Triage Protocol

• Alberta revises triage protocol to exclude children

  Alberta Health Services will not include pediatric patients in its critical care triage protocol if it has to activate it.

  Health

  Oct 12, 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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• Emergency doctor says some health triage has begun in Alberta: ‘People will suffer and will die’

  Dr. Paul Parks, the head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association, says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta.

  Health

  Sep 24, 2021
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• Alberta seeing 18-20 COVID-19 ICU admissions a day: AHS

  As of Thursday, there were 896 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 222 of whom were being treated in ICU. Ten additional deaths were reported.

  Health

  Sep 16, 2021
• What happens when COVID-19 patients take up all surgery, ICU capacity in Alberta?

  Surgeries keep getting postponed across Alberta to free up staff and equipment during the fourth wave of COVID-19. But what happens when there are no more surgeries to cancel?

  Health

  Sep 14, 2021
• AHS to discuss COVID-19 triage framework with staff if faced with ‘dire situation’

  The protocol is meant to help staff with “the difficult determination of how to allocate resources to critically ill patients when there are not enough critical care resources."

  Health

  Apr 29, 2021
• Ontario’s COVID-19 triage protocol ‘discriminates because of disability,’ advocates say

  'The people that would be affected the most are the least considered to get care ... I'm afraid, I'm totally afraid to go to hospital right now.'

  Health

  Apr 28, 2021
• Coronavirus: Quebec considering ‘nightmare scenario’ as hospitals approach capacity

  Quebec's assistant deputy health minister said Monday that hospitals in the province had started to run training simulations involving the triage protocol for intensive care beds.

  Health

  Jan 12, 2021
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• Alberta justice minister addresses memo, defends new triage protocol for prosecutors

  Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley says new guidelines to manage court files will not see serious, violent cases like murder or sexual assault sacrificed to save time and money.

  Crime

  Mar 8, 2017