2021
June 9, 2021
Evaluating ActionADE: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Speakers: Dr. Corinne Hohl
May 12, 2021
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Controversies in Out of Hospital Resuscitation
Speakers: Dr. Brian Grunau
March 10, 2021
A Case of Severe Accidental hypothermia: from the start but nowhere near the finish
Speakers: Dr. Jan Trojanowski
February 10, 2021
Search and Rescue Medicine: Lessons Learned Practicing Medicine With a Helmet On
Speakers: Dr. Alec Ritchie, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
January 13, 2021
Is Choosing Wisely for Medical Imaging in BC Emergency Departments a Wise Choice? Lessons learned in imaging appropriateness and opportunities for provincial collaboration
Speakers: Dr. Bruce B. Forster, Professor & Head, UBC Radiology; Dr. Colin O’Neill, Leader, Health System Improvement
Archived Presentations:
- December 9, 2020
- COVID at 9 Months of the Pandemic Response: Where are we going and when will we get there?
Hosts: Dr. Kendall Ho (on behalf of Dr. E. Grafstein), UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Speakers: Dr. Reka Gustafson, UBC School of Population & Public Health; Dr. Marc Romney, UBC Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; Dr. David Sweet, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine 
- October 14, 2020
- Evaluating the C-Spine in the Pediatric Trauma Patient
Hosts: Dr. Genevive Ernst, Trauma Medical Director @ BC Children's Hospital
- September 9, 2020
- Cultural Safety and Anti-Racism in Healthcare: How can Emergency Medicine Contribute?
Hosts: Dr. Kendall Ho, Professor, UBC Emergency Department of Medicine, and Dr. Dan Kalla, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Emergency Department of Medicine
Speakers: Leslie Bonshor, Executive Director, Aboriginal Health at Vancouver Coastal Health; Lindsay Farrell, Director of Indigenous Wellness Reconciliation and Partnership, Providence Health Care; Dr. David Tu, Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Family Practice; and Dr. Michael Dumont, Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Family Practice.
- June 10, 2020
- Real-Time Virtual Care in BC: From COVID to Sustainability
Presenters: Dr. Kendall Ho, Real-Time Virtual Support Lead, BC Emergency Medicine Network, & Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Dr. John Pawlovich, Telehealth Lead, Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) and Dr. Stefan Du Toit Teleheath Rural Health Lead, Robson Valley - Host Site: SPH
- May 13, 2020
- COVID-19: Pathophysiology, Clinical Management, Therapeutic Evidence and Ongoing Trials
Dr. Adam Thomas & Dr. David Sweet - Host Site: SPH
- Dec 11, 2019
- Understanding & Supporting EM Care in Remote Indigenous Communities
Jim Christenson, EM Network Executive Lead & Julia Atleo, Health Services Manager, Ahousaht First Nation - Host Site: SPH
- Nov 13, 2019
- CAEP 2018 Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines Obsolete: Here's Why
Jim Christenson, EM Network Executive Lead & Julia Atleo, Health Services Manager, Ahousaht First Nation - Host Site: SPH
- Oct 9, 2019
- CAEP 2018 Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines Obsolete: Here's Why
Dr. Jessica Moe, Clinical Assistant Professor & Dr. Andrew Kestler, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UBC - Host Site: SPH
View the slide sets: Jessica Moe, Andrew Kestler
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- Sep. 11, 2019
- Back from the Future - Experiences and Perspectives from Teaching Emergency Medicine in Nepal
Dr. Corinne Hohl, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UBC - Host Site: SPH
- Jun 12, 2019
- London’s Air Ambulance and Implications for BC
Dr. Jan Trojanowski, Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine - Host Site: SPH
- May 8, 2019
- Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma and Hemostatic Resuscitation – An Iconoclastic Review of the Literature
Dr. Garth Meckler, Associate Professor Pediatrics & Emergency Medicine; Division Head, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, UBC - Slide set, including speaker notes, is available for download and reuse, along with referenced materials.
- Host Site: SPH
- Mar 13, 2019
- Brain, psyche, and clinical presentations of homeless and marginally housed people in Vancouver
Dr. William Honer, Professor & Head Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine - Host Site: SPH
Video not available.
- Feb 13, 2019
- Sepsis: A clinical update and future quality data available for your Emergency Department
Dr. David Sweet, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine - Host Site: SPH
- Jan. 9, 2019
- Emergency Practice: Surviving a Compassion Crash & Burn With Your Empathy Airbag
Dr. Simon Pulfrey, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine - Host Site: SPH
- *Please note: part of the intro is cut off due to technical difficulties experienced during the recording of the video.
