I went to the E.R. here in Canada, when I had a minor injury, I had to wait about 6 Hours. However, when I had more of a life threating condition, they saw me within minutes. It all depends on the level of your severity.
I LOVE winter. You can wear lots of comfy fat clothes and the snow makes everything look lovely. Just don’t live in a city where the snow is gray slush. Live in a rural area, have a wood stove or fireplace and snowshoes and just enjoy it.
Having to wait in the ER in Canada is actually a bit of a good thing - they triage and treat the worst cases first. If you're waiting a while, you can be sure that whatever you have isn't going to kill you. At least, not right away.
I was gonna say this too. If you went in for a sniffle or a little boo-boo, you're going to be waiting awhile. If your arm is falling off, you'll be admitted very quickly.
Indeed. When I broke my leg pretty badly, I discovered that there's a unit for things more urgent than the ER: the Traumatology, or Trauma Center. It bypasses the ER entirely, as it is immediate care. Once the life-threatening issues are taken care of and you're stable, you're then moved into triage for whatever further surgery or treatment you may need. In less than twelve hours, I had a new leg! (I'm over simplifying, of course.)
I’ve had long and short waits in Canadian (Toronto specifically) emergency rooms. Every time there has been something serious, like chest pain or heart attack symptoms, I didn’t wait more than 10 minutes for tests or a bed. When it’s something less serious or less urgent/life threatening, I’ve waited a good few hours. But that’s because people who are literally dying take priority, even if it’s inconvenient or uncomfortable. Hopefully even if you’re in immense pain, you won’t have to wait too long, but it’s tricky now with the opioid crisis and drug seeking behaviour, because there’s a lot of hesitation to provide pain relief. There’s also a risk of being overlooked if your symptoms are ambiguous, but I imagine that’s universal, especially for women. Unfortunately I know many women who have had ovarian cysts and severe abdominal pain that was overlooked as just menstrual discomfort or PCOS when it turned out to be cancer. So our system is far from perfect, but at least if someone is going to die, at least their family won’t have to suffer in debt for the rest of their lives on top of the grief of losing their loved one…
The reason there is a huge line for ER is for a couple reasons 1) Healthcare worker shortage. There's literally no one on shift to see you 2) everybody and his dog is at the ER because there are few walk in clinics and lots of people don't have a family doctor (at least where I am.) So where else do you go for an ear infection? The ER. For 8 hours
I have never waited ten hours to see a dr. The most I've ever waited is an hour ! I waited at an emergency room for about 2 hours, but they triage you first. If an ambulance comes with a serious patient they get through first which is how it should be. You have to have patience. Bring a book!
On the ER issue. Yes, if you are in a busy big city hospital you'll wait a long time if your situation isn't serious - it's called Emergency for a reason.... On the other hand, we live in a very small town and visited the local ER late on a Saturday night and were the only ones there. My husband had the undivided attention of a doctor and two nurses and they even called in the lab tech for urgent blood work. And, you guessed it, no bill. :)
For the last guy who say HOW TO SPEAK CANADIAN . Here in Quebec we have in Quebec French the QUEBEC SLANG . Someone from France has hard time understanding Quebec French, and never in 100 years they can understand Quebec slang , they will catch some parts because some words is not changed or modified and many words or expressions cannot be translated in English they are unique to the Quebec slang , only a synonym can be found for a translation.
In the ER in Canada they use triage. I went one time and the place was packed. I was taken and treated FIRST! But then I was damn sick and spent six days in hospital.
I had something resl bad in Nov. After triage, they speed me up a bit and was seen in like 30 to 45 mins Tho ER misdiagnosed me saying I didn't have what I had When base on 2nd opinion plus acupuncture/ Chinese dr and pharmacist all said the more concerning issue But yeah if it's time sensitive and what one has mm could Escalate when you're seen
So the sidewalk-duckwalk isn't a real thing, BUT - I find myself waddling like a penguin after freezing-rain. It just seems like a naturally effecient and safe way of dealing with low-traction.
