Posts by Paul Atkinson
@first10em.bsky.social saw your post over on the dark side channel. Agree 100%. We need to continue to encourage medical leaders and organizations to establish a meaningful presence here on @bsky.app #FOAM
Older intoxicated males! A Multi-year Review of Major Off-Road Vehicle Injuries and Deaths in New Brunswick #BeSmart #BeSafe
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@dalmedresearch.bsky.social
🚨 Fatigue alert! 🚨
Are we turning a blind eye to the risks of overworked, fatigued healthcare workers?🏥⚡
@cjemonline.bsky.social dives into the urgent need for change before burnout and exhaustion become the norm.
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Do clinical decision rules actually help with diagnosis in medicine?
The latest #CJEMDebate explores the question with
@first10em.bsky.social @emlitofnote.bsky.social @lwestafer.bsky.social @reverendofdoubt.bsky.social and @paulatkinsonem.bsky.social. #medsky
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International POCUS Games at ICEM in Montreal May 2025. Sponsored by Butterfly, Sonosite, Clarius and Philips. Check it out @dan-kim.bsky.social @olszynskip.bsky.social @paulatkinsonem.bsky.social
Seeing more and more folks feeling trapped by our societal expectations
Annals of U.S. healthcare:
Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious US healthcare profiteering announced. Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... via @theguardian.com @mlgg12.bsky.social
@mattgalloway.bsky.social doing a fantastic job on CBCs The Current asking the hard questions. Canadians are looking for a leader who will answer the questions, not avoid the hard truths we must face
A recent study in @cjemonline.bsky.social reveals that 94% of rural Canadian emergency physicians use POCUS in their practice. However, they face barriers to training, including cost (62%) and distance to training centres (48%).
Just the facts: emergency department approach to myelopathy rdcu.be/d5ui8 by Zachary Macdonald
What is a myelopathy? What are the different etiologies?
What are the signs and symptoms? What is the ED workup and treatment?
All these questions answered in this JTF!
The Christmas Tree in Space...
Right now, foxes are being chased to exhaustion and torn apart by hounds—all in the name of ‘tradition.’
Boxing Day remains the biggest day of the year for the fox hunting community.
Please RT to raise awareness and follow us to help end this cruelty for good.
Here are my top columns of 2024, according to the Globe Audience team, which uses a number of readership metrics.
Here are the links:
1. With a dire shortage of family docs, should we reassign GPs from healthy people to the more needy?
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... /1
Systematic Review Snapshot Hot off the Press: Is Subcutaneous Insulin Administration Safe and Effective for the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Diabetic Ketoacidosis? www.annemergmed.com/article/S019... #education #MedSky #EMSky #EMedSky #BlueSky
Embracing equity: an opportunity for growth at CJEM. #Equity #NotABurden @CAEP_Docs @CMA_Docs @paulatkinsonem.bsky.social @eddylang1 @emo-daddy.bsky.social
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Must be Christmas 🎄🦌🐕🦺
Endless complaints won’t fix Canadian healthcare. Let’s focus on solutions now... 💡 Tune into #HealthforAll on Spotify for inspiring ideas and real strategies to transform our system: open.spotify.com/show/4Pl8sRb.... Let’s make ‘health for all’ a reality. 🇨🇦 #CdnHealth #SolutionsNotProblems
🚑 A recent CJEM debate dives into the risks of prolonged waits and the safety of traditional triage methods. 🤔 Read the discussion: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #EmergencyMedicine #Triage #AIvsTraditional
🚨 New in CJEM: Machine learning outperforms the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (#CTAS) in predicting early critical care needs in ED patients. A potential leap forward in triage accuracy and patient outcomes? Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #EmergencyMedicine #AI #Triage
Dick Van Dyke is the focus of Coldplay’s latest music video, “All My Love.” In a clip, Van Dyke sings, dances barefoot and offers meditations on aging, family and love.
A shorter version of the video will be released Dec. 13 on Van Dyke’s 99th birthday.
ChatGPT: 🚨 Hot topic: Should generative AI have a seat at the academic table? 🤖📚 The latest debate in @cjemonline.bsky.social dives into the pros & cons of AI in research—innovation vs integrity. 🧠💡
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Join the convo on Bluesky! #CJEMdebate
Check out our special collections on #Crowding #JustTheFacts and #POCUS link.springer.com/journal/4367... @paulatkinsonem.bsky.social @eddylang1 @emo-daddy.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving 🇺🇸🦃…some interesting sports history to enjoy with your turkey and the game: mcgillathletics.ca/news/2024/5/... 🏈🏉🇺🇸🇨🇦
Among a group of 31 high-income countries that have universally accessible health care, Canada has among the lowest availability of doctors, hospital beds, and most medical technologies—and some of the longest wait times. www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/comp...
“The concept of man flu is poorly understood…” writes no man who ever had it… 😉
Anecdotal accounts of men exaggerating their symptoms of respiratory illness are common.
But how much of a scientific basis is there for “man flu,” asks Carla Delgado
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