Kerstin de Wit

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"I feel used and abused. Powerless. Stuck in a system that offers us no support and more importantly no resources to help our patients." - Emergency Physician

"It is morally distressing to watch elderly patients dropped off at the emergency room, with nowhere else to go, languish in our corridors, end up sicker than when they arrived as they wait for placement, and in some cases die from neglect." - Emergency Physician

Here are a few examples. The strength of the language used is striking. "I feel awful about trying to provide good care for my patients in the hallway, and constantly feel like I can’t do a good job anymore and it makes me feel like a terrible doctor." - Emergency Physician

The most difficult paper I have written. Canadian emergency physicians experienced loss of joy, moral injury and exhaustion. The only solution they found was to leave the profession.

Which older patients after a fall can safely forgo a CT Head? The Falls Decision Tool helps us in this sometimes difficult decision on the EM Cases Journal Club by @EMRoMo emergencymedicinecases.com/falls-decision… #FOAMed @kerstindewit @CVarnerEmerg @SMcLeod_SREMI @MHJudyMorris @EMO_Daddy

Dakota Gustafson presents an important new initiative to standardize pre-analytical methods in extracellular vesicle research #ISTH2024 @QueensUHealth @Qemerg

@nicolefmorris_ presents her important research on the Adjust-Unlikely clinical decision rule for pulmonary embolism testing #ISTH2024

@CIHR_ICRH @CAEP_Docs @CIHR_IRSC @CAEPConference Thank you CIHR, ICRE and CAEP for this great honour.

Congratulations to Dr. Kerstin de Wit, recipient of the 2024 CIHR-ICRH/CAEP Mid-Career Lecturer Award in Emergency Medicine! 👏 Thank you to our award partner @CAEP_Docs for their continued support. 🔍 Details: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/51807.html

@raghu_venugopal @PulmCrit @EMSwami @EMCases @EddyLang1 @emcrit @TheSGEM @klinelab PERT teams are appearing in Canada, though focused in academic institutions.

@kerstindewit @PulmCrit @EMSwami @EMCases @EddyLang1 @emcrit @TheSGEM @klinelab Excellent point Dr de Wit though at present in large and small hospitals (correct me if I’m wrong) it will be largely the ER doc (perhaps in consultation with other specialists) that will make this decision. Do you see PERT teams cropping up in Canada?

Pulmonary embolism fibrinolysis brainstem approach. Welcoming feedback. @PulmCrit @EMSwami @EMCases @kerstindewit @EddyLang1 @emcrit @TheSGEM @klinelab

Thanks to our president @CAEP_Docs , Dr. Michael Howlett for laying out the key issues associated with emergency department wait times. macleans.ca/society/health…

Emergency physician burnout, adverse mental health and loss to the profession.

@SEAMOKingston @Qemerg @QueensUHealth

Emergency Medicine burnout rates are still terrifyingly high: authors.elsevier.com/c/1iYdKib7EM7hI in this new paper led by @kerstindewit It's time for structural change.

@DavidBarbic @EMO_Daddy @CMAJ @Advancinghlth @EmergencyCareBC @helpstpauls @Qemerg @QueensUHealth @queensuResearch The first evidence-based guidance for brain imaging in older adults who have fallen.

Derivation of the Falls Decision Rule to exclude intracranial bleeding without head CT in older adults who have fallen. @kerstindewit @EMO_Daddy @CMAJ @Advancinghlth @EmergencyCareBC @helpstpauls

Grateful to the Hematology Program of @queensu for supporting me in reaching my full potential during training.

@tomasbreslin @ExRCEMprof Tell us your results @tomasbreslin @fniainle.

Following in the footsteps of giants! @kerstindewit @ExRCEMprof

Grateful to be working in @Qemerg with such strong researchers like @StevenCBrooks, an amazing colleague and friend. Congratulations @StevenCBrooks.