- Dec. 12, 2018
- An insight into the pathophysiology of hypoxic ischemic brain injury after cardiac arrest - This will blow your mind
Dr. Mypinder Sekhon, Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Division of Critical Care Medicine - Host Site: SPH
- Nov. 14, 2018
- Legalization of Cannabis: Cannapocalypse or Meh?
Dr. Chris DeWitt, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, and Dr. Ian Mitchell, Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine - Related article: Cannapocalypse? - Medium Magazine
- Host Site: SPH
- Oct. 10, 2018
- Human Trafficking in our Backyard: Caring for the Trafficked Person in the ED
Dr. Mélanie Ryper, Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine - Human Trafficking Help Don't Hinder - Handout
- Resources for Physicians
Host Site: SPH
- Sep. 12, 2018
- Putting Your Money Where Your Mouse Is – Maintaining ED Efficiency With a Full Electronic Health Record Go-Live
Dr. Eric Grafstein, Clinical Professor, UBC Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Jun. 13, 2018
- Debriefing Real & Simulated Crises Safely and Effectively
Dr. Afshin Khazei, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- May 9, 2018
- Advances in Brain Injury Management - This will blow your mind
Dr. Mypinder Sekhon, Clinical Instructor, UBC Division of Critical Care Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Mar. 14, 2018
- New Standards for Cardiovascular Emergencies
Dr. Frank Scheuermeyer, Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Feb. 14, 2018
- BC EHS: Changes, Challenges and Future Directions
Dr. John Tallon, Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UBC; Dr. Sandra Jenneson, Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Mr. Joe Acker, Director, Clinical Practice, BC EHS and Adjunct Professor, UBC.
Host Site: SPH
- Jan. 10, 2018
- 4 Essential Digital Trends Shaping Emergency Medicine
Dr. Kendall Ho, Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Dec. 13, 2017
- Opioid Epidemic: What role does the ED have?
Dr. Roy Purssell, Professor; Dr. Julian Marsden, Clinical Professor; Dr. Andrew Kestler, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine; Ms. Misty Bath, Manager, Regional HIV Services & Overdose Outreach Team; Dr. Reka Gustafson, Medical Health Officer and Medical Director of Communicable Disease Control, Vancouver Coastal Health
Host Site: SPH 
- Nov. 8, 2017
- Evidence-Based Approach to Management of Emergency Department Syncope in 2017
Dr. Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine University of Ottawa
Host Site: SPH
- Oct. 11, 2017
- Medication Safety in 2017: Are we Barking up the Right Tree?
Dr. Corinne Hohl, Associate Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Sept. 13, 2017
- The Emergency Medicine Network Launch! Improving EM care in BC
Dr. Jim Christenson, Head, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- June 14, 2017
- UBC MD Undergraduate Program Renewed Curriculum - what's new and why does it matter?
Dr. Jill McEwen, Clinical Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- May 10, 2017
- Dumb founded discoveries: you don't have to be a genius to be a game changer
Dr. Paul Pepe, Professor, UT Southwestern
Host Site: SPH
- March 8, 2017
- An Update on HBOT Indications for Emergency Physicians
Dr. David Harrison, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Feb 8, 2017
- Making patients SAFE again: Error reduction and performance improvement in the emergency department through simulation and interprofessional team training
Dr. Afshin Khazei, Assistant Professor PT, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Jan 11, 2017
- The Future of Emergency Medicine in Canada: Background, Findings, & Recommendations of the CWG-EM Final Report
Dr. Riyad Abu-Laban, Research Director, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Dec 14, 2016
- Infectious Disease Research in the Emergency Department
Dr. Rob Stenstrom, Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Nov 9, 2016
- Improving Emergency Care in BC: Building a Network
Dr. Jim Christenson, Head, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Oct 12, 2016
- Engineering Resilience in an Urban Emergency Department: Steps Along the Journey
Dr. Garth Hunte, Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Sept 14, 2016
- Clinical and Forensic Aspects of Strangulation Injury Presenting to the ER
Dr. Tracy Pickett, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- May 11, 2016
- AF: State of the Art
Dr. Frank Scheuermeyer, Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- March 9, 2016
- Wikipedia and Medicine
Dr. James Heilman, Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Dept of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Feb 10, 2016
- Digital Emergency Medicine: Technology Enabled Strategies for Our Specialty
Dr. Kendall Ho, Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine and
Lead, UBC Digital Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Jan 13, 2016
- Thromboelastography: Role in trauma and the ED
Dr. Joe Haegert, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Dec 9, 2015
- Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation New Guidelines, Newer Evidence, Continued Controversies
Dr. Jim Christenson, Head, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Oct 14, 2015
- TXA in Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence, Research and Clinical Applications
Dr. John Tallon, Clinical Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- Sept 9, 2015
- Not Always Black & White: Evaluating the Evidence for Point of Care Ultrasound
Dr. Daniel Kim, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- June 10, 2015
- Mass Gathering and Event Medicine: An Emerging Field
Dr. Sheila Turris and Dr. Adam Lund, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- May 13, 2015
- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Controversies in Acute Renal Colic
Dr. Grant Innes, Dept of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary
Host Site: SPH
- March 11, 2015
- Road Safety Policy
Dr. Roy Purssell, Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- February 11, 2015
- Rebalancing Trauma Resuscitation
Dr. Erik Vu, Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH 
- January 14, 2015
- Emergency Department Presentations of Returning Travellers and Recent Immigrants: Selected Cases
Dr. Andrew Kestler, Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- December 10, 2014
- Critical Decisions in Head Injury
Dr. Brian Toyota Head, VGH Neurosurgery - Dr. Charles Haw, Clinical Assistant Professor UBC Division of Neurosurgery
Host Site: VGH Eye Care Centre
- November 12, 2014
- TREKK: An initiative to mobilize knowledge on best pediatric emergency care
Dr. Quynh Doan, Assistant Professor, UBC Dept of Pediatrics, - Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH
- October 8, 2014
- "E-CPR: Miracle Treatment or Waste of Resources?"
