Staff and public information for the Vancouver General Emergency Department
On the weekend of August 14th, an interdisciplinary team from the VGH ED competed in the Fat Dog Ultra relay. Members battled rain, sleet, darkness, hail, and freezing temperatures to race 190 Km across the backcountry of Manning Park.
Congrats to the team for successfully completing the race and setting a course record for the most fun!
Congratulations to our own Dr. Jan Trojanowski for finishing 1st in his age category (and 15th overall) in the Ironman Canada competition in Whistler! His ranking qualifies him to compete in the Ironman World Competition in Kona, Hawaii this fall.
The gripping documentary of the emergency department at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) has been renewed for a second season.
Filming for the second Emergency Room: Life and Death at VGH series is now underway.
“Our hope in season one was to give the public an inside look at the complex and difficult care our staff provide on a daily basis,” said Vivian Eliopoulos, Chief Operating Officer, Vancouver General. “We received positive feedback from across the province and it was incredibly meaningful to all medical staff who work tirelessly providing care.”
You can watch the second series on Knowledge Network and on knowledge.ca in the spring of 2016.
http://www.vch.ca/about-us/news/vgh-emergency-room—take-two-
The Simulation Olympiad returned for its 4th year at CAEP in Edmonton last week. Eight teams from EM programs across Canada competed for national bragging rights as they demonstrated their communication skills, teamwork, and crisis management skills under pressure. Each team of four consisted of at least one 1 senior resident, 1 junior resident, and at least 1 nurse, medical student, paramedic or respiratory therapist.
After 2 days of gruelling competition, UBC was declared the national champion! Congratulations to Nikki Holms, Wesley Jang, Kelsey Innes, and Sherry Stackhouse!
Listen to Dr. Jeff Brubacher’s interview regarding the controversy over BC’s drinking and driving laws on “The Drive”, radio 1070 in Victoria.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b7lal9vf5womneo/Jeff%27s%20interview.mp3?dl=0
Dr. Corinne Hohl is an expert in Adverse Drug events and is building system solutions to more easily document and share that information and ultimately reduce the incidence of these events. She’s recently been published in a commentary addressing Vanessa’s Law, a new bill requiring greater reporting of adverse drug events by healthcare institutions.
Listen to the full interview here: https://soundcloud.com/cmajpodcasts/drug-reaction
This weekend, residents, nurses, and physicians from the VGH emergency department and UBC participated in the 8th annual Brenna Innes Memorial Soccer Tournament to benefit the BC Burn Fund. The tournament raised over $11 000 this year.
Global TV interviewed Kelsey Innes about the origin of the tournament earlier this week: