CAEP News http://caep.ca/advocacy/em-issues-news News from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians en Call for Nominations 2012 http://caep.ca/news/call-nominations-2012 General Thu, 1 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 CAEP 356 at http://caep.ca When doctors make bad calls http://caep.ca/news/when-doctors-make-bad-calls As a reporter, I have been listening to Canadians' medical stories for years, from the heroic to the horrible. But this was the way I learned first-hand how faulty doctors' diagnoses can be.

]]> EM Issues in the News Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 CAEP 347 at http://caep.ca Bed supply is key to solving ER wait times http://caep.ca/news/bed-supply-key-solving-er-wait-times Re: "ER wait times remain 'abysmal'; Province admits it will fail to reach reduction targets," The Journal, Feb. 16.

It was both disconcerting and disappointing to read Health Minister Fred Horne's comments with respect to emergency room wait times in Alberta. It is apparent that he simply doesn't get it.

]]> CAEP News Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 CAEP 339 at http://caep.ca Emergency room crowding is about more than inconvenience http://caep.ca/news/emergency-room-crowding-about-more-inconvenience We would like to commend the emergency physicians working in the Fraser Health Authority for refusing to further compromise patient health and safety by working in the marginalized conditions of the crowded ER (emergency room).

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