Respiratory cases climb at B.C. Children’s Hospital emergency room

Consider care options before bringing kids to ER with respiratory issues: B.C. Children's Hospital

As B.C. Children's Hospital experiences a regular annual spike in children arriving at the emergency department with respiratory symptoms, medical experts are cautioning that wait times could increase.

Respiratory cases climb at B.C. Children’s Hospital emergency room

Hospital says 44 % of kids’ visits to the emergency department involve respiratory illness

Jump in number of respiratory cases at B.C. Children’s Hospital emergency room

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital says it’s seen a steady rise in the number of children coming in with respiratory symptoms. The hospital says in a statement that about 44 per cent of total visits from children to the emergency department involve respiratory illness. It says families need to consider their care options, including everything from calling 911 if a child has difficulty breathing to calling 811 for health advice an…