How many of our residents feel right now..

Our Digital Ultrasound Education Fellow, Dr Damm, is an ultrasound-wielding Neurointensivist and we love her take on ONSD for evaluation of elevated ICP. Prepare to be learned! #FOAMed #FOAMus #POCUS #IMPOCUS #MedEd #ultrasound #medtwitter bit.ly/3j1Or95

Did you know that seizure classifications have changed? Also - the mortality rate in status epilepticus is 30%(!), so robust management of these patients is critical. Dr. Tran hits us with all the most recent updates and what we need to know: emottawablog.com/2020/07/the-st…

We’re pretty excited about this one! Dr. Michael Wong has put together a short peer-reviewed book on approaching Point-of-Care echo. Whether you’re a novice or advanced PoCUS user, this is a super high yield resource! emottawablog.com/sdm_downloads/…

#TransfusionCamp @JeannieCallum These are 3 slides that you should have on hand when thinking about plasma transfusion. Note the distinction between non-liver disease and liver disease.

This piece bit.ly/2ZZmnvF by Dr. Michele Harper is mandatory reading for anyone in medicine I've been asked dozens of times to violate a patient's civil rights simply because they are in custody All of us must fiercely protect these rights

Diagnosing acute aortic syndrome: a Canadian clinical practice guideline via CMAJ Dr. Yadav @GameYadav is one of the authors on this critically important publication on AAA. cc: Rob Ohle CAEP NOSM University | Université EMNO uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine Eddy Lang cmaj.ca/content/192/29…

Here’s the tea: Congrats to André Picard for being awarded Canadian Medical Association highest honour to a non-MD! Recognized for his immense contributions & service to 🇨🇦 thru his advocacy & evidence-informed writing The Globe and Mail u should be proud 1/3

There’s some recent nuance and updates to the management of alcohol withdrawal. Dr. Michael Wong has the coles notes: emottawablog.com/2020/08/distil…

Love it when a resident convinces me to change my practice. Shoutout to Michael Wong for a great alcohol withdrawal algorithm. Tried gabapentin/naltrexone instead of benzos: emottawablog.com/2020/08/alcoho…

Way Back Wednesday! Unfortunately, COVID cases are on the rise, so we thought we'd refresh ourselves on a lung ultrasound protocol from uOttawa PoCUS: emottawablog.com/2020/06/protoc…

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Way back Wednesday! Want to learn or improve your ❤️ ultrasound skills? The uOttawa PoCUS team has you covered with this amazing primer on Point-of-care Echo by Michael Wong: emottawablog.com/2020/09/point-…

Some major highlights from this academic year: EMOttawa Podcast: emottawablog.com/emottawa-podca… EMOttawa Handbook, 3rd edition: emottawablog.com/2021/06/ottawa… EDI corner: emottawablog.com/category/edi/ PoCUS ECHO book: emottawablog.com/2020/09/point-… + All our grand rounds: emottawablog.com

Alex Koyfman edward lew Alex Sheng Josh Guttman Skyler Lentz Sree Natesan, MD (she/her) MprizzleER aL'Ai alvarez, MD @kaynani32 Mike Pallaci🇺🇸🇮🇹🇮🇱🇺🇦 Chris McStay MD, MBA Cassandra Bradby, MD Shehni Nadeem @ResusOne David Lewandowski David Carr Mark Ramzy, DO, EMT-P 𝙟𝙤𝙨𝙝 𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙖𝙨 💊 Tim Montrief Great EM Ottawa posts by my colleague and friend Michael Wong about management of EtOH withdrawal in the ED. CIWA is not one size fits all. emottawablog.com/2020/08/distil…

Charcuterie is lunchables for adults

Do you use ultrasound in providing patient care? Well, the CAEP ultrasound committee has published minimal archiving standards to ensure high level patient-cantered care. We’ve created a summary with gif’s and still images to make your life easy: emottawablog.com/2021/08/pocus-…

Had a patient with new heart failure recently, looked well with no clear indication for admission… except his EF was very poor on cardiac PoCUS. Usage changed disposition. This primer has been super helpful!

The most powerful paradoxes of life: