Every shift I now find exhausting.
Not because I'm old (even though I am) but rather that Canada's beloved health care "system" seems to set us up to fail with each and every patient encounter.
@Innov_Medicine@GeraldMD@grepmeded I am the original creator of this image. Please credit myself or my medical education website https://t.co/k6gkd31KHl NOT the aggregator website.
So, our Emergency Department is quite busy.
Why? Let’s chat.
Over the past week, our ED has been seeing an increase of patients. Patients are presenting with a higher acuity – meaning they’re sicker and require more care from the team. 1/6
#BREAKING: The Ontario government has once again voted against #PaidSickDays.
In total, our government has now voted against paid sick days 21 times since the start of the #COVID19 pandemic.
If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.
Please take 5 minutes to complete the Gender Equity Panel Survey, which is being undertaken in preparation for the 2021 CAEP Academic Symposium on EDI.
This will help us to develop recommendations to address gender equity issues in EM in Canada.
link: https://t.co/pmaV2lqvGO
Since the beginning of the pandemic I've been trying to regularly support one of my family's beloved charities the @OttawaFoodBank . Privileged to be in a position to do so this Thanksgiving.
3/3. Next, I need to examine how to further #antiracism in Medicine as well as organizations and systems I am a part of..and beyond...
This is a lifetime pledge.
1/3 I've had time to reflect on #BLM.
Silence condones racism.
I've thought hard about personal biases I might unintentionally have.
...how Black individuals are systematically biased against our society
We must be allies. We must be #antiracist!
We must listen and learn.
2/3. I am privileged to be in a position have donated to several organizations.
1) Black Mental Health Matters
https://t.co/FfmP22fIp3
2) Centre For Young Black Professionals @cee_toronto
3) Black History Month Ottawa
https://t.co/QYbtSVYVED
...That's the easy part.
Was the last blood donation of the day at the Ottawa Carling location to help meet their goal of 53 donations today for @LifelineOTT @CanadasLifeline !
Book at https://t.co/5Qn75FHhtv or call 1 888 2 DONATE!