Emergency Medicine

Doctors need safe places to work. Now
Patients threaten our staff when asked to put on a mask or spit at us when asked to show proof of vaccination. We need governments and health authorities to support clinic owners to improve safety measures.
Alberta doctors raise alarm on specialist staff shortages in intensive care wards
The Alberta Medical Association says the province's high COVID-19 numbers are behind a desperate shortage of specialized staff to care for critical care patients.

Pharmacist tells Quebec coroner about 'dangerous practices'

Hélène Paradis, the head pharmacist for the regional health authority, was called in to help with the critical situation after nurses said they were unable to locate important medications.
Saskatchewan stop on organ donations will have ripple effect across Canada: doctor
Emergency doctor says key parts of health triage have begun in Alberta

Dr. Paul Parks says that in recent days some critically ill COVID-19 patients who should be on ventilators are not getting them.
Sad reality: COVID deaths keeping Alberta hospitals from being overrun says Dr. Verna Yiu

Dr. Verna Yiu, president and CEO of Alberta Health Services, said hospitals have admitted two dozen or more critically ill COVID-19 patients on average each day since Sunday.
Alberta doctors call for more drug use sites to reduce strain on acute care resources

Members of the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association's opioid poisoning committee have penned a letter to Premier Jason Kenney, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other health and addictions officials.
Nurses want national hiring and retention strategy amid staffing 'crisis'

Logan Giesbrecht left his dream job as an emergency room nurse when the mental health strain of an understaffed department became unbearable, even before the pandemic's fourth wave hit and anti-vaccination protesters began gathering outside hospitals.
What I learned from the pandemic?

Vaccines, masks and mental health—the power and importance of those three things, says Ontario family physician Dr. Carlos Yu.
Saskatoon children's hospital opens intensive care unit to adults with COVID-19

Doctors need safe places to work. Now

Alberta doctors raise alarm on specialist staff shortages in intensive care wards

Pharmacist tells Quebec coroner about 'dangerous practices'

Saskatchewan stop on organ donations will have ripple effect across Canada: doctor

Emergency doctor says key parts of health triage have begun in Alberta

Sad reality: COVID deaths keeping Alberta hospitals from being overrun says Dr. Verna Yiu

Alberta doctors call for more drug use sites to reduce strain on acute care resources

Nurses want national hiring and retention strategy amid staffing 'crisis'

What I learned from the pandemic?

Saskatoon children's hospital opens intensive care unit to adults with COVID-19