Ambulance offload delays, when paramedics wait in an emergency department for a patient to be transferred to the care of a hospital, have been exacerbated by the pandemic and have at times meant some regions are left with no available ambulances.
The device that controlled the drainage was made of magnet and the patient had an MRI post-surgery. Had Dr. Khalil Khalaf checked–as his patient had asked repeatedly–he would have seen the device was set for maximum flow.
Doctors share moments, big and small, when things could have gone wrong but went right. Dr. H. Jaye Goldstein talks about an obstetrics miracle he still things about decades later.
Doctors share moments, big and small, when things could have gone wrong but went right. Dr. Kimberly Fernandes talks about the digging sometimes needed to uncover the full picture of an injury.
Health officials say there are 49 people in hospital today receiving specialized care in a designated COVID-19 unit, a drop of four patients from Tuesday.