Yup, we definitely know how to do that slow shuffling skoot across ice covered sidewalks, roads, driveways etc.. but I've never done that down low squat duck walk, also my knees wouldn't allow that! 😂
Yeah what she did was really smart. Getting really low to the ground when you're having to walk across icey places is a really really smart thing to do because if your feet slip out from under you you don't have very far to fall cuz you're already very low to the ground. It's recommended that if you have to walk across a place that has like black ice or it's just really icey that you get down low... And waddle across like she did or crawl if your knees can handle that... Don't want to fall standing up right on your feet when walking on ice... that's how you break bones.
it snows, sidewalks get shoveled. it gets warm, snow starts to melt, sidewalks are now hte low point so water runs down them, it gets cold and the water on sidewalks freeze, you now have long skinny ice rinks. her scouting was easy because she was on ice :)
I just want to clarify waiting times in ERs. Patients are triaged based on need. If you need care immediately, you get care immediately. I have NEVER waited 10 hours for care. Sadly, a lot of people go to the ER when they should have gone to an urgent care center (the step between a walk-in and an ER). They end up waiting long hours in the ER because they're not in need of immediate care.
My fav Canadian tik tok. Is a guy who pulled over to the side of the road to flag a driver at a red light his Tims was on the roof of his car. Nothing more Canadian then that!
Canadians who complain about wait times don't understand the concept of triage. If you're waiting for hours in ER it's probably because you don't belong there and should have gone to a clinic.
I was in once with a broken foot, and there was a lady with her kid, and apparently his issue was that the night before his stomach hurt a bit. He was fine at the time and had gone to school. And she still took him to the _ER._ Also she kept calling her like, 7 year old kid 'dude' and they had a full bucket of KFC. I had a spiral fracture you could slip a toonie through, and I had to wait for this lady to find out her perfectly fine kid was perfectly fine. Sorry lol, I _hate_ when people go to the ER instead of a clinic lol
Our ER wait times are prioritized 100% - if you are waiting, someone is more critical than you. Our local one varies; we have been in and out in a half hour, but we prepare for 2-4 hours generally.
I went to school at Carlton University in Ottawa. The Rideau Canal is frozen every year, and I used to ice skate back-and-forth to school down the canal. Oh Canada 🇨🇦
As a Canuck, I have to weigh in about the ER wait times. There is such a misconception about this. In the US, people don’t generally go to the ER unless they are legit in bad shape. Whether it’s the hassle with their insurance, the co-pay, etc they generally think twice before going if they can. In Canada, I think because we can just walk in and get seen some people use it the way other people would see a family doctor. It’s because it’s free, and guaranteed that sometimes people go for non-life threatening things, or at least stuff that they could have gone to a walk in clinic for. This makes the wait for less urgent issues longer. That’s not to say sometimes a non-urgent issue doesn’t have to be seen there, because sometimes they do. Whether it’s the diagnostic equipment or time of day, sometimes you just have to go even if you aren’t literally at death’s door. However, when I had excruciating pain in my stomach, I was seen so fast the admin lady had to run down the hall after me and was putting my bracelet on my wrist as the doctor was examining me. When my daughter had chest pains at 12 yrs old after a soccer game, she was seen immediately. When I had an allergic reaction, I was seen immediately. When I had an asthma flare I waited 20 minutes. But when I’ve gone in for a broken ankle (from playing soccer) at 11 pm, it was my best option because walk in clinics are closed, and I knew I’d need X-ray, I had to wait for 4 hrs. And I’ve been beside people who went in for a hemorrhoid or a cut that didn’t need super glue let alone stitches, or to have a prescription refill. I think the problem is more that a lot of Canadians overuse the ER , and then for those who still are appropriately there, but just not fighting for life and limb, you just have to wait like everyone else. My broken ankle is more appropriate for the ER than someone’s minor cut that got a tiny bandaid, but I have to wait just the same. Anything truly serious is seen right away. I don’t think most Canadians who’ve waited appreciate that enough. The reason you have to wait in a Canadian ER is most