Paul Hannam Archives - Emergency Medicine Cases

WTBS 15 Planning to Fail: Why Warning Patients to Stay Away from the ED Will Never Work

It’s been another trying flu season in the northern hemisphere—for patients and for emergency department (ED) providers. EDs that are crowded at the best of times come close to a tipping point, waits to be seen and for beds climb, and hospitals struggle to handle the load, sometimes coping by putting patients in hallways or lounges. Even well-written surge plans fall apart in the face of staff illness or unit outbreaks. Too often when trying to help the system cope, a hospital, health region, or government puts out a call for the public to stay away from crowded EDs unless absolutely necessary—but are such warnings ethical or effective?

By Dr. Howard Ovens|2018-03-13T13:06:53-04:00March 13th, 2018|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Waiting to be Seen|Tags: Paul Hannam|0 Comments

Health Equity, Trust and Data Collection in the Emergency Department

I view the emergency department as a safe refuge, a modern-day secular sanctuary. We are the one health-care service that never turns anyone away; we provide shelter to the homeless on cold winter nights, safety for battered women, and food for the hungry. I have always felt this “sanctuary” role was part of the core mission of the ED, one with a great potential for improving lives, or at least providing comfort.

By Dr. Howard Ovens|2016-10-17T11:57:57-04:00August 18th, 2015|Categories: Special Populations, Waiting to be Seen|Tags: health equity, Howard Ovens, Paul Hannam, vulnerable populations|1 Comment

Episode 61 Whistler’s Update in EM Conference 2015 Highlights Part 1

This EM Cases episode is Part 1 of The Highlights of The University of Toronto, Divisions of Emergency Medicine, Update in EM Conference from Whistler 2015 with Paul Hannam on Pearls and Pitfalls of Intraosseus Line Placement, Anil Chopra on who is at risk and how to prevent Contrast Induced Nephropathy, and Joel Yaphe on the Best of EM Literature from 2014, including reduction of TMJ dislocations, the TRISS trial (on transfusion threshold in sepsis), PEITHO study for thrombolysis in submassive PE, Co-trimoxazole and Sudden Death in Patients Receiving ACE inhibitors or ARBs, the effectiveness and safety of outpatient Tetracaine for corneal abraisons, chronic effects of shift work on cognition and much more...

By Anton Helman|2021-03-30T16:51:53-04:00March 26th, 2015|Categories: Conference, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Orthopaedics, Resuscitation, Whistler Update in EM|Tags: Anil Chopra, CIN, Contrast Nephropathy, corneal abrasion, intraosseous, IO, Joel Yaphe, Paul Hannam, PEITHO, pulmonary embolism, TMJ dislocation, TRISS trial, Update in EM Conference, VISAT|1 Comment