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Paul Atkinson
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Prof Emergency Medicine @DalMedSchool @sjrhem; Asst Dean Research @DalMedNB; Deputy Editor @CJEMonline. CMC @worksafeNB; Co-D @CanPoCUS; N'Irish origins. Views my own ☘️🇨🇦
March 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
@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
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March 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🚨 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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March 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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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
February 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Seeing more and more folks feeling trapped by our societal expectations
January 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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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
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
January 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@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
January 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
January 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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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%).
January 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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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!
January 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The Christmas Tree in Space...
December 23, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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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.
December 19, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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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
December 19, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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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
December 9, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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Embracing equity: an opportunity for growth at CJEM. #Equity #NotABurden @CAEP_Docs @CMA_Docs @paulatkinsonem.bsky.social @eddylang1 @emo-daddy.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Embracing equity: an opportunity for growth at CJEM - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
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link.springer.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Must be Christmas 🎄🦌🐕‍🦺
December 8, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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
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December 7, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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🚑 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
CJEM Debate Series: #TriageAgain—are current triage methods dangerous?… if we cannot actually treat those triaged as urgent within a safe time frame? - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine -
link.springer.com
December 7, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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🚨 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
Machine learning outperforms the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) in predicting need for early critical care - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Study objective This study investigates the potential to improve emergency department (ED) triage using machine learning models by comparing their predictive performance with the Canadian Triage Acuit...
link.springer.com
December 7, 2024 at 11:46 AM
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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.
Dick Van Dyke, Approaching 99, Dances in Coldplay’s Latest Video
In the clip, which was filmed in October, Van Dyke sings, dances barefoot and offers meditations on aging, family and love.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:45 AM
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
#AIAuthorship. The CJEM debate: is there a place for generative AI in data analysis and writing within scholarly manuscript preparation? - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
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link.springer.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:24 PM