Emergency Services

Providing Emergency and Critical Care

St. Paul’s Emergency Department is Saskatoon’s second-largest Emergency Department. It has long developed a legacy of supporting our city and the greater provincial community in providing both emergent and urgent care. In 2021– 2022, we were able to meet immediate community need with the support of the Rapid Access Addiction Medication (RAAM) Clinic and the Emergency Department.

Addiction Counsellors (EDAC) Team. These partnerships with our Mental Health and Addiction Services department have provided opportunities for intervention, have increased positive outcomes for each patient who presents to the Emergency Department, and have allowed us to better serve our patients living with addictions.

Donor Support Advances Critical Care

Donor support provided the Emergency Department with four new bedside patient monitors, greatly improving our patient experience.

These machines are fine-tuned to the specific needs of each patient: Any subtle variance in the patient’s heart, lungs, brain or blood pressure instantly triggers an alert to the Emergency team. This helps to detect conditions that medical personnel alone may not be able to identify, and can allow lifesaving decisions to be made quickly and efficiently.

Patients can now be monitored during any diagnostic test or while being moved throughout the Hospital without any interruption, and central monitoring allows staff to see each assigned patient no matter their location. This state-of-theart technology allows our staff to rapidly recognize concerns, diagnose patients, and provide treatment in a better way than we ever had thought possible.

St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation’s “Cold Hands, Warm Hearts” fundraising campaign, sponsored by Cameco, allowed our Emergency Department and other units to hand out warm toques, mitts and hand warmers to our community members. In the past, during deeply cold winter weather, St. Paul’s Hospital had the opportunity to act as a designated warm-up spot for the community. However, within the guidelines of pandemic safety, we were unable to do so this year. Community support of this campaign allowed Hospital staff to provide support to those seeking warmth by supplying cozy winter gear for when they made their way to a warm-up facility.

Executive Director of St. Paul’s Hospital Tracy Muggli and St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation CEO Lecina Hicke showcase hand warmers for the Cold Hands Warm Hearts Campaign.