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WorkSafeBC / BY: Charuka Maheswaran, MBBS, DTM&H, DRCOG, DFFP, PMETB, CELTA, LMCC, CCFP, MPH November 2024
... For a comprehensive review, please see the references.[ 2-4 ] In cases of frostbite, the skin and underlying tissues, ... the affected area, but only if refreezing can be avoided.[ 2-4 ] Hypothermia is the most serious and life-threatening ... removed, and the patient should be rewarmed cautiously.[ 2,3 ] WorkSafeBC guidance WorkSafeBC’s OHS Guidelines ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Nicola Y. Edwards, MHA January/February 2023
... by the largest number of deaths ever recorded in 2021.[ 2 ] Within BC, the highest number of paramedic-attended ... deaths have occurred in the Metro Vancouver region.[ 2 , 3 ] In downtown Vancouver, St. Paul’s Hospital in ... presentations occurred in March and June 2019 [ Figure 2 ]. Health care encounters for pain or surgery prior to ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD May 2023
... from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine.[ 2 ] This was only 1 year before the Chinese Immigration Act ...
Premise / BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD September 2023
... what each health professional does. The Canada Health Act[ 2 ] guides Canada’s hospital-centric health care system. It ... BC has a land area of approximately 945 000 km 2 [ 12 ] and, as of 2021, a population of approximately 5.2 million.[ 13 ] Manitoba’s land area is approximately ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2023
... decriminalization of drug possession for personal use.[ 2 ] Further, the BC Coroners Service has recommended the ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Tara Lyon March 2023
... as opposed to a medical trade. I then spent the next 2 years at community colleges before being accepted into the ...
Letters / BY: Colette Davis, MD July/August 2023
... abnormal screens and subsequent scans and biopsies.[ 2 ] This lag is distressing to patients and will result in ...
Back Page / BY: David May, MD, CCFP October 2023
... the Province of British Columbia from 1872 to 1879.[ 1 , 2 ] He was instrumental in both banning the potlatch and ...
MDs To Be / BY: Samantha Gibbon, BSc April 2023
... and they are accompanied by a list of relevant terms [ Box 2 ] and patient resources [ Box 3 ] designed to provide ... of Indigenous people affected by the MMIWG tragedies.[ 1 , 2 ] It is important to note that it is not only women and ... by sharing the findings of the truth-gathering process.[ 2 ] Section 2 of the report addresses encountering oppression ...
Premise / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC September 2023
... a comparison of fee-for-service in 1982 versus 2022[ 2 ] (several oral communications with Drs Charles Faulkner, ... Health has provided a compensation calculator.[ 1 ] Table 2 is a completed version, which demonstrates how “$385 000 ... family physicians who prefer annual salaries.[ 20 ] Aim 2: Enhancing the patient’s experience of care The improved ...