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...
by Michael Hale, Pascale King | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured
Community-acquired pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in Canada, and combined with influenza is the 7th most common cause of death overall. Diagnosis The 3 main pillars leading to the diagnosis of pneumonia are as follow: Evidence of infection (fever,...
by Jessica McCallum, Pascale King | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured, Geriatrics, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education, Pre-Hospital, Quality Improvement
What is Community Paramedicine? The international round table on community paramedicine provides the following definition: “…a model of care whereby paramedics apply their training and skills in non-traditional community-based environments outside of the usual...
by Darren Wong, Michael Woo, Brandi Read | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Ultrasound
A healthy patient presents to the Emergency Department (ED) where you are working one night. He complains of a four-day history of progressively worsening fatigue, constant and diffuse headache, neck stiffness, fever, chills and night sweats. There was no associated...
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...
