Ideas and input of all stakeholders, including patients and families, are welcome:

• Submit Your Ideas
• Patient Engagement

To learn more, or become more involved, contact emergency.scn@ahs.ca

Network Leadership

Dr. Brian Holroyd
Senior Medical Director

Sherri Kashuba
Senior Provincial Director

Dr. Eddy Lang
Scientific Director

Dr. Patrick McLane
Assistant Scientific Director

Marlene Wheaton-Chaston
Executive Director

Andrew Fisher
Clinical Network Manager

Ken Scott
Senior Consultant

Marnie Connell
Executive Assistant

Leila Davey
Administrative Support

Newsletters

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2020

• January

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• December
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• October
• September
• Summer Edition
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• March
• February
• January

To view past copies of our newsletter, email emergency.scn@ahs.ca.

Podcasts

• EmergencyCare PLUS: Keeping emergency providers up to date with the most relevant and newsworthy evidence
• Improving Acute Care for Long Term Care Residents
• Bronchiolitis Management - April 2019
• Improving emergency care for gastrointestinal bleeding
• Study shows some CT scans unnecessary

Videos

• Emergency Department: The 24/7/365-day Option To Fight the Opioid Crisis

Learn more about the Emergency SCN, watch our video:

Transformational Roadmaps

2019-2022

• Transformational Roadmap
  • Summary

2016-2019

• Transformational Roadmap
  • Summary

Projects

• Buprenorphine/Naloxone Initiation in Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centres Program
• Development and standardization of Emergency Clinical Knowledge
• Standardized Provincial Emergency Nursing Education
• Harmonization of Provincial Emergency Policies
• Data and Performance Measurement supporting strategy and improvement in delivery of emergency patient care
• Building research capacity and research partnerships, and engagement of stakeholder in activities related to research and innovation

Priorities

• Maximized Access, Flow and Capacity
• Optimize People and Resources
• Respond to the Needs of Our Patient Populations
• Standardized Evidence Informed Care
• Research and Innovation
• Partner as Problem Solvers and Innovators

   

Education / Learning

• Addressing Stigma to Improve Care Experience
• Fentanyl Information and Resources (AHS)
  • Guiding principles for Emergency Departments
• Topical Local Anesthetic FAQ

Websites

• Alberta College of Paramedics
• Alberta Health
• Alberta Innovates
• Alberta Medical Association Emergency Medicine
• Ambulance & Emergency Health Services - Alberta Health
• Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP)
• CARNA
• Choosing Wisely
• Cumming School of Medicine - University of Calgary
• Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - University of Alberta
• Health Quality Council of Alberta’s FOCUS on Emergency Departments
• MyHealth.Alberta.ca
• National Emergency Nurses Association (NENA)
• Primary Health Care - Resource Centre

Network Research

• Choosing Wisely: To develop the Top 5 list of recommendations for Emergency Departments
• Improving Stewardship of the ED use of CT scans for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Pulmonary Emboli
• Inner City Health and Wellness Program
• Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed: To close the gap between evidence and practice in the management of ED patients with an upper GI Bleed

Evidence Research

• Evidence Updates from BMJ

Grants

• Funding opportunities

Get Involved

• Patient Engagement in Support of Strategic Clinical Networks