often because you could have gone somewhere else but went to the ER, you left something too late like a prescription refill, or because you needed to be there but those other people who did misuse the ER are now in front of you. Sure, you’re migraine might be an appropriate reason for you to be there at 2 am, but because you aren’t actively dying, you have to wait. It’s kind of the fault of other Canadians. But if you’re someone who only goes when you really need to, then it’s not generally that much of an issue. Real emergency care is delivered quickly and with exceptional skill. The people saying they waited 10 hrs almost without exception were there when they could have chosen a more appropriate option for care. Occasionally even an urgent issue can get a wait, but not very often and an emergency one is always seen right away. And the longer you say you waited, that tells me the less likely the ER staff felt you needed to be seen in an ER. The only time I’ve ever been in an ER for 10+ hrs was the time I had the belly pain. Most of that time I was undergoing tests and was medicated with morphine. If you’ve been in the waiting room for 10 hrs, you could leave and go to a walk in and get seen within an hour. If you stayed, that’s on you. It’s only very rare, extenuating circumstances that someone is legitimately needing to be at the hospital and waiting more than 3 or 4 hrs before they get seen by someone. Whether you walk in for a hangnail or a heart attack, a Canadian ER has to see you. But if you have a hangnail, don’t expect a doctor to prioritize you over the heart attack, or the migraine, or the allergic reaction, or the car accident, or the broken leg, etc. Like, I always laugh when people tell me they waited for 10 hrs because if you were fine to wait for 10 hrs, then you didn’t probably need to be in an ER in the first place. Again, there are a few extenuating circumstances like a mass casualty situation but not many.
Perfectly said. I was coming here to say exactly this. I hate the complaints because it throws shade at a system that, generally speaking, works well, and isn't even comparable to the insanity south of the border.
I truly feel for the people that choose to work in the medical field, in any capacity. As for wait times and treatment, in Manitoba, they are stretched past their limits. A lot are due to the reasons given, and some is due to the way over managed health care system. Too much of our health care dollars are wasted on paying mid management, the same people making the budgets. Their jobs are never cut.
Due to chronic shortages, many Canadian ERs have had to reduce hours or even close. Over 20% of Canadians can't get a family doctor. Source: your beloved CBC News
@@SilvanaDil That is true too. In reality it's a combination of all factors mentioned in this thread. They do their best, and see the worst cases first, but things are far from perfect. Especially since the pandemic hit, they've been swamped, and some health care workers have quit, do to being pushed to the breaking point. Though I will point out that while it's difficult to get a family doctor, you can usually get into a walk in clinic.
B.C. has the largest forest of any Canadian province with a rain forest included within it. That picture was captured in the rain forest. Yes, the wait times vary and sometimes there are unfortunate circumstances, however, this is quite rare. There are 3 categories of emergency and if you into one of the lower ones, you might get into a walk in clinic....ugh...provided that they are open. Not a perfect system by far, but I can go WHENEVER I do not feel well and it IS always free.
For medical issues that you should of just went to your doctor for or need minor care there is wait times measured in hour, an example is you have the flu. But serious conditions like heart/breathing issues or car accidents or example, go right to the front of the line and get immediate attention.
In fairness the flu can be serious. Not everyone with it needs to be in hospital but severe dehydration, and inability to keep even water down, or those with other medical conditions can very easily die from it. That said I’ve seen people with tiny hangnails in the ER, so I agree there are plenty of people there who don’t need to be. But flu can be extremely serious depending on the situation.
@@amammaof2 Then when they call their doctor he will refer to a hospital. That the way the system is suppose to work. When i was stabbed in the leg and i called my doctor for stitches he told me to go to hospital. Again that is the way the system is suppose to work. And if your medical condition is so fragile you will not get a wait time, that is what triage is for. If they make you wait then you should of went to doctor.
