Emergency Medicine

Goal is to relieve pressure on family doctors and emergency departments.

The University Health Network in Toronto has opened a 24-hour stand-alone clinic which has resulted in dramatic improvements in ambulance offload times and freed-up beds at the hospital's emergency department.

Several countries, including the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, and Italy, have mandated COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China.

Premier Danielle Smith announced the province-wide program today to free up ambulances and paramedics so they can respond to emergency calls more quickly.

The average occupancy rate in Quebec's emergency rooms was 130% on Wednesday afternoon.

The hospital said it was unable to provide details about the nature of the attack, calling it an “active and ongoing incident.''

Nova Scotia ERs were “temporarily'' closed for a total of 31,698 hours in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2022.

It is interesting to learn how patients connect (or fail to connect) life events to medical problems.