Alberta ICU

• COVID hospitalizations continue to trend downward in Alberta; ICU admissions hold

  For nearly three weeks, COVID-19 hospitalizations have been trending down in Alberta.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2023
  
• COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Alberta continue to rise

  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health urged people to remain vigilant and get vaccinated, saying the province’s acute-care system is under enormous stress amid Omicron.

  Health

  Jan 19, 2022
  
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• Other data to shed light on Alberta COVID trends in absence of broad PCR tests: Hinshaw

  Due to the nature of the Omicron variant and its high rate of transmission, the province has had to limit who can access PCR testing to those in high-risk settings.

  Health

  Jan 13, 2022
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• Alberta obstetricians worried about babies being born to unconscious unvaccinated moms

  Compared to the first wave of COVID-19, the number of pregnant women with the virus in Alberta's ICUs has quadrupled. Physicians are desperate and are sharing vaccine information.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2021
• Edmonton students make cards for health-care workers: ‘Not all heroes wear capes’

  'The biggest joy for me was watching my coworkers just sit down for a moment and smile... and feel so encouraged and uplifted,' said RN Liz Strang.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2021
• Alberta doctors invite premier, health minister to visit ICU: ‘We need you to see’

  Alberta has reduced the size of allowed outdoor social gatherings from 200 to 20. It also announced more Albertans are eligible to book third COVID-19 vaccine doses (boosters).

  Health

  Oct 5, 2021
• Edmonton ICU staff ‘receiving harassing phone calls’ questioning stats: AHS

  Alberta Health Services says doctors and staff at some Edmonton-area intensive care units are receiving harassing phone calls to their units.

  Health

  Sep 29, 2021
• Alberta to add hospitals, clinics to Bill 1 to protect health access from COVID-19 protests

  There were 1,100 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 as of Tuesday, 263 of whom were in the ICU. Ninety-two per cent of COVID-19 ICU patients were unvaccinated, Kenney said.

  Health

  Sep 28, 2021
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• Active COVID-19 cases in Alberta reach 21,307 Monday; ICU cases soar

  Active cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions from COVID-19 all rose in Alberta over the weekend.

  Health

  Sep 27, 2021
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• 58 Alberta ICU doctors pen letter saying it’s ‘not too late to change course’ on COVID-19 crisis

  The intensive care doctors from across Alberta say it's "not too late to change course" when it comes to slowing the fourth wave of COVID-19 — but the time to act is now.

  Health

  Sep 27, 2021