Toronto Emergency Medical Services and SARS

Population mortality during the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Toronto

BACKGROUND Extraordinary infection control measures limited access to medical care in the Greater Toronto Area during the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak. The objective of this study was to determine if the period of these infection control measures was associated with changes in overall population mortality due to causes other than SARS. METHODS Observational study of ...

SARS outbreak in the Greater Toronto Area: the emergency department experience.

Implications of the SARS outbreak for Canadian emergency departments.

Can J Emerg Med 2003;5(5):343-7 These Recommendations were approved by the CAEP Board June 8, 2003. *Chief, Schwartz–Reisman Emergency Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; and Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. †Chief, Emergency Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown, PEI; and Associate Professor, Departmen...

What Internet Services Would Patients Like From Hospitals During an Epidemic? Lessons From the SARS Outbreak in Toronto

BACKGROUND International health organizations and officials are bracing for a pandemic. Although the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Toronto did not reach such a level, it created a unique opportunity to identify the optimal use of the Internet to promote communication with the public and to preserve health services during an epidemic. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study ...

Managing Toronto citywide health crises through 2-1-1 services.

Information and referral systems such as 2-1-1 can be key partners in responding to community-wide health crises and other emergency and disaster events. This paper describes the experience of Toronto 2-1-1 dealing with the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic and later that year the Great Northeastern Blackout. It shares five lessons learned from these experiences and describ...