Kristen Weersink

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Kristen Weersink

Kristen Weersink

@kweersin

she/her. UOttawa and @QEmerg grad. Emergency and Addictions Medicine.

Toronto, Ontario Katılım Ekim 2012
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Carolyn Snider
Carolyn Snider@DrCarolynSnider·
We are excited to recruiting for coaches for the violence intervention program, THRIVE @UnityHealthTO - St. Michael’s Hospital. THRIVE coaches meet youth who have been injured by violence at the hospital and help them for months to see how they can thrive! Links in thread
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Irfan Dhalla
Irfan Dhalla@IrfanDhalla·
Very disappointing news. Hope @ONThealth reconsiders and continues this program, which has been hugely beneficial these past 3 years.
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Carolyn Snider
Carolyn Snider@DrCarolynSnider·
Hospital funding is being cut. Hospitals will not be paid for the care of those who have expired OHIP cards. For many hospitals this is essentially a dbl-digit loss in funding to provide care. Expired OHIP cards are the great majority for inner city ED.
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Andrew Boozary MD
Andrew Boozary MD@drandrewb·
This Christmas please don’t say we can’t afford housing for all. We can no longer afford the cruelty of the status quo. A month in provincial jail costs: $9,400 Month in hospital: $20,100 Month in shelter: $6,600 Social housing per month: $2,500 Housing is a human right.
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Garrick Mok
Garrick Mok@garrick_mok·
Last night an elderly patient fell at home at 20:00. EMS called but none available to be dispatched until 1AM. Laying on the ground, with a broken femur, for 5hrs. Imagine that was your family member and that's the state we're at @OntarioHealthOH @fordnation
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Irfan Dhalla
Irfan Dhalla@IrfanDhalla·
We are recruiting physicians across a number of different specialties @UnityHealthTO, including neonatology, pediatrics, general internal medicine, hematology, oncology, gastroenterology, neurology, and nephrology. Please consider joining us! Ads here: bpao.org/news/
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Naheed Dosani
Naheed Dosani@NaheedD·
Never forget that the goal of privatized healthcare is to provide profits for shareholders. Meanwhile, the goal of public healthcare is to provide healthcare for people. Which one do you think is best suited to improve the health of Canadians?
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Michaela Beder
Michaela Beder@Michaela416·
The Ontario gov't did the right thing when it removed long-standing barriers to accessing medical services for people without health insurance. Now it needs to make those changes PERMANENT. It's the right thing to do, for people and for our health system. #healthcare4all #ONpoli
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Saadia Sediqzadah
Saadia Sediqzadah@Saadia_Sediq·
There's a cost to not helping a child w/ asthma manage their condition or not ensuring a diabetic person can access medications -- a human cost + a cost to our health system b/c of worsened conditions. Universal access to health services must be PERMANENT. Period. #Healthcare4all
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Garrick Mok
Garrick Mok@garrick_mok·
Reflections from the ED: is there anything more impressive than an emerg nurse? Literally provide ICU level care, juggle multiple patients, all while being verbally (and often physically) harrassed...make sure to thank them and not take them for granted. They're hard to find...
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Anton Nikouline
Anton Nikouline@Anikoul·
Appreciate everyone who came out and supported this cause! This is just a start but happy some people along the run asked about it. Feeing safe in your work place should be the norm, not the other way around.#healthcareworkerssafetyawareness #HWSA
Carolyn Snider@DrCarolynSnider

This am healthcare workers from ⁦@EMUofT⁩ ⁦@UnityHealthTO⁩ ⁦@UHN⁩ and ⁦@Sunnybrook⁩ came together for the 1st Healthcare Worker Safety Run. We will likely have these annually but it is important to remember that we shouldn’t have to.

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Carolyn Snider
Carolyn Snider@DrCarolynSnider·
When we asked our team last year, 73% of ED staff had experienced a physical assault at work and 100% verbal assault. While we continue to work to provide safer environments - the amt of violence keeps ⬆️ Please join us in this important event. @Anikoul @UnityHealthTO
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Andrew Petrosoniak
Andrew Petrosoniak@petrosoniak·
Sad state of affairs in emergency medicine these days. This is happening in EDs around the province everyday. - higher volumes - sicker patients - more violence against HCWs And no end in sight.
Queensway Carleton Hospital & Foundation@QCHOttawa

So, our Emergency Department is quite busy. Why? Let’s chat. Over the past week, our ED has been seeing an increase of patients. Patients are presenting with a higher acuity – meaning they’re sicker and require more care from the team. 1/6

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Josh McGough, MD
Josh McGough, MD@joshmcgoo·
The number needed to treat of suboxone is 2! TWO!
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