Canadian Children Need Improved Pain Management in Emergency Departments

Team: News and Events
Posted on January 06, 2015

Date: This is not a timed event.

Dr. Samina Ali, an associate professor of pediatrics with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta has found that children in emergency departments across Canada are likely being undertreated for pain. The study is featured on the front cover of the September 2014 issue of the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine and was featured in the Edmonton Examiner

Visit the links below or click here for more information about this study.

Web Links and Embedded Content

http://www.cjem-online.ca/v16/n5/p352
http://uofa.ualberta.ca/news-and-events/newsarticles/2015/january/canadian-children-need-improved-pain-management-in-emergency-departments
http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2015/01/28/university-of-alberta-study-identifies-problems-with-pediatric-care

TREKK.ca is supported by the Government of Canada through the Networks of Centres of Excellence Knowledge Mobilization Initiative.