{"id":85933,"date":"2021-10-06T13:39:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T17:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=85933"},"modified":"2021-10-07T09:11:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T13:11:23","slug":"military-nurses-to-begin-work-at-edmonton-hospital-as-alberta-battles-4th-wave-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/canada\/military-nurses-to-begin-work-at-edmonton-hospital-as-alberta-battles-4th-wave-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Military nurses to begin work at Edmonton hospital as Alberta battles 4th wave of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alberta requested assistance from the military last month as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and intensive care admissions spiked. (Evan Mitsui\/CBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canadian military nurses are set to\u00a0begin working at\u00a0Edmonton’s Royal Alexandra Hospital\u00a0to help alleviate pressure on a critical care unit\u00a0overburdened with COVID-19 patients.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Canadian Armed Forces says eight critical care nursing officers\u00a0deployed from Ontario and Nova Scotia\u00a0are to begin shifts at the downtown hospital as early as this afternoon.<\/p>\n

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“They are scheduled to conduct integration training with [Alberta Health Services] the morning of October 6 and will be scheduled to begin shifts later that afternoon upon completion,”\u00a0reads a statement from the\u00a0Canadian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n

The military support is to be in place until the end of October.<\/p>\n

Alberta requested assistance from the military last month as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and intensive care admissions spiked.<\/p>\n

One senior critical care nursing officer was the first to be deployed to the province on Monday to help health authorities determine where and how the other nursing officers would be integrated into the health-care system.<\/p>\n

Alberta is also working on an agreement\u00a0with Newfoundland and Labrador, which has also offered to send a medical team.<\/p>\n

The Red Cross\u00a0is planning to send up to 20 medical professionals, some with ICU experience, to Alberta as well.<\/p>\n

Alberta health officials continue to scramble to find acute care space to accommodate critically ill patients, in an attempt to avoid the grim prospect of rationing care.<\/p>\n

Alberta\u00a0reported\u00a0663 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and 26 additional deaths. There were 1,094 patients in hospital with the disease on Tuesday, including 252 in intensive care.<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday, ICU capacity was at 82 per cent. Without the use of additional surge spaces, provincial ICU capacity would be at 177 per cent, AHS said.<\/p>\n

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New measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Alberta also come into effect Wednesday, including a reduction in the outdoor gathering limit to 20 people from 200 and the resumption of public reporting of schools with at least two known infections.<\/p>\n

During a news conference Tuesday, Premier Jason Kenney also announced that Albertans 75 and older and First Nations, Inuit and Metis people aged 65 and older can now book a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

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The Canadian Armed Forces says eight critical care nursing officers are to begin shifts as early as today at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. (Codie McLachlan\/CBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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