What do you do when expert nurses tell you they can’t obtain IV access? Do you spend 20 minutes performing an invasive central line? Does your resident finally get two IO EPAs? ..Or do you save the day with a slick, ultrasound guided IV? Here’s how: emottawablog.com/2024/11/ultras…

What do you do when expert nurses tell you they can’t obtain IV access? Central Line? Does your resident finally get two IO EPAs? Or do you save the day with a slick, ultrasound guided IV? 2 minutes and you'll have it down: emottawablog.com/2024/11/ultras…

Do you use ETCO2 capnography sometimes? Always? What is standard of care where you work? We wanna know, because the pendulum has shifted: emottawablog.com/2024/12/quanti…

A 59-year-old man presented to a community Emergency Department with a one-month history of subjective fevers and dyspnea. Read on for an interesting case and PoCUS Diagnosis! emottawablog.com/2024/12/curiou…

DVT PoCUS is increasing being used at the bedside, Dr. Gilbertson has some great tips and tricks to master this skillset: emottawablog.com/2024/12/master…

Happy new year medical community! We figured we'd start 2025 by looking back at our most popular posts from 2024. Up first - our 2 part series on mechanical ventilation basics: emottawablog.com/2024/01/mechan… And lung protective ventilation strategies: emottawablog.com/2024/02/lung-p…

Another one of our more popular posts from @kookysang in 2024 looked at factors affecting the EPA experience. He discusses ways to optimize collection and assessment for PDs, competence committees, faculty assessors and resident learners: emottawablog.com/2024/01/factor…

This post by Dr. Kaitlin Endres is FULL of practice changing pearls (and also won our GR title of the year award): Liver Let Die - Approach to Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis & Shock Liver: emottawablog.com/2024/01/liver-…

We've got 3 more of our most popular posts of the year! 1. The approach to posterior circulation strokes can be nuanced with a lot of practice variation. Dr. O'Connell presented a very high yield approach, everyone should have this down: emottawablog.com/2024/03/poster…

2. Ketamine and Etomidate - into the void! The use of these agents is increasingly common, especially in patients with hemodynamic instability. Dr. Menchetti gives us the spoon-fed approach: emottawablog.com/2024/02/ketami…

3. Inhalational Injuries - the answers you've been lunging for Dr. Kaitlin Endres with an all-encompassing post on the approach to various inhalational lung injuries (with a great section on vaping!): emottawablog.com/2024/11/inhala…

"These are the 'Roids you are looking for". There is a lot of nuance in when/how steroids are used in the acute care setting. Dr. Arora has a great deep dive into how we can better utilize steroids in the acute care setting: emottawablog.com/2025/01/these-…

What’s the best way to deal with fingernail lacerations or avulsions? Who needs antibiotics ? Which amputations need repair? You’ve got questions? Dr. Gregory has answers on the best way to approach fingertip injuries! emottawablog.com/2025/01/nailed…

Sometimes it can be hard to see, because our medical environments are challenging these days - but there is beauty in medicine, and we could all use a reminder of this from time to time: emottawablog.com/2025/02/there-…

We often see conscious sedation as a relatively safe and common occurrence; but when we get lax procedurally, patients can pay the price. We’ve got the ultimate guide to approaching the procedure and dealing with potential complications: emottawablog.com/2025/02/snooze…

Want to make your ultrasound images look super crisp to impress your friends? (Or make the residents think you're a wizard). Help your clinical bedside skills with an easy hack on improving the resolution of your ultrasound image generation: emottawablog.com/2025/02/focus-…

Which patients with superficial thrombophlebitis require further work up or treatment? It’s not quite as straight forward as conservative management. Dr. Adler has an easy approach for us: emottawablog.com/2025/03/in-the…

#ICEM2025 has an incredible lineup of speakers from May 23-28. We're very excited to introduce them to you over the next few weeks: Dr. Nisreen Hamza Maghraby Dr. Farhat Mattoo INNOVATION/ COLLABORATION/ EDUCATION/ MOTIVATION For more details go to: icem2025.com

The April 2025 issue is out! JTF: steroids in sepsis/pneumonia Bram Rochwerg, erector spinae plane blocks Michael Woo Burnout in EP's & residents Henry Li PoCUS Literature Dan Kim Barriers & facilitators to caring for patients with dementia link.springer.com/journal/43678/…

Join us at #ICEM2025 for an engaging talk by Ottawa’s FRCPC program director, Jeff Landreville, on “Coaching in Emergency Medicine: How to take your clinical supervision to the next level.” May 26th at 245pm in room 511BE. #MedEd #ICEM25