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

Nancy Fraser (interim)
Senior Provincial Director

Dr. Eddy Lang
Scientific Director

Dr. Patrick McLane
Assistant Scientific Director

Heather Hair
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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• 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