Physical Facilities, Space and Equipment

Department of Emergency Medicine

Halifax Infirmary
Suite 355-1796 Summer St.
Halifax Nova Scotia B3H 3A7
Canada

Tel: (902) 473-4220
Fax: (902) 473-3617
E-mail: emergency.medicine@dal.ca

Since the inception of the new Charles V. Keating Emergency and Trauma Centre, the Education Office, now known as the ED Innovation Team Suite has been relocated to Suite 355, replacing former Suite 3021.

The Education Office has joined forces with other departments and is now comprised of a diverse group of professionals, including Clinical, Education and Administrative staff. Our office is home to Managers, Physicians, Program Directors and Administrative Support Staff.

Our conference room comprises of 'state of the art' technology, as well as a reference library with current texts and journals for use by our medical students, residents' and faculty.

Our Resident Room is currently under construction, where we will deliver a 'state of the art' space that will meet the needs of a continually expanding residency programs for many years to come. This room will be designed to be a focal point of our residency programs, a space that demonstrates the Department's fused commitment to resident education and well-being.

Room 097, Centennial building
1278 Tower Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada, B3H 2Y9
Telephone: (902) 473-3199
Facsimile: (902) 473-7309
E-Mail: ahtsc@qe2-hsc.ns.ca
Website: http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/ehs/

Emergency Health Services Nova Scotia (EHS), in partnership with the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII HSC), operates the Atlantic Health Training & Simulation Centre (AHTSC). The growing practice of simulating medical emergencies and scenarios was a driving force behind establishment of the AHTSC.

The idea of simulation is not new, simulators have been part of human training as early as Roman times. Over the past half-century, simulators have become common place in the fields of commercial and military aviation, space flight, firefighting, and nuclear power plants.

In aviation, most commercial airlines require their pilots to train in "Cockpit Resource Management" using flight simulators with particular emphasis on task delegation, critical decision making, leadership, pilot judgement, communication, and crew coordination.

The concept of medical simulation has evolved from aviation practices. As in the aviation environment, human patient simulators allow health care professionals to develop their critical thinking and hands-on skills in a controlled, risk free environment. Human patient simulators can be used to create medical emergencies that health care providers must be prepared to manage, but rarely encounter and thus have limited opportunity to practice.

The AHTSC provides health care professionals with practice on hundreds of preprogrammed medical scenarios. In addition, simulations can be custom programmed to meet a specific need.

Halifax Infirmary
1796 Summer Street
Halifax Nova Scotia B3H 3A7
Canada
Tel: (902) 473-2020
Fax: (902) 473-3617
Website: Emergency Medicine

The Charles V. Keating Emergency and Trauma Centre officially opened its' doors to the public on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. This world-class, 'state of the art' facility replaces the old emergency department at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax Infirmary Site, which sees approximately 150 patients per day.

Emergency care is a cornerstone of health services, a critical entry point for most patients coming to the QEII Health Sciences Centre, and an important element of the emergency medicine residency program, linking Capital Health with the Dalhousie University School of Medicine.

The new Emergency and Trauma Centre is one that Nova Scotians can be proud of and consider among the best anywhere. Nova Scotians can and do lead the country in the provision of many medical services, and now we have a new emergency medicine facility to add to our many assets. All of us at Capital Health have much to celebrate with the opening of the province's newest and largest emergency and trauma centre in Atlantic Canada.

It took many hands to open these doors. Every member of this community shares in the celebration of this accomplishment.

5850/5980 University Avenue PO BOX 9700
Halifax Nova Scotia B3K 6R8
Canada
Tel: (902) 428-8823
Fax: (902) 428-3248
Website:http://www.iwk.nshealth.ca/index.cfm

The IWK Emergency Department is a Pediatric care facility and the major referral centre for the Maritime provinces with 29,500 visits per year. This Emergency Department is 1,500 square feet. The Department is divided into an acute care and an observation area. The Administrative area occupies approximately 300 square feet. Physician area occupies approximately 300 square feet and the conference room occupies about 150 square feet.

A study area is available with current journals and appropriate textbooks. A reprint file is available. A poison index system is in place which also includes extensive literature on acute care and EMS. The hospital library facility is available 24 hours a day.

PO Box 2100
400 Tucker Park Road
Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L2
Canada
Tel: (506) 648-6958
Fax: (506) 648-6055
Website: http://www.ahsc.health.nb.ca

The Saint John Regional Hospital Emergency Department is a combined adult and pediatric care facility and the major referral centre for the province of New Brunswick with 33,000 adult and 15,000 pediatric visits per year.

This Emergency Department is 14,000 square feet and is divided into a major and minor area. The Administrative area occupies 3,000 square feet. Physician area occupies approximately 1,000 square feet and the conference room occupies about 500 square feet. There are two research offices and the conference room serves as a library with several computer data bases.

135 MacBeath Avenue
Moncton NB E1C 6Z8
Tel: (506) 857-5353
Fax: (506) 857-5360
Website: http://www.serha.ca/

The Moncton Hospital Emergency Department is a combined adult and pediatric care facility with 60,000 visits per year.

The total square footage of The Moncton Hospital Emergency Department is 14,562 sq ft. and provides both adult and pediatric emergency service.

