Emergency Medicine

Project Lead: Dr. Joseph Copeland As a large community hospital in an earthquake zone, next to an international airport and major roads, disaster preparedness is critically important for Richmond Hospital. The Richmond Emergency department and emergency physicians group (REPA) … Read More

Project Lead: Dr. Katharine Hudson “Our ED Simulation-Based Resuscitation Training Project was developed in order to promote team-building, interdisciplinary and interdepartmental relationships, and to improve quality of care for critically ill patients at Richmond Hospital. To this end, we … Read More

Project Lead: Dr. Nancy Austin The ED Strategic Planning session, held in March 2018, was a success. Physicians, nurses, clerical staff, educators and managers attended the day-long session which was exceptionally facilitated by Clair Wing. A vision for the … Read More

Project Lead: Dr. Nancy Austin A very successful project, ED Team Rounds saw several journal clubs since its inception that involved physicians, RNs, educators and the ED manager. The rounds were built collaboratively with the nurses, using a case-based … Read More

Project Lead: Dr. Nancy Austin The working group meetings were very effective at bringing to the fore the ways in which staff can mitigate/respond to violence in the Emergency Department. A number of quality improvements came out of this … Read More

Project Lead: Dr. Katharine Hudson A one-day “Train the Trainer’ course for physicians and educators in April 2019 was made possible through RHPS funding. “While I have not done a formal needs assessment, my impression is that most physicians … Read More

Project Lead: Dr. Nancy Austin “All our active staff and many of our locums received voice recognition training. Obtaining this Front End Speech Recognition training has been valuable in preparation for CST, let alone improving the quality of the … Read More