EM physician in working in Calgary, previously of U of T vintage. Interests include global health, EDI, and POCUS medical education. She/her.
Calgary
Joined March 2012
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Our healthcare system in #Alberta continues to collapse post-pandemic. ED wait times are reaching 15 hours, with often 50 patients waiting to be seen. Albertans deserve better. Here’s our letter signed by >180 Calgary ED physicians sounding the alarm.
tinyurl.com/3mrfkurm
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Climate Change impacts all disciplines. Check out part 2 of The Climate Crisis and Emergency Medicine!
What individual actions can you take?
buff.ly/3LLB91h
@scottwakeham @actionacton1
Honoured to have Dr. Carys Massarella of @MacEmerg deliver our inaugural EDACS lecture to the @CalgaryEMres today, on transgender health 🏳️⚧️ (1/3)
Some great pearls:
1. Identity does not = pathology
2. Alert radiology when sending a trans patient, and be specific about what you are looking for (eg ovarian cyst in a transmale). Poor experience in DI is the most common ED complaint from trans patients.
(2/3)
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I'm often asked: what have you learned from the pandemic?
While I wouldn't say I "learned" it during pandemic, I am reminded every day of how useless I am w/o our nurses
We're facing multiple medical crises but the loss of great nurses is the one that hurts most
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Calgary ER doctor @lilninjadoc treats many essential workers (teachers, grocery store/warehouse workers) who are very ill w/ COVID + had no choice but to work
How does it feel knowing events like anti-mask rallies/Bowden rodeo are happening while she fights to save them?
Watch:
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Excellent virtual #POCUS review today: Breaking down the ABCs of #COVID19 w @AAU @TorontoAddisAAC EM @GlobalHealthEM by @EMUofT's @anneaspler & @UCalgaryEM's @actionacton1
"The syndemics approach, Singer explains, accounts for how inequality and injustice contribute to “disease clustering,” i.e., the social conditions that cause multiple diseases, both chronic and infectious, to cluster in vulnerable groups"
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Deb - you totally deserve this. Thanks for keeping us safe and maintaining a positive attitude throughout this pandemic. Your smile is infectious!
Three cheers for @uhn's Deb Davies, named Canada's Nursing Hero by @hospitalnewscom! 🇨🇦 We're fortunate to enjoy Deb's leadership as Nurse Manager at our Toronto General ED, where she inspires compassion and humanity in service of patients and families. hospitalnews.com/meet-nursin…
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Great memories @actionacton1
As this weekend would have been when we headed out for CAEP in Ottawa, we are remembering the great times in Halifax last year. Please note the rainbow and we are clearly the pot of gold at the end here at the… instagram.com/p/CA3_sAnh0Kd/…
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Congratulations to the @UofT_DoM @EMUofT's @actionacton1, @hayman_kate & @DangerDell on being awarded the @uoftcpd David Fear Fellowship!
@akumagai1 @Brian_M_Wong
cpd.utoronto.ca/blog/2020/03…
Very proud to call @TorontoER_PA my colleague. We’d be lost without our PAs and NPs in the ED. Other provinces take note!
"What will more testing reveal? Ontario’s official number of confirmed infections will rise at first, perhaps dramatically. That will make it seem like the pandemic is suddenly getting worse, but it will actually mean seeing more of the iceberg – the part that is now underwater"
Ontario is fighting a pandemic while wearing a blindfold. That has to change dlvr.it/RTR8Gz @GlobeDebate
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Let's start by ensuring equitable access to testing for those most vulnerable to #COVID-19. We need immediate scale up of testing in congregate settings, particularly shelters & respite sites.
BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford says he wants "no more excuses" about how few tests Ontario is conducting each day, wants 13,000 #COVID19 tests done daily starting tomorrow.
Clearly reacting to this:
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/o…
Tele-POCUS? Cool cool cool... can't wait to get my hands on our 4 new @ButterflyNetInc handheld ultrasounds that got express vetted by @UHN to help fight COVID-19 @DennisCho @RogueClaire @masood_sameer @ceus_scedu
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bravo @CMAJ for (what I think is) your FIRST-ever #POCUS-related article. thanks for acknowledging its place in medicine. this is timely and useful. please keep at it! #POCUSforCOVID
Lung ultrasound findings in a 64-year-old health care worker with #COVID19. New practice article by @AnishRMitra et al. Authors suggest lung ultrasonography may be useful in assessing patients with suspected COVID-19. cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/c…
