by Mark Froats, Josee Malette | Nov 1, 2022 | BHP Corner, Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Paramedics often respond to patients who have no vital signs after being involved in a traumatic event. These cases are especially notable for the tragic and violent means by which persons suddenly meet their end. Most patients who do...
by Mark Froats, Josee Malette | Oct 4, 2022 | BHP Corner, Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
Medical Cardiac Arrest – To TOR or Not To TOR? Base Hospital Physicians Corner – or BHP Corner – is a new web-series we are introducing to be published in a quarterly fashion. Written by RPPEO Base Hospital Physicians, these publications will...
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 Shahbaz Syed | Dec 28, 2020 | Commentary, Featured
The end of the year is always a time for reflection, and while 2020 is a year that many of us want to forget, here at EMOttawa, we decided to take a look back at some of the most influential #FOAMed content to come out this year. We promise it isn’t ALL COVID-19...
by Richard Hoang | Nov 22, 2018 | Mass Casualty / Disaster, Medical Education, Pre-Hospital
As dedicated in-hospital emergency providers, few of us truly understand or get to experience the difficulties and unique challenges facing our pre-hospital colleagues. Beyond the EMS handover and transfer of patient care, we seldom interact with this large and...
