Emergency Department

The new service enables individuals with serious—but not critical—problems to get help by video without having to go to the Emergency Department.

The new Geriatric Inter-disciplinary team aims to keep frailty from intensifying when patients spend a long time in the ED.

Additional training for volunteers prepares them to help in a wider range of situations in Emergency Department.

At a crucial meeting in February 2020, dozens of senior JGH healthcare professionals finalized plans to admit the first COVID-19 patients.

Research and innovation are the focus of his new responsibilities lthough Dr. Marc Afilalo has stepped away from the day-to-day operations of the JGH Emergency Department (ED), which he led for 38 years, he is continuing to play an active role in areas that he says have always been crucial …

Emergency medicine residents in a simulation exercise experience the real-world pressure of assisting the victims of a toxic chemical spill.

With a referral, patients with atrial fibrillation can now bypass the JGH Emergency Department and receive care in the Clinical Access Service.

A new Emergency Medicine Simulation Centre that’s bright, roomy and technologically sophisticated has opened at the JGH.

The experience of a COVID-19 patient who endured 17 days of unconsciousness is among the stories published by the JGH Humanization of Care Committee.

Care kits distributed in the JGH Emergency Department are having a positive impact on the patient experience.