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Dr. Andy Holt @drandyholt.bsky.social · 13h

Lethbridge folks! 👇🏻

Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 16h

This isn’t about Right or Left Politics, this is about the RIGHT CARE at the right place at the right time.

Come out and discuss HC Access in your community.

You Deserve Safe and Timely Health Care.

Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 17h

We're coming to a town near YOU!

1st stop: Lethbridge! Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social Nov. 2 for an urgent townhall conversation about issues Albertans are experiencing in our health care system & solutions to make our lives & health better.

➕Info & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarele...

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 15h

Yep. Going to be the future of recruitment.

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 16h

This isn’t about Right or Left Politics, this is about the RIGHT CARE at the right place at the right time.

Come out and discuss HC Access in your community.

You Deserve Safe and Timely Health Care.

Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 17h

We're coming to a town near YOU!

1st stop: Lethbridge! Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social Nov. 2 for an urgent townhall conversation about issues Albertans are experiencing in our health care system & solutions to make our lives & health better.

➕Info & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarele...

Red text graphic: "An urgent conversation: Public Health Care in Lethbridge. Join Friends of Medicare & Emergency Physician, Dr. Paul Parks: Sunday, November 2. Doors 2:30 pm, Townhall 3:00 pm. Southminster United Church (1011 4th Ave S). friendsofmedicare.org/HealthCareLethbridge"

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 21h

This was shared with me once the letters came out...

Reflects the confidence these Mandate Letters instill in the front line staff!
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 21h

EMS ED Times - "meaningfully improve"... Yep! We desperately need this

Absolutely applaud transparency of wait times... but include all the pts waiting longer and longer in hospitals

ALC pts - transition them - YEP! But to where and how? Been an issue for decades!
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 21h

Minister Jones Mandate letter:
Surgery: "decrease wait times, better value for taxpayer dollars" - sounds like a plan. Would entail not paying profit surcharges over costs in the hospital. Would also include all the pts w life threatening conditions suffering in hospitals
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Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian @hab3261.bsky.social · 1d

So many distractions to avoid any attention on a need for a public inquiry. #ABleg #ABpoli #CorruptCare #UCPCorruption #DanielleSmith #UCPayToPlay

I pray no one uncovers all the corruption

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That guy @stuartbayens.bsky.social · 1d

Encore posting ...

Why is this happening in oil-rich Alberta?

Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #1
- ABs are not aware of how frequently rural EDs are closed, and the impact on the people in these communities.
- the ever-worsening stats are meaningless
- it's important to put a human face on what's happening.

Anonymized Actual Case #1:
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 1d

I spent over a yr trying to work directly with this govt: raised the alarm about disintegration and chaos
Dr. Duggan spent over a yr trying to work w this govt: "and can only describe it as chaos"

HCWs and pts alike cannot navigate this chaos

buff.ly/rLxCOdC

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 4d

We elected the most soulless, self-absorbed empty suit we could possibly scrape from the gutters of late-stage capitalist grift. Twice.

This is on us as much as on him. As a country, we showed ourselves as infantile rubes and slack-jawed marks. As a people, we asked for this. Twice.

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 2d

The Yankees are on the brink of going home. I am tumescent. I cannot be a tormented but loyal fan of the Baltimore Orioles and be anything less.

Also, Canada deserves something nice. We've been assholes to them for a while now.

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Leslie AJ 🇨🇦 @leslieaj.bsky.social · 2d

This is a horrifying story.

Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #1
- ABs are not aware of how frequently rural EDs are closed, and the impact on the people in these communities.
- the ever-worsening stats are meaningless
- it's important to put a human face on what's happening.

Anonymized Actual Case #1:
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Wendy MJ 🇨🇦 @wendymillerj.bsky.social · 2d

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #1
- ABs are not aware of how frequently rural EDs are closed, and the impact on the people in these communities.
- the ever-worsening stats are meaningless
- it's important to put a human face on what's happening.

Anonymized Actual Case #1:
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

Delays to emergency care can have devastating impact on pts and their families.

Closure of a large rural ED puts a large number of ABs at risk.

A Virtual ED does NOT = a fully staffed ED.

Unfortunately, there are many more cases like this one...
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly the patient developed septic shock and died a couple of days later.

With timely diagnosis and intervention this can be a treatable/survivable surgical condition.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

> 12 HOURS after presenting to the closed ED (but w virtual coverage) the xrays showed a massive perforation (hole) in his bowels.

This is a time sensitive condition where pts can become septic and die quickly if not diagnosed and treated rapidly.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

The ED was essentially closed, but there was a VIRTUAL doctor that the nurses could call. Because no physician could examine the pt, it was decided to hold the pt overnight for an actual examination and xray.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

A middle-aged male presented to a rural ED with acute abdo pain

It was a larger rural ED, and the patient had no idea that it was closed

There was Virtual ED (VED) coverage... but VED cannot assess and treat the sick pts. (Ctas 1 and 2 pts)
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

Before giving example cases...
Here's a refresher of a recent post on the growing issue across AB:

buff.ly/FIHAlkb
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #1
- ABs are not aware of how frequently rural EDs are closed, and the impact on the people in these communities.
- the ever-worsening stats are meaningless
- it's important to put a human face on what's happening.

Anonymized Actual Case #1:
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

7hrs wait for a pt like this could be life threatening, but sadly is the new norm in our large EDs...

This is the face of Access Block. This could be a matter of life or death for these pts.

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

And these life-threatening wait times will only get worse as we enter the expected high volumes of our fall and winter.

AB "Winter is Coming" and our EDs and hospitals are already woefully overwhelmed.

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

We routinely have NO care spaces to place them and treat them in, and often cannot provide safe and timely care.
But this is NOT unique to pts with Cancer Emergencies... Pts with heart and stroke conditions (as examples) also wait far too long.

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

Handing the triage nurse instructions that rightfully advise the pt should be treated ASAP is like that WR pt with crushing chest pain having ECG changes that show a heart attack:
- the nurse already knows this pt needs care ASAP
- there simply is NOWHERE to put the pts

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

Can confirm: this is indeed a "medical emergency" and the pts should be isolated and treated within minutes.
Can also confirm that Emerg Access in AB is BROKEN and there is NO WAY most EDs can meet these goals.

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