by Isabella Menchetti | Feb 15, 2024 | Airway, Anesthesiology, cardiac arrest, Featured, Grand Round Summaries
We’re increasingly cognizant of the physiological importance of maintaining specific hemodynamics during resuscitation. Practice patterns vary broadly, so we’ve done a deep dive into the various evidence around the use of ketamine and etomidate in specific...
by Pascale King, Samara Adler | Feb 8, 2024 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, OBGYN, Patient Advocacy
Abortion history in Canada is Complex. Countless hardships were overcome on the long journey to the legalization of medical induced abortion (IA). This blog post will focus on what you need to know as an acute care provider. Context: Unsafe abortions are the leading...
by Cameron Leafloor | Feb 1, 2024 | Anesthesiology, cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Featured, Respirology
In our first part, we talked about the basics of mechanical ventilation and how to set up the ventilator for the busy ED doc! In part two, we discuss lung protective ventilation and go through a few cases to help solidify what we’ve learned. If you haven’t...
by Kaitlin Endres, Mathieu McKinnon | Jan 18, 2024 | Critical Care, emergency, Featured, Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries, Surgery, Thrombosis
When working up your patient, how often do you think of problems related to the hepatic venous system? Have you suppressed those memories of time spent over your cadaver in medical school learning the anatomy? By the end of this, you will all be newly discovered...
by Eusang Ahn | Jan 4, 2024 | Commentary, Featured, Medical Education
What exactly is an EPA, really? EPAs, or Entrustable Professional Activities, are the basic building blocks of assessment within many models of Competency-Based Medical Education, such as Competency By Design. In theory, EPA assessments are supposed to serve as...