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- 2/21/2022
Ventilation still needed as part of CPR used in drowning victims
New consensus promotes use of bag-mask or mouth-to-mask ventilations rather than mouth-to-mouth, plus other safety measures to avoid COVID19 transmission to rescuers. - 2/21/2022
Everyone is a doctor
Dr. Google—without filtering and sifting—has caused more problems instead of providing solutions. It isn't just anxious patients who are changing, says Dr. Jabir Jassam. - 2/18/2022
Self-care and OTC myths . . . busted!
In this new series, students from the third-year Advanced Patient Self-Care class at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy have created short videos in which they explore common self-care/OTC-related myths. - 2/17/2022
Wingham Hospital accepted back into emergency locum program
The Wingham Emergency Department, which has not been part of the provincial Emergency Department Locum Program (EDLP) for several years, has received notification that it has been accepted back into the program. - 2/17/2022
Ottawa police say 70 people arrested so far at protest
The force made the announcement after police clad in riot gear and touting gas masks and tear-gas guns converged on a large crowd of protesters to contain them near the Westin Hotel in downtown Ottawa. - 2/17/2022
Reflections on gratitude and the unexpected
Accept rather than resist the unexpected—that's the lesson that came to Dr. Ginevra Mills on a beach in February. - 2/17/2022
Patients without doctors—coast to coast
Did policymakers have a blind spot that allowed the family physician shortage to get this bad? What’s next? - 2/17/2022
Dr. Teresa Tam says Canada is past peak of latest Omicron-fueled wave
Dr. Theresa Tam released new national epidemiology and modelling that shows progress in key indicators, such as lab test positivity and reported cases. - 2/17/2022
Law society to hold a hearing into former Alberta health minister Tyler Shandro's conduct
Shandro, a lawyer who's now labour and immigration minister, faces several complaints.