Research
Epidemiologic features of medical emergencies in remote First Nations in northern Ontario: a cross-sectional descriptive study using air ambulance transport data
David VanderBurgh, David W. Savage, Sacha Dubois, Natalie Binguis, Sadie Maxwell, Natalie Bocking, Terri Farrell, Homer Tien, Stephen D. Ritchie and Aaron Orkin
May 23, 2020 8 (2) E400-E406; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20190186
David VanderBurgh
Section of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph’s Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont
MDDavid W. Savage
Section of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph’s Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont
PhDSacha Dubois
Section of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph’s Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont
MPHNatalie Binguis
Section of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph’s Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont
LLBSadie Maxwell
Section of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph’s Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont
Natalie Bocking
Section of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph’s Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont
MD MIPHTerri Farrell
Section of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph’s Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont
MBChBHomer Tien
Section of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph’s Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont
MD MScStephen D. Ritchie
Section of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph’s Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont
PhDAaron Orkin
Section of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph’s Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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