Emergency Medicine

How to stay healthy as wildfire smoke spreads across large swaths of Canada
As wildfires continue to rage in parts of Western and Central Canada, the smoke is blanketing cities and communities far away from the blazes and triggering air quality alerts.
A red-blooded response: What you should know about major hemorrhage protocol
Not all bleeding episodes require a blood transfusion. Those that do don't necessarily need high ratios of red blood cells to plasma to platelets, says new study.

Poll: Have you provided emergency care outside of a hospital or clinic (planes exempted)?

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‘On floors for resuscitation’: ER staff say recruit more doctors, nurses or risk worse conditions

Dr. Michael Howlett of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians said overcrowding in emergency departments has worsened.
We’ve reached a watershed moment where we’re not going back to the way things were: CMA president

Dr. Alika Lafontaine talks about pan-Canadian licensure and improving the working environment for doctors.
'Careless, often offensive and at time possibly harmful': Doctor who slammed COVID public health measures is stripped of his licence

Dr. Patrick Brian Phillips, who worked as an emergency room physician in Englehart, Ont., displayed no emotions when the sentence was read out by the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal.
The story’s end

This bonus chapter from 'These Vital Signs' by nephrologist and writer Dr. Sayed Tabatabai holds a deeply personal story about his grandmother.
What to know about the case of the missing Missouri ER doctor found dead in Arkansas

A doctor in the Missouri Ozarks went missing for over a week until his body was found in an Arkansas lake. But the case remains shrouded in mystery as investigators have released few details to his family or the public.
Swimming safety reminders for the pool, beach and cottage this summer

Drowning is the second leading cause of preventable death for children under 10 years old in Canada.
Vancouver Coastal Health reverts to new overdose text alert system for bad drugs

Jennifer Whiteside, minister of mental health and addictions, says updating the toxic drug and health alert system will make it easier for people who use drugs to stay informed and safe in their communities.

How to stay healthy as wildfire smoke spreads across large swaths of Canada

A red-blooded response: What you should know about major hemorrhage protocol

Poll: Have you provided emergency care outside of a hospital or clinic (planes exempted)?

‘On floors for resuscitation’: ER staff say recruit more doctors, nurses or risk worse conditions

We’ve reached a watershed moment where we’re not going back to the way things were: CMA president

'Careless, often offensive and at time possibly harmful': Doctor who slammed COVID public health measures is stripped of his licence

The story’s end

What to know about the case of the missing Missouri ER doctor found dead in Arkansas

Swimming safety reminders for the pool, beach and cottage this summer

Vancouver Coastal Health reverts to new overdose text alert system for bad drugs