Where are Canada’s PAs in 2023? Check out this review of Canadian PA education, #healthcare challenges, and anticipated directions for future growth. bit.ly/3oSTaSr

2. Early versus Later Anticoagulation for Stroke with Atrial Fibrillation nej.md/3Mz9j7k #neurology

Successful pilot of orthopedic physician assistants leads to permanent roles and expansion of innovation to other Nova Scotia Health services. Learn more: nshealth.ca/news/successfu…

Did you know HSN is a teaching hospital? Each year, learners from NOSM University | Université EMNO have the opportunity to take part in the Critical Care Simulation Crash Course (C4). C4 is designed to train physicians and other healthcare professionals to manage critically ill patients.

July 2023 was the hottest month on record, according to our global temperature analysis. Overall, July was 0.43°F (0.24°C) warmer than any other July in NASA Earth's record, and it's likely due to human activity. Details: go.nasa.gov/3OTWMh7

New IDSA/SCCM guidelines on evaluation of new fever in ICU! 🤒 bladder/esophageal > rectal > oral > axillary/ear 🤒CRP and/or procal rec for patients with low/intermediate risk of infection😳 🤒consider test for COVID, resp viruses Fresh blogitorial: emcrit.org/pulmcrit/idsa-…

The newly updated World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for Covid treatment bmj.com/content/370/bm… The BMJ

“I felt like, in order for a patient to feel heard or listened to or understood, it’s important to have physicians who look like them, listening to them — especially if it’s a mental-health issue,” says NOSM University | Université EMNO student Elysia Monaghan tvo.org/article/how-in… #onhealth

North Bay health centre being creative to lessen wait times in ER. Dr. Taylor Lougheed said North Bay Regional could "easily" hire three or four full-time ER physicians, by JenniferHamiltonMcCharles nugget.ca/news/north-bay… via northbaynugget alan drummond #CanadaWAITS

Saskatchewan allocates budget to a new 2-year master’s program for PAs, at the University of Saskatchewan, accepting 20 students annually starting fall 2025. . Read More:budget.saskatchewan.ca/health-care/ad… . #CanadaNeedsPAs #SaskachewanBudget #CanadaHealth

RCT of weight lifting for Type-2 Diabetes: 1) A1c ⬇️ from 8.7 ➡️ 7.6 (no change in control) 2) 72% reduced medications 💊 (42% ⬆️ meds in control) 3) Blood pressure ⬇️ by 10 mmHg 📉 (⬆️ 8 in control 📈) 4) 33% ⬆️ in muscle strength (15% ⬇️ in control) Study-Based Protocol

1/ An interesting case we saw, now published in the most recent issue of CMAJ: A middle aged woman had a 2 year history of episodic somnolence, falls, slurred speech & the appearance of intoxication, but with no reported drug or alcohol use. She had multiple visits to her family

Modulation of afterload with vasodilators has long been a mainstay of acute heart failure treatment. In an editorial, Ran Lee, MD, et al. comment on a new systematic review and meta-analysis by Lukoschewitz et al. that finds no mortality benefit to such treatment. 1/2

Ontario man suffers cardiac arrest in the US, gets billed US$620 K for hospital admission. Travel insurance nullified by preexisting heart condition. toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-su…

IVC assessments were the “hot new thing” in POCUS when I was a fellow. Today, it’s a very small component of my practice. There are too many variables involved to help one make a volume status decision based solely on this. 🎩 tip to the authors. eddyjoemd.com/foamed/

Canadian universities produce approximately 3,000 Primary Care Physicians each year but only 100 Physician Assistants (PAs). It takes 2 years to become a PA. Wouldn't it make sense to produce a lot more PAs quickly to enable greater efficiency in primary care?

...🧵This is a thread about 8.4% sodium bicarbonate (aka bicarb amp) in critical care. This the first part in a series of three about sodium bicarbonate 🧂in critical care: 🧐I will get in deep to complexities, benefits, risks and clinical implications of this (overused) drug.

For new #ICU fellows the learning curve is STEEP. On reflection, the best fellows seem to master core groups of skills in a somewhat predictable order. Here is my take on the "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" equivalent for ICU skills. 1st: Resuscitative Skills --> without

ASH Plenary - IV Iron safe in infections! meetings-api.hematology.org/api/abstract/v…