TLDR: the mountain I work at in Canada told us employees to walk like penguins in the parking lot. The crossing the sidewalk one was exaggerating but not entirely false. I work at a ski mountain and when we had the safety training they talked to us about some of the rules in the parking lot and gave us some tips. To sum it up, they told us to walk like a penguin. They said almost of the workplace injuries on the mountain consist of employees slipping in the parking lot so they told us to take small steps and to not run in the parking lot.
11:25 Very true. My Great Grandmother went to the ER and it took them pretty much all day to ask her what was wrong…. What if she was dying?! If you’re not spewing blood, it’ll take hours for most ER to get to you.
The best part of the Mountaineer train is they stop at a hotel to sleep. If you've ever slept on a train they are generally loud, cramped and bumpy. Instead you get a beautiful day followed by a nice sleep followed by a beautiful day. Lovely. It's about $3,000 (cdn) for 2 people... but it's one way... you still have to get home. The ER in Canada may make you wait (depending on why you are there). But, once in you get any needed test and if needed you can stay over a day, or a week... with no worries.
The Rocky Mountaineer and other train rides are lovely but you can drive most of the same routes. Beautiful either way. We regularly camp out to Southern Ontario from Vancouver so as navigator I pick out interesting routes. We save the Transcanada hwy for when we need to make up time or are going through parts of the Rockies, eg Kananaskis. An awful lot of beautiful country to explore.
In Canada you have top priority in the Emergency room at any hospital dependant on your situation. They will let someone who cut thier finger wait over someone who's Having a hard time breathing or heart attack etc.
My last visit to the ER was precipitated by my low hemoglobin. I wasn't the sickest there, and had to wait for 2 people to go ahead of me but then I had a stretcher and a room to lie down in and got several blood transfusions and tests over the next 5 days.
Food supply issues between countries, I suspect, are real. I am Canadian but have family in the US. The last family get together, u could tell who was from which country by the way they looked, in health terms, and what medications ppl were taking. My US family were way over medicated, two of my age peers had serious stomach or intestinal issues and had boxes of medicine from which to take every day. Another had a heart instrument surgically installed. Those of parents cohort had a cane, walking issues or were just slow to move. When they left, it was a topic of conversation that lasted for a while.
These videos are so funny because there’s an element of truth in them .The photos of Banff National Park just don’t do it justice ! Turning every corner is another breathtaking view,too bad Americans don’t know much about it since it’s so close and affordable .Thanks Tyler for your videos I look forward to seeing them and often learn something about my own country ,such fun !
There have been information campaigns telling people that the ER may not be the right place to go for less serious problems. There are many better, faster choices in many cases. And still free.
Not only the waiting time.. The Time for exams or surgery can have a lot of impact. Also, exept if you are hospitalise or some others exeption you have to pay for private physiotherapy (almost everybody) and even for a complex heath probleme.. If you dont have this money then... And some persins can pay many many many thousand of dollars for physiotherapie, medication or private Health care to receive the Health care they need. There is also other problemes..
i'm canadian and she is right about er wait time. but the thing is, if you go in with an actual emergency, it is gonna go fast. because it's free health care, some take it for granted. i've seen parents arrive at the er with kids ''on death's door'' according to them, with the kids running around everywhere, eating chips and candy just acting like kids, with a runny nose. old persons going to er just to sit there to have someone to talk to...
I see you really like the BC forest. You should check out Haida Gwaii. It’s an island off the west coast of BC. Beautiful forests and indigenous culture. Home of the Haida
You are seen almost immediately in a Canadian emergency room. But instead of a receptionist with a list of payment plans, you are seen by a triage nurse. They put patients into order by priority. People are also more inclined to go to emergency rooms because they aren’t afraid of the cost. Americans will often wait until a problem is critical before showing up at an ER. Canadians who don’t have a family doctor, or whose doctor is closed will often go to ER instead. A Canadian may wait half a day for treatment, but an American may wait a week before they finally go to an ER, when what may have been an easy fix has now become a critical situation. Appendicitis can be treated with antibiotics if caught early. It will likely need surgery if put off. If an American and a Canadian get their first symptoms, the Canadian is more likely to seek help and be fixed quicker.
