OutCare Foundation gets people outdoors and active in support of home-based palliative care The majority of Canadians report they d prefer to die at home, rather in hospital, but just 15% manage to do so Linda McCallum, board chair of the OutCare Foundation and a real estate sales representative at Royal LePage Team Realty, and fellow board member Michael Hughes, founder and CEO of the NfR Consulting Group, promote the OutCare OutDoors fundraiser by snowshoeing at Mooney s Bay. Photo by Caroline Phillips
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European ICU Drug Supports Patients in Canada
European ICU Drug Supports Patients in Canada
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Development and clinical data from the European Healthcare company AOP Orphan form the basis of the introduction of a new drug in Canada for rapid heart rate control in the hospital setting. Trimedic Therapeutics is about to become the Canadian market authorization holder and exclusive distributor.
Strokes, heart failure, heart attacks and sepsis are four of the six leading causes of hospital deaths according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information. AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals AG (AOP Orphan) has been conducting several clinical studies to further confirm the important benefits of a super-selective, short-acting and rapidly reversible beta-blocker for patients in acute care. The medication is administered intravenously and fulfills an unmet medical need: It is administered in life-critical conditions, where it is desirable to safely and rapidly
The recent directives by Quebecâs Minister of Health entitled âPrioritization for access to adult intensive care in the extreme context of a pandemicâ and the plans of some hospitals to implement them demonstrates the abandonment of the âGood Samaritanâ model of caring for all people regardless of their medical condition.
These directives limit access to Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/critical care beds when a âsurcharge of capacityâ of 150% to 200% is reached for ICU beds.
In Step 3 only those with a 70% or more chance of recovery are admitted to the ICU. Those longer than 21 days on a ventilator and not showing clinical signs of improvement are unplugged to die.
TORONTO Throughout her career, registered psychotherapist Elda Almario has spent a great deal putting the mental health of children she works with ahead of her own. But during the pandemic, she says, it’s become even less likely for her to “take a break and reflect.” Over the past few months, Filipina front-line workers like Almario have found an outlet to relieve bottled-up anxiety, loneliness and fear: Writing their stories down and sharing them. “Allowing space for my experience to come to the surface became a form of self-care for me,” Almario told CTVNews.ca in an email. “It was great to have a voice and be heard especially during a time when I have been so focused on my work due to increased demands and complex needs.”