"In these twelve strange and surreal tales, I hope to explore what is most familiar, most human: grief, desire, humour, and hope." - Kim Fu #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize

Since pediatric critical care capacity is driving the news cycle right now, a thread on our field in Canada. /7

Last evening I did a shift covering the overflow inpatient unit housed near the ED. Hallways lined with coughing, feverish kids and their distraught parents. We have infants and toddlers on high level respiratory support that would have been in ICU last year. Not normal times.

Crisis? What crisis? That's the response from the government to health care professionals at CHEO Ottawa helping kids who are in the hospital right now, struggling to breathe. Doug Ford honour the office you hold: #MaskUp indoors, #RepealBill124, and fund the healthcare we need.

Ladies, the menfolk are now distracted by football, hockey, and soccer. The time has come. We ride at dawn

Every day is like this now ⁦CHEO Ottawa⁩ #pedsICU #rsv #getvaccinated #flu ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new…

Honestly speechless to see my photo series - a way to hear and share stories and learn from so many incredible perspectives - featured in Maclean’s Magazine I’ve met so many incredible people along the way and sharing your stories has been an honour ❤️

Hot off the press!! Checkout our report on refractory hyperlactatemia in pediatric inpatients - see if you can guess the culprit 🤓 #PedsICU academic.oup.com/jalm/advance-a…

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#Paramedic feedback. CHEO Ottawa collaborating with Regional Paramedic Program for Eastern Ontario to close the loop after patient transport. Feedback letters offered opportunities for closure, reflection, and learning for Ottawa #paramedics Alex Munter

How to live a life of happiness. The Surfer Mentality: When a surfer gets up on a wave, they enjoy the present moment, even though they know that the wave will eventually end. They fully enjoy THIS wave, with the wisdom and awareness that there are always more waves coming.

Between approximately 12am-2am this morning, Firefighters & staff from the The Ottawa Hospital moved 17 neonatal ICU babies from the 8th floor ICU down the stairs to be taken to CHEO Ottawa due to the power loss. Most of the babies were under 1000 grams (2.2 pounds). Also, prior to

Just published BMJ Open Quality 🎉 A year in the life of a #PedsICU measuring compliance to clinical care guidelines What mattered: 🙋‍♂️early multidisciplinary involvement ✔️ keeping it simple 📚 stakeholder buy in What didn’t: 🔍 Direct observation(?) bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/13/1/e…

Fan-Wah Mang has been a family doctor for more than 20 years. Rising costs, new administrative duties and subsequent burnout have made it impossible to keep her clinic open torontolife.com/city/family-do…

VERY proud to share our meta-analysis of prevalence and population-level risk factors for #PTSD in #PedsICU survivors in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 🎉 We found: 🚨1 in 3 survivors had PTSD at 6mo ❤️Cardiac surg pts had ⬇️PTSD 🕜Time & type of assess changed prevalence -implication for f/u

This team effort, led by Rebecca Hay, demonstrates the significance of assessing PICU-related secondary impacts. The PICU is not just a place to survive.The earlier the better. #PedsICU. Thanks for the invitation to this collaborative work.