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Why are Canadians dying in ER waiting rooms? What are the fixes *inside* the ER?
Dr. Braden Mann interviews Dr. Catherine Varner, a Toronto emergency physician, researcher, and deputy editor at the Canadian Medical Association Journal, about worsening ER wait times across Canada and what improvements can realistically happen within emergency departments.
Dr. Varner explains crowding is multifactorial and describes“access block,” where most ER beds are occupied by admitted patients awaiting inpatient beds in hospitals running over 100% capacity, forcing others to wait in chairs, hallways, or improvised spaces. She outlines triage using the Canadian Triage Acuity Scale…
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