500 days of Lilly
After staying 500 days at Hamilton Health Sciences’ McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH), one of our tiniest yet mightiest patients got...
Helping our littlest patients breathe
There is no such thing as a typical day in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at McMaster Children’s Hospital...
“When you can’t breathe, nothing else matters.” Respiratory therapists are vital to COVID care
“We see patients when they are at their very worst,” says respiratory therapist (RT) Ally Ruzycki-Chadwick. Her job is to...
Up Close: COVID-19 Units at Hamilton General Hospital
At Hamilton General Hospital, two units have been designated to care for COVID-19 patients: 8 West and ICU South. By...
Introducing… a registered respiratory therapist
Nicole Zaldivar is a registered respiratory therapist (RRT) at McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH), in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)...
Not the finish line: RACE Team celebrates 10 years
Hamilton General Hospital’s (HGH) RACE—Rapid Assessment of Critical Events—Team is celebrating ten years of providing critical care to patients outside...