Emergency Physician. Author, "Your Inside Guide to the Emergency Department--And How to Prevent Having to Go!" for you & your loved ones. Viral TikTok creator.
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3 Aug 2021
What really goes on in a hospital emergency department news.ubc.ca/2021/08/03/what-… via @ubcnews
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25 Feb 2025
Wow. I had no idea!
'It's like a miracle': How a surgeon will use a Victoria woman's tooth to restore her vision timescolonist.com/local-news… via @timescolonist
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13 Dec 2024
Recertifying CPR and ACLS/PALS:
Does anyone have experience with this “For Life” option where you “Buy Once. Recertify Forever” …online only it looks like?
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8 Dec 2024
Too long. What do lab tests help diagnose? Heart attack, infection, kidney failure, critical electrolyte disturbance, anemia that might need blood transfusion.
If your Family Doctor wants answers, waiting 3-4 weeks for one is too long.
8 Dec 2024
We’ve been hearing about the struggles with LifeLabs' wait times, so we looked into it. The data is troubling: not only are wait times excessively long, but delays are getting worse—especially on Vancouver Island.
The issue needs urgent attention. #bcpoli @PennyDaflos @CMA_Docs
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Dr Fred Voon retweeted
2 Dec 2024
Australia doesn’t have 14 health systems
It has a single, consolidated market which means
National licensure
National HHR plans
Coordination within the country, not competition
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28 Nov 2024
UBC Student Awarded for Remote Ultrasound Innovation via @TheTyee thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/26/U…
Very cool use of tech. I do bedside ultrasound and have played around with AR headsets. The combination hadn’t crossed my mind but this seems like a great way to expand health expertise
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27 Nov 2024
Completely unnecessary. If everyone did their part, perhaps we could make measles extinct.
25 Nov 2024
Measles cases rose by 10 million (20%) when vaccine levels dipped below 75% in 2023.
This resulted in the deaths of ~100, 000 people in 2023, most of them being children.
So either vaccines work, or this is one huge coincidence...
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26 Nov 2024
If only there was a way to reduce harmful organisms …maybe by heating food and drink to a certain point for a brief period of time…
25 Nov 2024
The mechanisms of a pandemic are assembling in plain sight.
Today, in the Washington Post.
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19 Nov 2024
Ditto. I think I saw a 16-18 hour wait one shift. That’s an excruciating amount of time to spend in a waiting room.
19 Nov 2024
Tough weekend of shifts with ED wait times routinely >8-10 hours.
Lost count of how many times I've had to respond with: "I would be upset in your shoes too. Our team is working hard tonight and doing our best, now I'd like to focus on how I can best help you."
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Dr Fred Voon retweeted
19 Nov 2024
Tough weekend of shifts with ED wait times routinely >8-10 hours.
Lost count of how many times I've had to respond with: "I would be upset in your shoes too. Our team is working hard tonight and doing our best, now I'd like to focus on how I can best help you."
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7 Nov 2024
How fall vaccines keep pace with evolving viruses
(November 5, 2024) med.ubc.ca/news/how-fall-vac…
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3 Nov 2024
A shared responsibility:
If you’re cycling or walking, use a light and stay visible.
If you’re driving, be vigilant.
It only takes a moment for your life to be irreparably changed.
Signed,
An ER Doc
42% of pedestrian crashes happen between October and January (ICBC, 2024). With daylight savings time ending Nov 3, adjust your clocks, adjust your driving.
Learn more at
ow.ly/SiWC50TXEjm
@theicbc @preventable.ca
#injuryprevention #daylightsavings #roadsafety
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3 Nov 2024
Allowing politics to dictate healthcare decisions is like letting mayors choose your underwear.
2 Nov 2024
Canadians have a right to make personal choices about their health with the support of their families, the guidance of licensed, regulated health professionals and free from political interference.
cma.ca/about-us/what-we-do/p…
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Dr Fred Voon retweeted
26 Oct 2024
Not to minimize the suffering in the waiting room but it is those stoic elderly Canadians left for days "boarded" in our ER hallways who are the ones who truly suffer from state sanctioned torture, robbed of their dignity and their basic health care needs unmet.
26 Oct 2024
I think it's because most see the over-full waiting room and think that's the "crowding" we're talking about, rather than the occupied stretchers and internal hallways stuffed with admitted patients.
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26 Oct 2024
Unvarnished report. It’s hard to be a patient or healthcare worker some days.
Those days seem to be more frequent since I started 20 years ago.
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26 Oct 2024
It’s like trying to do dishes constantly but never emptying the dishwasher more than halfway.
26 Oct 2024
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.
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25 Oct 2024
Sadly seems common across the nation.
24 Oct 2024
24 hours in Central Zone⏰
Hour: 9
"We're treating emergencies, but we’re creating crises due to a health care system that’s on life support."
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24 Oct 2024
Even docs and their families have a hard time finding a Family Doctor.
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18 Oct 2024
Great points! And unlike other small business owners, Family Doctors can’t increase the fee they charge the government, even if their lease/supplies/utilities/admin staff costs go up.
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17 Oct 2024
RT @SabiVM: Zoonotic diseases: Rabies
With the recent heartbreaking situation of a child dying of rabies, I received many questions on whe…
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