Catherine Varner
@CVarnerEmerg
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Academic emergency physician, pregnancy researcher, Deputy Editor @CMAJ Views expressed are my own.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined February 2016
RT @davidcarr333: Hope you can join us this year. @HumanFact0rz @EmICUcanada @CVarnerEmerg @petrosoniak @_NMay @EMUofT @arunsayal1 @Dennis….
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RT @davidcarr333: Registration open NOW. This will sell out. Sell out. @petrosoniak @EmICUcanada @HumanFact0rz @arunsayal1 @ETtube @EMUofT….
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RT @petrosoniak: On the backdrop of increasing ED wait times we have completely inept decisions by MOH @fordnation & @SylviaJonesMPP cuttin….
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Hospitals in the GTA have some of the longest wait times in the province, a new study has found.
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RT @MargaretAtwood: Mabel's Fables is facing a tough move that could impact our community. They need our help to cover moving costs and ren….
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Mabel's Fables Bookstore opened at 662 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto in September 1988… Eleanor LeFave needs your support for Mabel's Fables Next Chapter Fund
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RT @CanHealthwatch: Pregnant and bearing the burden of measles outbreaks in Canada @CVarnerEmerg . 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀….
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❤️❤️.
Dr. Catherine Varner @CVarnerEmerg speaking on managing the crashing OB patient. This is my favourite part, because while we all learn about the bleeding, we don’t often get taught about managing the distress that results. What we say matters. @ICEM2025 .
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RT @CAEP_Docs: Code Cycle riders are ready to go! 🚴♂️. ❤️ Show your support for #EmergencyMedicine research: https….
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Incredible EM colleagues are riding their bikes from Toronto to Montreal for @ICEM2025 to support @CAEP_Docs Emergency Medicine Advancement Fund that supports 🇨🇦 EM research. Check it out and consider donating to their ride:.
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Are you a medical student or health sciences student looking to gain experience in scientific publishing? @CMAJ is hiring a 2025 summer student!.
We're hiring!.CMAJ 2025 Summer Student, Editorial.Details ➡️ https://#MedTwitter #MedEd.
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RT @dlsphjournalism: Join us for the Dalla Lana Fellowship Online Open House on March 5, 2025! Discover how #Journalism can lead to #Public….
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RT @CBCQueensPark: I’ve done a lot of reporting over the years on the challenges facing Ontario’s hospitals and no one working in the syste….
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If you've spent hours waiting to see a doctor in an Ontario emergency room, or days in the ER waiting to get admitted to hospital, you likely didn't see the real factors driving those delays.
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The Encounters article in this week’s issue of @CMAJ by Dr. Diana Toubassi is such an understated reminder of the beauty and humanity in medicine. I cry each time I read it.
Everything but love:.A family physician is inspired by a spirited, adventurous, high-achieving couple whose physical ailments and grief did not diminish their love. ➡️
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RT @CMAJ: Everything but love:.A family physician is inspired by a spirited, adventurous, high-achieving couple whose physical ailments and….
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RT @CMAJ: Chronic rhinosinusitis: what’s the latest on diagnosis and treatment?. New articles on chronic rhinosinusitis, legionnaires' dise….
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RT @ICESOntario: #ECSrounds this week: Emergency department use for suspected cancer.Everyone welcome, Feb. 20 at 12 PM ET. Join via Zoom….
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RT @EddyLang1: Disparities in emergency department boarding: contrasting mental health and non-mental health patients .
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This is the most extensive Canadian study comparing ED boarding for mental health and non-mental patients. The results demonstrate that mental health patients experience disproportionately longer ED...
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"While our waiting rooms provide shelter to growing numbers of unhoused people, the offered solutions, such as surge shelter spaces that open only during extreme cold snaps, fall too short both in capacity and what they offer to people." @CAEP_Docs.
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In this sustained period of freezing temps & discussion from 🇨🇦EM colleagues, I have thought a lot about a @CJEMonline article co-written by @DrCarolynSnider and @bysahilgupta, both experts in the care of people experiencing homelessness. Find it here➡️
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RT @CAEP_Docs: Our thoughts are with our colleagues at the QEII in Halifax. Violence has no place in the Emergency Department. Read CAEP’s….
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