📸Calling all photography enthusiasts and advocates for diverse representation in healthcare!📸 What it is: A first-ever CAEP photography competition designed to promote equity, representation, and inclusivity in emergency medicine education by showcasing images that reflect the diversity of healthcare providers and patients in Canada. Accepted photographs will be showcased in CAEP’s new open access Images in Emergency Medicine webpage. Top ranking photos will be featured in a presentation at CAEP24 in Saskatoon (click …
Approach to Unhoused Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with a History of Opioid Use Disorder
Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of a 2-part series on homelessness. Check out Part I about the Ottawa Inner City Health Initiative. ‘Ken’ is a 47-year-old unhoused man presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with severe opioid withdrawal symptoms. After taking his history, you learn that he has been unhoused for the past 2 years and using non-prescribed fentanyl for the past 8 months. His last dose was 28 hours ago. You …
Improving Emergency Care For Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
Editor’s Note: This is part 1 of a 2 part series on patients with homelessness. Stay tuned for Part 2 which will deal with the intersection of homelessness and opiate drug use. A 29-year-old male named Billy presents to your emergency department with a 4-day history of progressive leg tenderness. On exam, you note a poorly demarcated area of erythema on the leg which is warm and tender to the touch, suggestive of …
2023 CanadiEM Year in Review and Editor’s Choice Awards
In our 2023 year in review, CanadiEM celebrates its 8th birthday! Does CanadiEM continue to serve an important role in the medical education community? This year is an opportunity for those who value this virtual community of practice to get involved, especially for those who are interested in a leadership role. If that interests you, please reach out at [email protected]. 2023 was another busy year for CanadiEM! In the past year, CanadiEM had …
CJEM Visual Abstract – Machine learning for the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome using a 12-lead ECG: a systematic review
For the October 2023 issue of CJEM, we collaborated with their team to present “Machine learning for the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome using a 12-lead ECG: a systematic review”1 in a visually simplified format. Many of us see the interpretation that is included on the top or side of each ECG, with common practice being to approach these diagnoses with caution. We often rely on our clinicians interpretation of the 12-lead, instead. …
Tiny Tips: Hematuria: IS THIS PP RED?
Mnemonics to remember differential diagnoses are usually cumbersome, difficult to remember, and unnecessary. However, sometimes one stands above the crowd. Sometimes, one is so perfect that the world around you seems brighter… the greens greener… the sky bluer… your lunch tastier… Feel your mental status exam improve as I present to you “IS THIS PP RED?” for hematuria. The best part about the mnemonic? – The two most important etiologies are first! This …