Dr. Brian Grunau, Clinical Assistant Professor, DEM and
Dr. Dion Stub, Interventional Fellow, St. Paul's Hospital
Host Site: SPH
- September 10, 2014
- "Excited Delerium"
Dr. Christine Hall, Clinical Assistant Professor, DEM
Host Site: SPH
- June 11, 2014
- "Paediatric Asthma: Beyond the Basics"
Presenters: Dr. Melissa Chan, Paediatric EM Fellow
Host Site: SPH
- May 14, 2014
- "Septic Shock Resuscitation in 2014"
Dr. Dave Sweet, Clinical Assistant Professor, DEM
Host Site: SPH
- March 12, 2014
- “Educating for Practice”
Dr. Gary Andolfatto, ED Research Director
Guest Speakers: Dr. Glenn Regehr, Associate Director, Research, Centre for Health Education Scholarship,
Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Garth Hunte, MD, PhD, FCFP, DipSportMed
Host Site: SPH
- February 12, 2014
- “Adverse Drug Events in the ED: A Frontier in the Wild West”
Dr. Corinne Hohl, Associate Professor, DEM
Host Site: SPH
- January 9, 2014
- “Clinical practise guidelines sword or shield?”
Dr. Ross Berringer, Physician Risk Manager, CMPA
Host Site: SPH
- December 11, 2013
- “Approach to the febrile young infant without and with recognizable viral illness.”
Dr. Garth Meckler
Host Site: SPH
- November 13, 2013
- “Emergency Physician Online Support (EPOS) for the BC Ambulance Service”
Drs. Philip Yoon & John Tallon
Host Site: SPH
- October 9, 2013
- “Accidental Hypothermia, latest evidence and development of a BC Clinical Practice Guideline”
Dr. Doug Brown, MD FRCPC – Royal Columbian and Eagle Ridge Hospital Emergency - Host Site: SPH
- September 11, 2013
- “Clinical Forensic Medicine – Where The ER Meets CSI”
Dr. Tracy Pickett
Host Site: SPH
- June 12, 2013
- “Evidence of Benefit for Bedside US: and should it be credentialed?”
Drs. Andrew Skinner & Jonathan Theoret
Host Site: SPH
- May 8th, 2013
- “Simulation in Emergency Medicine: Past, Present, and the Future”
Drs. Jeff Plant & Afshin Khazei
Host Site: SPH
- April 3, 2013
- “SAH & TIA”
Dr. Jeff Perry, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine Senior Scientist
Host Site: DHCC
- March 13th, 2013
- “New Concepts in the Management of Trauma: solid organ and penetrating neck injuries”
Dr. Joe Haegert – Royal Columbian / UBC
Host Site: SPH
- February 13th, 2013
- “Visual Diagnosis: Video Cases from the Pediatric ED”
Garth Meckler – Division Head, - Pediatric Emergency Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital
Host Site: SPH
- January 16th, 2013
- “Considerations in the Care of the Critically Ill Poisoned Patient”
Christopher De Witt, Associate Professor, UBC
Host Site: SPH
- December 5th, 2012
- "Why the system is failing?"
Dr. Grant Innes, Professor of U of Calgary
Host Site: SPH
- October 5, 2011
- "Can we improve outcomes with better
post resuscitation care?" - Dr. Jim Christenson, Head and Professor,
UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
Host Site: SPH