"Given federal and provincial leaders’ inertia over increasing acute care capacity, hospital leadership, staff and physicians are left without system-level supports and will remain in a perpetual state of crisis management..." CMAJ CAEP Canadian Medical Association cmaj.ca/content/195/34…

This explains very well the issue of ED over-crowding and access block. ED crowing is NOT due to a lack of family physicians!! cbc.ca/news/health/se…

Located in the John Ruedy Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital, the new Smoking Cessation Clinic supports people in reduing or quitting smoking. The clinic is open to all PHC and VCH patients and patients can self-refer. #NationalNonSmokingWeek 🚭 Info: jrc.providencehealthcare.org/services

The association of extreme environmental heat on OHCA incidence & outcomes in BC. @BrianGrunau Emergency Care BC Centre for Advancing Health UBC Department of Emergency Medicine sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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14 years ago today Sidney Crosby finished the job. Watch the goal in 16 different international broadcasts. credit: yet/hockeywebcast

These new tax changes pose a significant disincentive for attracting new recruits and unfairly penalize physicians who diligently saved for retirement within their professional corporations. Watch Dr. Kathleen Ross on CTV Power Play: bit.ly/3Ux12WH

“The government is looking for fairness in taxation. Going after family physicians and other incorporated physicians is not the right approach.” Watch more from Dr. Kathleen Ross on Power & Politics [1:08:35]: bit.ly/3waUrIb

I see it from inside the system...resources are strained, patients suffer every day. We (our families, loved ones) will all need emergency care at some point. We must demand better of our elected officials. CAEP Canadian Medical Association Adrian Dix Mark Holland thestar.com/opinion/contri…

4 days of cutting edge EM lectures, workshops & learning in Whistler, BC? YES!!! Come join us Sept 26-29 & enjoy world class mountain biking, hiking, trail running and social events. ⁦UBC CPD⁩ ⁦UBC Department of Emergency Medicine⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦Emergency Care BC⁩ stpaulsemupdate.ca

Game 7, here we go!!! #Canucks #gocanucksgo

Today's player spotlight: Carter Barbic

Which older patients after a fall can safely forgo a CT Head? The Falls Decision Tool helps us in this sometimes difficult decision on the EM Cases Journal Club by Rohit Mohindra emergencymedicinecases.com/falls-decision… #FOAMed Kerstin de Wit Catherine Varner Shelley McLeod Judy Morris Ian Stiell

You made it to Whistler, BC ⁦Dr. Glaucomflecken⁩ (a talk about medico-legal risk/charting) Well received too

What does salad have to do with difficult airway management? For a successful intubation, a clear view of the airway is essential. However, blood, vomit, or fluids in the pharynx can complicate the visualization. A workaround technique is called S.A.L.A.D. - Suction-Assisted

Emerg docs are clear: overcrowding is NOT caused by patients who need care - it's that we can't see them because our ED is filled with admitted patients who can't get a bed upstairs. Stop blaming patients. They have no Family Doc so what's their alternative? Colin D'Mello | Global News

It's time once again to remind everyone that emergency department (ED) crowding is not due to low acuity visits. ED crowding is due to hospital crowding and the inability to move admitted patients to the floors. Emergency Physicians can handle busy. It's crowding that kills.

Patients, not politicians, decide what is an emergency. ED crowding is due to an inability to admit patients to hospital beds, not to 'Little Johnny' seeking low-acuity care, by alan drummond Raghu Venugopal MD healthydebate.ca/2024/11/topic/… via Healthy Debate CAEP

👏 Congratulations! 👏 Advancing Health's Dr. Skye Barbic (UBC OSOT) has been announced as the Canada Research Chair in Integrated Youth Services. chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-t… Dr. Barbic's research aims to advance the delivery of integrated youth research to address care gaps.

I’ve grown tired of the constant stream of hatred, adds and unfiltered content on X/Twitter, I’ll primarily be on BlueSky from now on dbarbic.bsky.social