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CBRNE and HAZMAT: Be Prepared!

CBRNE and HAZMAT: Be Prepared!

by Patrick Fisk | Jan 19, 2023 | Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Resuscitation

This post seeks to provide some insights and discussion around CBRNE events (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear and Explosive). We want to review procedures within a mass casualty CBRNE event, principles related to decontamination, PEE, and review the...
Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage – 2022 AHA/ASA Guidelines

Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage – 2022 AHA/ASA Guidelines

by Emma Ferguson, Courtney Price | Jan 5, 2023 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurology

While most strokes we see are ischemic in nature, 10% of stroke presentations are intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH) 1.  However, unlike ischemic strokes that have clear and evolving pathways for treatments, novel treatments for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages...
Thriving on the Multiple Learner Shift

Thriving on the Multiple Learner Shift

by Shahbaz Syed | Nov 3, 2022 | CME, Commentary, Featured, Medical Education

In many specialities, it is common to have more than one learner working with you at any given time. These are very challenging days/shifts, because you have to juggle so many cognitive priorities. Personally, I find these to be the most exhausting shifts that I work,...
Is it worth it? Then REVERSE it! Anticoagulation in the ED

Is it worth it? Then REVERSE it! Anticoagulation in the ED

by Cameron Leafloor, Courtney Price, Sam Wilson | Oct 13, 2022 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries

How many times on shift do you see a patient that is on an anticoagulant or antiplatelet agent? The answer is probably almost always. The use of these agents and their complications are extremely common. And in particular cases, such intra-cerebral hemorrhage...
Call for interest – uOttawa Dept Emergency Medicine Medical Education Researcher

Call for interest – uOttawa Dept Emergency Medicine Medical Education Researcher

by Hans Rosenberg | Aug 30, 2022 | Medical Education

The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at the University of Ottawa is seeking an  innovative  Medical Education Researcher, to  join our world-class research team. This  Medical Education Researcher will work closely with the Vice-Chair, Research and Scholarship...
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