by Renee Bradley, Pascale King | May 28, 2020 | Featured
Epidemiology of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy The rate of pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy is 5.4 per 10 000 pregnancies. This is 5x the risk of the general non-pregnant female population The rates of venous thromboembolism change throughout pregnancy:...
by Lindsay Cheskes, Kate O'Connell | May 21, 2020 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
This post takes a deep dive into the pathophysiology, presentation and management of electrical storm in the emergency department. The management focuses on patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators receiving multiple shocks, patients with polymorphic...
by Garrick Mok, Pascale King | May 7, 2020 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Resuscitation
The Surviving Sepsis Guidelines define sepsis as a “life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to an infection”. Septic shock is further defined as sepsis with hypotension (MAP ≤65) and/or lactate ≥2.0 despite adequate fluid...
by Omar Anjum | Apr 30, 2020 | Featured
In the current age of the COVID pandemic, we find ourselves inundated with headlines and millions of daily social media posts on COVID-19. For the frontline healthcare worker, the massive amount of online information can be overwhelming, and for the general public, it...
by Nick Schouela, Pascale King | Apr 23, 2020 | Featured
What is nurse-led ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)? A resuscitation model where a nurse takes on a leadership role coordinating and running the ACLS algorithm as part of the overall resuscitation effort. Nursing leadership has always played an integral role in...
