Why more patients are being diagnosed with cancer in the ED, why it's a terrible place to receive a cancer diagnosis, and how we forge a path forward. The latest CMAJ editorial in response to the 2024 projected Canadian cancer estimates by Keerat Grewal Catherine Varner. CMAJ

More career wisdom from ER legend ⁦connie leblanc⁩ - ED leads, colleagues and families all need to support us through life transitions. ⁦CAEP⁩

And I think that’s why most docs do - and nurses.

That was a test question in my high school physics class in 1969. Except my teacher used Isaac Newton.

Homelessness is a health crisis: why hospitals are resorting to building housing cmaj.ca/content/196/19… Catherine Varner Andrew Boozary MD Andreas Laupacis describe the policy failure leading hospitals to try to fill the gap but it's a finger in the dike 1/2

See theatlantic.com/magazine/archi… for the most common sense explanation - # homes must = # people in a community, if there is a gap of course the most marginalized will lose out, like a disabled person competing in a game of musical chairs against athletes with stakes = life itself!

In case you missed it... Jeff Perry, world expert on SAH Dx & EM/Stroke Team doc Katie Lin MD MPH 🇨🇦 dive deep to up ur pick up rate without lighting up everyone When to do CT/CTA vs CT/LP, CSF interpretation, LRs of clinical features & more... emergencymedicinecases.com/subarachnoid-h… #FOAMed

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… To all my senior citizens peers, we aren't kids anymore and this ain't the dope we grew up with! Nathan Stall kindly reminds us to act our age - thanks?👴

WTBS 30 Lessons on Emergency Medicine Leadership: The Role of The Leader emergencymedicinecases.com/lessons-emerge… Some more personal reflections on leadership success criteria. SREMI CAEP Anton Helman

Dr. Howard Ovens Howard Ovens explores The Role of the EM Leader in this month's Waiting to Be Seen blog on EM Cases. #mentorship #generosity #rolemodel #commitment + a few quick takes on some controversial EM issues emergencymedicinecases.com/lessons-emerge… #FOAMed

Dates are set for #EDAC24, Canada’s leading emergency department administration conference! 📆 December 3rd and 4th 📍Toronto Please see the attached flyer and visit sremi.ca/EDAC for more details! We’re excited to see you in person in Toronto this December!

Join us! Dec 3/4. Spend some time with fellow emergency service leaders and future leaders!

cmaj.ca/content/196/21… Dr. Brian Goldman makes a brilliant diagnosis confirmed by colleagues in GI and ID. Never heard of this before in 42 years of practice so kudos to Brian! All emerg docs should read as most of us would have missed this. Sinai Health CAEP

Howard, that is so kind of you to post this. I'm also grateful that a wonderful group of colleagues Isaac Bogoch Rahel Zewude Ken Croitoru and Ronit Das for approaching the consult request with curiosity. They worked hard to confirm the diagnosis and institute appropriate

An amazing leader. We are lucky to have her.

Breaking News - CAEP Important statement of principles in establishing and communicating to the public standards for ED staffing from ⁦CAEP⁩ BOTTOM LINE? To call it an “ED” you must have a physician on site or nearby on call. caep.ca/breaking-news/

Access to timely and appropriate ED care should be determined by need rather than by postal code. #PostalCodeMedicine Howard Ovens

Just out in CEEM ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/cee… Spreading the word on acute atrial fibrillation Open Access Eddy Lang Paul Atkinson EM Ottawa CAEP Teresa Chan | 陳敏怡 Howard Ovens Krishan Yadav

Optimizing postpartum care in Canada as rates of comorbidity in pregnancy rise | CMAJ Catherine Varner highlights one more gap in our system that pushes people to the ED, while several excellent projects show there is a better way. Why can't we learn from our successes? CAEP

He was a gentleman and a gentle soul. RIP Peter.