There is a conference/meeting room in the department and the library, available 24 hours a day, is adjacent to the Emergency Department. Emergency text books are kept both within the library and the Department. Poisindex is also available.

PO Box 9000
Priestman Street
Fredericton New Brunswick E3B 5N5
Canada
Tel: (506) 452-5058
Fax: (506) 452-5233

The Dr. E. Chalmers Emergency Department is a combined adult and pediatric care facility with 48,300 visits per year. The Emergency Department has been recently renovated and has approximately 15,000 square feet, and a teaching learning centre which is equipped with two computers, VCR, manequins, resource books and tapes. There is as a conference/meeting room in the department, and hospital library is available.

Riverside Drive
PO Box 6600
Charlottetown Prince Edward Island C1A 8T5
Canada
Tel: (902) 894-2200
Fax: (902) 894-2927
Website: http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=11647

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Emergency Department is a 274 bed full-service health care facility in the capital city of the Province of Prince Edward Island. The QEH is the major referral centre for the Province. The Emergency Department has 43,475 adult and pediatric visits per year. The majority of emergency physicians are full time. The Department contains a waiting room, triage desk, registration desk, nurse-manager's office, 7 minor treatment rooms, 3 trauma rooms, a 3-bed resuscitation suite, and a 6-bed observation suite. There is a physician on-call room in the Ed. The QEH library has a full time librarian, with advance CD-ROM and Internet ISDN access for reference materials.

325 Pleasant Street
Dartmouth Nova Scotia B2Y 4G8
Canada
Tel: (902) 465-8491
Fax: (902) 465-8579
Website: Dartmouth General Hospital

The Dartmouth General Hospital Emergency Department has 14 beds and sees approximately 40,000 patient visits per year . Of these, 80% are adult visits and 20% are pediatric visits. The department is approximately 4,500 square feet in size. The department has its own mini-reference centre as well as access to journals, etc., through Inter-Library loans, the Internet and carries the micromedex system.

1482 George Street
Sydney NS B1P 1P3
Tel: (902) 539-4534
Fax: (902) 567-7904
Website: http://www.cbdha.nshealth.ca/

The Cape Breton Healthcare Complex consists of five sites: the Cape Breton Regional Hospital; Northside General Hospital; Harbour View Hospital; Glace Bay Healthcare Facility; and New Waterford Consolidated Hospital. With the exception of very specialized services, these five facilities provide a full range of services including primary, secondary and tertiary care.

The Cape Breton Regional Hospital (CBRH) functions as a community hospital for the Sydney and surrounding areas, serving approximately 115,000 people of industrial Cape Breton, and it serves as the regional referral centre for eastern Nova Scotia, with a catchment area of approximately 180,000 to 200,000 people. Each year more than 48,000 patients, who range in age from a few days old onward, are treated at the emergency department of the CBRH, which is a level III emergency centre.

207 Willow Street
Truro NS B2N 5A1
Tel: (902) 893-5556
Fax: (902) 893-5550
Website: http://www.cehha.nshealth.ca/hospitals/colchester/

The Colchester Regional Emergency Department is a combined adult and pediatric care facility.

90 Glen Allan Drive
Bridgewater NS B4V 3S6
Tel: (902) 543-4603 (ext. 2244)
Fax: (902) 543-5336
Website: http://www.ssdha.nshealth.ca/index.htm

The South Shore Regional Emergency Department, a level III centre, is a combined adult and pediatric care facility with upwards of 25,000 visits per year.

150 Exhibition Street
Kentville NS B0P 1T0
Tel: (902) 679-2657 (ext. 2803)
Fax: (902) 679-0557
Website: http://www.avdha.nshealth.ca/vrh/

The Valley Regional Hospital Emergency Department is a 100 bed Full service health care facility in Kentville, Nova Scotia and is part of the Western Health Region.

The Emergency Department has 30,000 visits per year and is a combined pediatric adult emergency. The Emergency Department is staffed with 2 full-time, including one FRCP(C), physicians and 9 part-time physicians most of whom are 2/3 time emergency. There is a 2-bed trauma room in addition to 12 other beds. Specialty backup includes 4 internists, 2 cardiologists, 2 general and 2 vascular surgeons, ENT, urology, gyne, pediatrics, ophthalmology, and orthopedics.

Radiology includes CT and angiography.
Library facilities include computer and Internet access with access to major full text journal articles.

70 Memory Lane
Sackville NS
Tel: (902) 869-6101 Website: Cobequid Community Health Centre

This new 126,000 square foot health-care facility will provide space for an Emergency Department, Ambulatory Care, Physiotherapy, and Diagnostic Imaging, as well as Mental Health/Addiction Services, Community Services and Clinics.

Brought together under one roof, these associated departments of modern health care will bring specialists and outreach facilities into a single location for easier access by the community.

89 Payzant Dr.
Windsor NS    B0N 2T0
Tel: (902) 792-2000
Fax: (902) 798-6002
Web Page Hants Community Hospital

Hants Community Hospital is located in Windsor Nova Scotia. It serves the communities of Windsor, Hantsport, the Municipality of West Hants and portions of the Municipality of East Hants. There are 34 acute care beds on-site. Four of these beds are intermediate care beds. At present we have four additional ALC beds.