When coming to the Emergency Department, please bring:
- Your health card
- A list of medications
- A list of allergies
- Emergency contact information
This ensures your health care providers can provide the safest and timeliest care, for a better healthcare experience.
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For these reasons:
- Patients with new or persistent cough, fever, rash or other similar symptoms
- Patients with imminent concerns but are not life or limb threatening
- Patients with or without a primary care provider
Medical Clinic: To book an appointment 705-628-2173
For these reasons:
- MTO appointments
- PAP tests
- Strep tests
- Ear infections
- Ear flushing
Emergency Department Total patients = Total number of patients in the department that have been seen or are waiting to see a Physician.
Being Treated = Patients who have had an initial assessment completed by a Physician.
Patients Waiting = Patients who have not yet had an initial assessment by a Physician.
The wait time presented refers to the time between being assessed by a triage nurse and seeing a doctor.
The graph represents the 90th percentile wait time to see a Physician at different times of the day and is based on data for the past 30 days. The orange ‘Current Wait time’ bar represents the current time of the day.
Emergency wait times can be many things: the length of wait to be triaged, the length of wait to see a nurse, the wait to see a Physician and the wait until discharge home or to an inpatient floor. The wait time presented on this wait time clock refers to the time between being assessed by a triage nurse and seeing a Physician. The wait time clock does not include the time you are waiting in line to be triaged. Due to rapidly changing demands in the Emergency Department, you may experience a much longer than expected wait.
We measure the wait time posted above as the time from when you are assessed by a triage nurse until the time you see a doctor for assessment. Because new patients arrive frequently, estimated wait times can change significantly.
Your personal experience may vary from these posted wait times based on a number of factors:
- Patients with more life-threatening situations arriving in the Emergency Department after you
- Volume of patients waiting to be seen
The computer system that supports our wait times information is powered by VitalHub®. Their web-based software takes historic and real-time data from our internal reporting systems and turns it into an understandable report, similar to the weather forecast. Just like the weather, it is important to understand that the data posted here represents the most current information about the chance or probability of waiting for a certain time. This automated system refreshes the data in real-time, ensuring the most accurate information available, and is what allows us to provide this information externally.
Temiskaming Hospital’s Emergency Department wait times are provided for general information only. Please be advised that wait times can change significantly and immediately, without warning, and are therefore not guaranteed. Patients will be seen in the Emergency Department based on their medical condition and the severity of their situation.
Due to rapidly changing demands in the Emergency Department and the need to see the sickest patients first, your own wait time may be more or less than the time displayed on this website.
The displaying of wait times on Temiskaming Hospital’s website is for general information only and is not medical advice, or a recommendation that you choose a different Emergency Department.
Temiskaming Hospital clearly disclaims all liability for the use of this information, and for any claims, actions, demands, or suits arising from such use.
Temiskaming Hospital does not assume, and is not responsible for any liability whatsoever arising from any person’s use of this website, including any decisions made about their personal health as a result of using this website.
