Emergency Medicine
The Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) at the Alberta Children’s Hospital provides care for over 75,000 patient visits per year.
The Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) at the Alberta Children's Hospital provides care for over 75,000 patient visits per year. Pediatric Emergency specialist physicians, registered nurses, and respiratory technicians with pediatric emergency skills are present 24 hours a day. The Department serves as the pediatric tertiary medical and trauma referral centre for southern Alberta, eastern British Columbia and western Saskatchewan, as well the primary emergency department for children in the immediate local area.
Facilities
In September of 2006, the PED moved to its present location at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. The PED is a state-of-the-art facility consisting of resuscitation rooms, a procedure room, and private monitoring/observation rooms. Additional areas for minor emergencies, orthopedic management and urgent mental health assessment complete the patient care environment.
At the beginning of 2013, pediatric emergency services were expanded to the South Health Campus (SHC). We are the first city in Canada to provide specialized emergency care to children at two sites under one unified system. In the past year, over 14,000 pediatric patients were seen at SHC.
ACH Pediatric Emergency Research Team (PERT) 2021 Annual Report (Click to access)
ACH Pediatric Emergency Research Team (PERT) 2020 Annual Report (Click to access)
ACH Pediatric Emergency Research Team (PERT) 2018 Annual Report (Click to access)
ACH Pediatric Emergency Research Team (PERT) 2017 Annual Report (Click to access)
ED Research and Quality Improvement Initiatives
- Appendicitis
- Precision Medicine (metabolomics/proteomics/transcriptomics) for diagnosis
- Optimizing Imaging Strategies (US, MRI)
- Asthma/wheeze
- Effectiveness and safety of combined beta-agonist and corticosteroid therapy
- Concussion/Head Injury
- Novel ED assessment tools (cognitive testing)
- COVID-19
- Predictors of infection and severe disease
- Household transmission
- Gastroenteritis (Vomiting/Diarrhea)
- Clinical trials – anti-emetics
- Epidemiology
- Novel diagnostics
- Medical education research
- Competency based medical education
- Mental Health
- Acute care bundles
- Pain
- Pediatric pain measurement, management and treatment
- Patient Safety and Quality
- Performance measurement (development and application of quality indicators for pediatric emergency care)
- Patient safety and quality improvement research
- Emergency department flow and efficiency
- Sepsis
- Precision Medicine (metabolomics/proteomics) for diagnosis
- Management Strategies (optimizing fluid management, clinical pathways)
- Simulation Education and Feedback Research
- Identifying the most effective methods of simulation-based education
- Improving the quality of CPR and outcomes from pediatric cardiac arrest
- Debriefing methods
- Faculty development and quality assurance
- Teaching parents and families
The Section promotes ongoing research in collaboration with the Department and other partners.
HEAL (Health Education and Learning) Program: The HEAL website empowers families to manage common minor acute emergencies at home and know when to seek additional care. The top 10 minor illnesses that appear in the ACH ED are covered. To find out more, visit: www.ahs.ca/heal
- Dr. Rami Ableman
- Dr. Hillary Ambrose
- Dr. Katherine Anker
- Dr. Francois Belanger
- Dr. Andrea Boone
- Dr. Mark Bromley
- Dr. Robyn Buna
- Dr. Gavin Burgess
- Dr. Ping-Wei Chen
- Dr. Adam Cheng
- Dr. Omar Damji
- Dr. Lundy Day
- Dr. Jennifer D’Mello
- Dr. Shirmee Doshi
- Dr. Shawn Dowling
- Dr. Mohamed Eltorki
- Dr. Marc Francis
- Dr. Stephen Freedman
- Dr. Jennifer Graham
- Dr. Jeff Grant
- Dr. Vincent Grant
- Dr. Jonathan Guilfoyle
- Dr. Kristen Johnson
- Dr. Christine Kennedy
- Dr. Tanuja Kodeeswaran
- Dr. Russell Lam
- Dr. Kerri Landry
- Dr. David Lendrum
- Dr. Edward Les
- Dr. Lorraine Mabon
- Dr. Joe MacLellan
- Dr. Katelyn Maki
- Dr. Sarah McPherson
- Dr. Gord McNeil
- Dr. Michelle McTimoney
- Dr. Cory Meeuwisse
- Dr. Andre Michalchuk
- Dr. Patrick Mihalicz
- Dr. Kelly Millar
- Dr. Shabnam Minoosepehr
- Dr. Nicholas Monfries
- Dr. Ellen Morrison
- Dr. Rhonda Ness
- Dr. Mary-Louise O’Byrne
- Dr. Adam Oster
- Dr. Heather Patterson
- Dr. Karl Phillips
- Dr. Michael Pierse
- Dr. Tania Principi (Section Chief)
- Dr. Naminder Sandhu
- Dr. Erik Saude
- Dr. Michael Schlegelmilch
- Dr. Michelle Simonelli
- Dr. Antonia Stang
- Dr. Dana Stewart
- Dr. Fiona Stewart
- Dr. Alexandra St-Onge-St-Hilaire
- Dr. Dana Stys
- Dr. Brittany Sunderani
- Dr. Izabela Sztukowski
- Dr. Graham Thompson
- Dr. Jennifer Thull-Freedman
- Dr. Philip Ukrainetz
- Dr. Hussein Unwala
- Dr. Melanie Willimann
- Dr. Ashlea Wilmott
- Dr. Gloria Yoo