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Backcountry Travel Emergencies in Arctic Canada: A Pilot Study in Public Health Surveillance
Download2016-03-03
Young, Stephanie K., Tabish, Taha B., Pollock, Nathaniel J., Young, T. Kue
"Residents in the Canadian Arctic regularly travel in remote, backcountry areas. This can pose risks for injuries and death, and create challenges for emergency responders and health systems. We aimed to describe the extent and characteristics of media-reported backcountry travel emergencies in...
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Patient transportation in Canada’s northern territories: patterns, costs and providers’ perspectives
Download2019-05-25
Young, T. Kue, Tabish, Taha, Young, Stephanie K., Healey, Gwen
"Canada’s northern territories are characterized by small, scattered populations separated by long distances. A major challenge to healthcare delivery is the reliance on costly patient transportation, especially emergency air evacuations (medevacs). The purpose of this study was to describe the...