Emergency Medicine

Hallway healthcare is a sad reality—one we must not accept.

The emergency room was busy at the time, but not at an abnormal level, Dr. Shawn Young, the hospital’s chief operating officer, said.

Around midday, Montreal General Hospital was at 213% ER capacity; the Jewish General Hospital was reporting 209% capacity; and the Royal Victoria Hospital, part of the McGill University Health Centre, was listed at 203%.

A letter sent to the editor of The New England Journal of Medicine signed by Canadian health officials says the British Columbia teenager who tested positive for avian flu has been taken off of supplemental oxygen and is no longer infectious.

In a small ER, as the only doctor, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes recalls taking control in a rare situation at her tiny hospital.

TFW (that feeling when) a little 10-year-old girl stares at you like you are completely crazy . . .

U.S. study examines effectiveness of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine in reducing inpatient and emergency room visits due to RSV-related lower respiratory tract disease.

Family medicine groups will have to reserve a minimum number of time slots for patients with minor health problems who will be redirected by the emergency room.