Dr. Shana Johnston knows first-hand what it feels like to suffer from post-partum depression and anxiety. When her daughter was three weeks old, she started having trouble sleeping and feeling anxi[...]
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When Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) was designated the site for suspected and confirmed COVID patients in southern Vancouver Island in early March, teams of physicians and allied health personnel scr[...]
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Usually, when anesthesia is administered in the operating room, only one patient can be treated at a time. With a block room, which is a designated space to administer regional anesthesia, parallel[...]
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Dr. Jeanine Marshall knew that elderly and frail populations with substance use and/or mental health issues were sometimes falling between the gaps of adult mental health services and geriatric psy[...]
Read moreWhen Dr. Gus Chan was asked to join the Pain Management and Opiate Safety Working Group, he was excited to be able to provide input into promoting regional anesthesia as an alternative to opioids a[...]
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When children present to their family doctor or at the emergency room with a rash on the heels of antibiotic use, they are sometimes labelled as ‘penicillin allergic’. This label, once imposed,[...]
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There are few opportunities in the course of providing ongoing patient care to step back, identify successes as well as areas for improvement, and develop strategies to meet new challenges with col[...]
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When a staff survey of nurses working in the Cardiovascular Unit (CVU) at Royal Jubilee Hospital revealed that many felt frustrated by the lack of opportunities to improve their skills and knowledg[...]
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When patients’ lives are in the balance, requiring quick action from Emergency Department staff and physicians, there isn’t time to step back and troubleshoot a particular procedure or protocol[...]
Read moreSome physicians may remember a time when doctors’ lounges were a place to mingle with colleagues, share difficult cases, and put faces to names. Even before COVID rendered such in-person gatherin[...]
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