Emergency Medicine

Emergency doctors urged to avoid drugs used to ventilate COVID-19 patients

Emergency doctors have been warned to try to avoid using the limited supply of medications needed for patients on ventilators, as they could be critical in the fight against COVID-19.
Limited data on ventilator use for COVID 19 patients: respiratory therapist

Small studies from around the world are showing mixed results about survival rates for COVID-19 patients placed on ventilators
Pharmacologic treatments under study for COVID-19

No proven effective therapies currently exist for COVID-19 prophylaxis or treatment, but numerous agents are being examined in clinical trials
Will our healthcare infrastructure survive the pandemic?
Protecting our residents during a pandemic
MSF undertakes first Canadian operation to assist at COVID-19 recovery site for homeless

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada is joining Inner City Health Associates (ICHA) to support the COVID-19 pandemic response at Toronto’s first COVID-19 recovery site for people experiencing homelessness.
Physician pensions can boost surge capacity of our physician force
What are our financial obligations to doctors in a crisis?

Dr. Charles Shaver makes the case for resurrecting the SARS Income Stabilization Program that paid out $190 million to health workers

Sensitivity of diagnostic tests for COVID-19 could be as low as 70%