Recommendations For The Management Of Rural, Remote And Isolated Emergency Health Care Facilities In Canada

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Method of Development of the Recommendations
• Level of Evidence Supporting the Recommendations
• The Rural Context of Emergency Medicine
• Recommendations and Discussion

References
Appendix: Organizations with an interest in rural emergency medicine.

March 1, 1997

Prepared by the
Rural & Small Urban Committee of the
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians: Jim Thompson MD CCFP(EM) FCFP Charlottetown, PEI (Chair)
jim2@jimthompson.net
Russ Berscheid MD CCFP(EM), formerly of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Peter Butt, MD CCFP(EM) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Graham Dodd MD CCFP(EM) Salmon Arm, British Columbia
Alan Drummond MD CCFP(EM) Perth, Ontario
Keith MacLellan MD Shawville, Quebec
Jim O'Carroll MD MB BCh BAQ DCH LM Regina, Saskatchewan
Tom O'Neill MB BCh BAO DTM&H CCFP Shawville, Quebec
Mark Quigg MD CCFP Sioux Lookout, Ontario
James Rourke MD CCFP(EM) MClSc FCFP FAAFP, Goderich, Ontario
Michael Shuster MD FRCPC DABEM, Banff, Alberta
John Tallon MD FRCPC Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Paul Turner MD CCFP Perth, Ontario

Working draft developed by the CAEP Rural & Small-Urban Committee December 1994 - Sept 1996.
Rural Committee's working draft reviewed by the CAEP Standards Committee Sept -Nov 1996.
Draft revised by the CAEP Rural Committee Dec 1996 - Jan 1997.
Document approved by the CAEP Board for public release on Feb 9, 1997.
Final version completed March 1, 1997.

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