Severity of Summer-Related Injuries Likely on the Rise in Alberta
AHS says emergency departments saw more than 33,000 summer injury visits last year, with e-scooter cases and serious trauma rising.
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Lacombe ExpressSeverity of summer-related injuries likely on the rise in Alberta
More patients with severe injuries, along with a “huge uptick” in e-scooter injuries, are showing up at Alberta emergency departments so far this summer. “We’ve seen some very significant head injuries, like bad concussions, inter-cranial bleeding requiring surgery, and a lot of broken bones that require casting, reductions, and surgery to fix,” said Dr. Andrew Dixon, emergency department physician at Edmonton’s Stollery Children’s Hospital, abo…
Alberta Health Services urges summer safety as emergency visits climb
EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services is urging residents to take extra precautions this summer after emergency departments recorded more than 33,000 visits for common seasonal injuries over a three-month period last year. AHS says emergency departments in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray treated an average of more than 350 patients a day for the six most common summer injury categories between…
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