UHNBC Trauma Team delivering great results
How long do people with major injuries stay in hospital? If the hospital is UHNBC in Prince George, the average is 8.5 days (as compared to the BC average of 12). The UHNBC Trauma Team aims to get peo...
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Serving up healthy school lunches, salad bar style
For Houston’s Silverthorne Elementary, setting students up for success begins with a meal made with love. Until recently, many residents in this small community travelled 120km round trip to purchas...
Tumbler Ridge physician makes 33rd appearance in long-running journal feature
Dr. Charles Helm, who practices in Tumbler Ridge in Northern BC, is the author of “Country Cardiograms case 64” in the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine’s Fall 2018 issue. The recurring feature...
It's Canadian Intensive Care Week!
Celebrate Canadian Intensive Care Week Oct 21 - 27. Each year, over 100,000 Canadians receive life-saving care in ICUs. Thank you to Northern Health's critical care nurses, ICU physicians, and other I...
Primary and Community Care transformation is hard: How one nurse changed her perspective
How to change your perspective At first, changing the way she worked seemed like a terrible idea. “I don’t like change and I knew I was retiring soon,” Kathy Sloan says. She w...
Wellness at Work: Tips from your Recreation Therapist
Reaching optimal wellness In the world of recreation therapy, we often think of wellness as not the absence of disease, but rather on a spectrum. As such, there are many factors – physical, socia...
