Emergency physicians offer medical support and build connections to community resources that address the social determinants of health.
Across Canada , people experiencing homelessness are seeking shelter in emergency departments during cold snaps, especially if they suffer from negative health outcomes as the temperatures drop and snowstorms compromise their typical shelter areas.
After that, the next steps can “become grayer,” he said. “After assessing for the medical aspect, the social aspect becomes nebulous. Many of us weren’t trained to address these situations.” “We say a stagnant budget is, in reality, a budget cut, which is reflected in our lack of ability to care for our patients and in longer wait times,” said Warren Thirsk, MD, an emergency physician at Royal Alexandra Hospital, associate clinical professor of emergency medicine at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and president of the emergency medicine section of the Alberta Medical Association.
For long-term change in addressing homeless patients and ED capacity, more funding and new policies are urgently needed, he noted.
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