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Jim Christenson, MD
We thank Dr Lenskyj for his thoughtful comments. The evaluation of emergency department patients with chest pain, while improving over the past 2 decades,[1] still has few tools to risk stratify patients who do not have... Read More
Background Approximately 5% of North American emergency department visits involve the evaluation of acute chest pain,[1] which translates to 90 000 annual visits for chest pain in British Columbia.[2] While few of... Read More
Background The benefits of clinical networks are numerous and include better and more standardized patient care and less stress and more satisfaction for practitioners. In some situations, networks can eliminate the... Read More
The BC Emergency Medicine Network (EMN) was launched on 12 September 2017. Our vision is “Exceptional emergency care. Everywhere,” and the objective of the EMN is to improve care by sharing clinical resources, bridging... Read More
The Emergency Services Advisory Committee (ESAC) wishes to make all physicians who practise emergency medicine in British Columbia aware of recommendations from a recent (13 May 2014 [revised 30 June 2014]) BC Coroners... Read More