Is it time for a CT scanner in every Canadian rural hospital?

Richard Fleet^{1

2

3}, Philippe Brochu¹, Pierre-Gilles Blanchard^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada.
² VITAM-Centre de recherche en santé durable de l'Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
³ Research Chair in Innovation and Emergency Medicine, Laval University-Dessercom-CISSS Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada. Pierre-gilles.blanchard.1@ulaval.ca.
⁵ VITAM-Centre de recherche en santé durable de l'Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada. Pierre-gilles.blanchard.1@ulaval.ca.

Editorial

Richard Fleet et al. CJEM. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;23(5):579-580.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00197-6. Epub 2021 Sep 7.

Richard Fleet^{1

2

3}, Philippe Brochu¹, Pierre-Gilles Blanchard^{4

5}

¹ Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada.
² VITAM-Centre de recherche en santé durable de l'Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
³ Research Chair in Innovation and Emergency Medicine, Laval University-Dessercom-CISSS Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada. Pierre-gilles.blanchard.1@ulaval.ca.
⁵ VITAM-Centre de recherche en santé durable de l'Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada. Pierre-gilles.blanchard.1@ulaval.ca.

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Comment on

Evaluating delays for emergent CT scans from a rural British Columbia hospital.
Watchorn A, Curran J, Evans Z, Wong V. Watchorn A, et al. CJEM. 2021 Sep;23(5):641-645. doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00147-2. Epub 2021 Jun 22. CJEM. 2021. PMID: 34156667

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