large joint dislocation encountered by emergency physicians. Given their incidence in the emergency department, managing shoulder dislocations efficiently is key to departmental flow.` Recently, Dowson et al.1 utilized a...
by Stella Yiu, Marianne Yeung | Nov 25, 2021 | Commentary, Featured, Grand Round Summaries
Onboarding and transition to independent practice are challenging (1–3). New attending physicians need knowledge to function in novel roles (4), (Yeung, Cheung et al, personal communication) However, this knowledge is often tacit. By improving our understanding of ...
by Lindsay Cheskes, Alex Coutin | Nov 11, 2021 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Main page, Patient Advocacy
The United Nations (UN) defines human trafficking (HT) as “the recruitment, transport, transfer, harbouring, or receipt of a person by such means as threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, or deception for the purpose of...
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...
