On June 17th, VGH held the first multi-stage, multi-site, interdisciplinary trauma simulation, coordinated in no small part by our own Chief residents and simulation fellows, Dr. Nicolle Holm and Dr. Wesley Jang. From the paramedics, nurses, EPs, RTs, and trauma team in the emergency department to the OR and PACU teams, it was a huge success!
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Dr. Kendall Ho wins the 2016 Canadian Health Informatics Association Clinician Leadership award!
Congratulations to Dr. Kendall Ho for receiving the 2016 Canadian Health Informatics Association Clinician Leadership award!
This award recognizes a clinician who has shown leadership in Canada in advancing the use of health Information Communication Technology (ICT) and informatics or telehealth in clinical practice resulting in improved provider and patient experiences and outcomes.
This award was presented on June 7th at the National eHealth conference banquet. Please click the following link to read more on the award and view the list of Canadian Health Informatics Awards Gala (CHIA) winners:
Dr. Gill in CJEM!
Congratulations to our own Dr. Gina Gill for her article in this month’s CJEM! Go to CJEM FirstView articles or to the site below to read about the “dangers” of CPR:
New Access and Assessment Centre Opens at VGH!
Season 2 Airs Tonight!
Go to knowledge.ca/er to see the first of 6 new episodes of Emergency Room: Life and Death at VGH beginning tonight!
And read below to see what the media’s been saying in anticipation.
Dr. Andrew Campbell on being on camera
“VGH staff comfy in front of the camera” in the Vancouver Metro
http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2016/03/30/vgh-staff-comfy-in-front-of-the-camera.html
DSI: Ready for prime time?
Our own Dr. Corinne Hohl and resident Dr. John Taylor are featured in this month’s CJEM. They apply a clinical epidemiology lens to Weingart’s latest article on delayed sequence intubation. Read more here: CJEM FirstView
It’s Back! Season 2 premieres April 12th
The Knowledge Network’s award-winning documentary, Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH, returns on April 12th for a new 6 episode run. You can already watch many of the web-based extras and shorts online at The Knowledge Network. See what kind of attention it’s getting here.
B.C. docs connect through social media
Our own Dr. Kendall Ho and Dr. Anna Carvalho as well as UBC resident Dr. Ben Millar are featured in Vancouver’s 24 hrs. Read more here: Vancouver’s 24 hrs, and search for BC Emergency Medicine on Facebook to join the conversation!
VGH Authors in CJEM Case Report This Month
Congratulations to our own residents Dr. Mario Francispragasam and Dr. Jeff Yoo, as well as Dr. Tong Lam and Dr. Dan Kim for their article in this month’s CJEM! Read how they diagnosed a thoracic aortic aneurysm using POCUS here: