Emergency physician, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of EM, UBC. CHEOS Scientist. Views & opinions are my own
Vancouver, BC
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I’ve grown tired of the constant stream of hatred, adds and unfiltered content on X/Twitter, I’ll primarily be on BlueSky from now on @dbarbic.bsky.social
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👏 Congratulations! 👏
Advancing Health's Dr. Skye Barbic (@UBCOSOT) has been announced as the Canada Research Chair in Integrated Youth Services.
chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairho…
Dr. Barbic's research aims to advance the delivery of integrated youth research to address care gaps.
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Patients, not politicians, decide what is an emergency. ED crowding is due to an inability to admit patients to hospital beds, not to 'Little Johnny' seeking low-acuity care, by @alandrummond2 @raghu_venugopal healthydebate.ca/2024/11/top… via @HealthyDebate @CAEP_Docs
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Emerg docs are clear: overcrowding is NOT caused by patients who need care - it's that we can't see them because our ED is filled with admitted patients who can't get a bed upstairs.
Stop blaming patients. They have no Family Doc so what's their alternative?
@ColinDMello
Premier Doug Ford on the ER pressures:
He says ER doctors believe 50% of patients don't actually require urgent care.
"We have to be responsible," the Premier says. "Go to your doc first and he'll determine if you're going to the emergency department."
Again: The premier acknowledged that 12% or nearly 2 million people don't have a family doctor.
#onpoli
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It's time once again to remind everyone that emergency department (ED) crowding is not due to low acuity visits. ED crowding is due to hospital crowding and the inability to move admitted patients to the floors. Emergency Physicians can handle busy. It's crowding that kills.
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What does salad have to do with difficult airway management?
For a successful intubation, a clear view of the airway is essential. However, blood, vomit, or fluids in the pharynx can complicate the visualization.
A workaround technique is called S.A.L.A.D. - Suction-Assisted Laryngoscopy with Airway Decontamination.
In this video, Dr James DuCanto @jducanto , anesthesiologist and educator for airway management, explains the intubation technique that he has developed step by step:
✅ Continually decontaminate the pharynx with the suction tube
✅ Insert the video laryngoscope and create space for the endotracheal tube
✅ Perform intubation and verify correct placement
Watch the full video on HEINE YouTube.
You made it to Whistler, BC @DGlaucomflecken (a talk about medico-legal risk/charting)
Well received too
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Which older patients after a fall can safely forgo a CT Head?
The Falls Decision Tool helps us in this sometimes difficult decision on the EM Cases Journal Club by @EMRoMo
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@kerstindewit @CVarnerEmerg @SMcLeod_SREMI @MHJudyMorris @EMO_Daddy
4 days of cutting edge EM lectures, workshops & learning in Whistler, BC?
YES!!!
Come join us Sept 26-29 & enjoy world class mountain biking, hiking, trail running and social events.
@UBCCPD @ubcemed
@EmergencyCareBC stpaulsemupdate.ca/
I see it from inside the system...resources are strained, patients suffer every day. We (our families, loved ones) will all need emergency care at some point. We must demand better of our elected officials. @CAEP_Docs @CMA_Docs @adriandix @markhollandlib
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“The government is looking for fairness in taxation. Going after family physicians and other incorporated physicians is not the right approach.”
Watch more from @DrKathleenRoss1 on @PnPCBC [1:08:35]: bit.ly/3waUrIb
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These new tax changes pose a significant disincentive for attracting new recruits and unfairly penalize physicians who diligently saved for retirement within their professional corporations. Watch @DrKathleenRoss1 on @CTV Power Play: bit.ly/3Ux12WH
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14 years ago today Sidney Crosby finished the job. Watch the goal in 16 different international broadcasts. credit: yet/hockeywebcast
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BC youth between the ages of 12-24 can access same day support Monday-Friday between 10am-9:00pm, or schedule appointments in advance, 7 days/week. To book an appointment, download the Foundry BC app or visit our Web Platform. Have questions? please email [email protected].
The association of extreme environmental heat on OHCA incidence & outcomes in BC. @BrianGrunau @EmergencyCareBC @Advancinghlth @ubcemed
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Located in the John Ruedy Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital, the new Smoking Cessation Clinic supports people in reduing or quitting smoking. The clinic is open to all PHC and VCH patients and patients can self-refer. #NationalNonSmokingWeek 🚭
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This explains very well the issue of ED over-crowding and access block.
ED crowing is NOT due to a lack of family physicians!! cbc.ca/news/health/second-op…
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"Given federal and provincial leaders’ inertia over increasing acute care capacity, hospital leadership, staff and physicians are left without system-level supports and will remain in a perpetual state of crisis management..." @CMAJ @CAEP_Docs @CMA_Docs
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