That’s my experience. An ER nurse is on the desk. They take your symptoms, usually do a blood pressure and pulse test and then you wait - the order people are seen in is determined by need
The ER is for emergencies. So if your reason for being there is that it's the weekend and your doctors office is closed, but maybe you have strep throat, so you probably need a prescription, yeah, it might take a few hours to get seen. But if you go in with bad abdominal pain, like maybe appendicitis, you're getting seen pretty much immediately.
It is true that if you go to the ER in Canada and you aren't dying or in critical condition you will wait. Without having numbers to back this up; I would suspect that since American medicine is a business for profit it makes sense to move all patients through the ER as fast as possible. Basically McD's drive-thru mentality.
That last one with the ya no's got me. Most of these are generic copy pasta Canadian stereotype posts but that one was original n like Trevor said, accurate lol
The train starts at $1500 PP and includes a cabin, washroom, and double beds. I haven't done that one but I have done the Ottawa, ON to Halifax, NS trip (1 night; 2 days). Toronto to BC is 4 nights, if memory serves.
the Mountaineer train is overall 6-7 days long, 2 days on train. Costs between $2800 and $7000 depending on package chosen and how many people you book for.
Tyler the dome cars are not new. My dad worked for the CPR. and whenever we travelled. My brother and I would wake up early just to get a good seat through the Rockies, and that was in the 1950’s.. In the summer the Americans Pullman cars would be added to the CPR, full of American tourists, who would spend nearly all day up there to get the best view.
Your wait times in an er will depend on your injuries, a couple years back a friend accidentally tripped me while we were walking, and I fell head first on my face on an asphalt path. I was in and out with a CT scan in under 3 hours, with a concussion but luckily no facial fractures. The reason wait times are so long is people often go to ERS for something that could be better served in a Minor Emergency services. Or a clinic, the problem is we don’t have enough practicing family or general practitioners, and many people don’t have a regular physician to go to for minor things
The gentleman speaking about ya, no ya is very accurate. Some places hardly get very cold or have much snow in the winter. For instance Vancouver Victoria, penticton, Osoyoos Lastly, we penguin walk, we do not do what she was doing.
Wow. I just looked up that train trip. Looks like she did the Rocky Mountaineer 2 Day Vancouver to Banff. One overnight in Kamloops at a hotel, included. 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches. She mentioned full panoramic views and a "downstairs dining area", so she's doing "Gold Leaf" level, so tickets are $2524-$3090 CAD per person! Holy crap!
The problem with wait times in the ER, is that because it's free alot more people go there. In the US, less people go because it's so expensive, so they only go for really severe things. Whereas here, people will go to the ER even just for the flu so the ERs are overloaded with people who shouldn't really be going and should just treat their flu and such things at home or at a clinic
the train at 7:00 is totally worth the money, definitely not cheap, but for an upclose look at the places you normally wouldn't be able to drive to, it's worth it! i did a smaller version, from vancouver to prince george. the scenery was so amazing. bring your camera!
Just think about it, if you have to pay all the medical bills of everybody in your Country, you damn make sure that they're as healthy as that they can get. That's one of the reasons why we have higher quality food standards. ;)
We've had people come into our very busy ER with a cut that didn't require stitches - after waiting an hour the person started complaining that they may as well go home because their cut stopped bleeding. #peoplearestrange
Re: Healthcare ER wait times. We use TRIAGE. When I walked in with what I thought was a heart attack, I was whisked inside so fast, fortunately (although rather embarrassing for me) it turned out to be a panic attack yet they still monitored my heart for 24 hours to be sure all was okay. Went I went for a kidney infection (first time so didnt know I should have seen Doctor sooner) I was seen immediately and in a bed hookup to IV etc. Then a 3 car collision happened and they monitored me and took great care of me, but the wait time for everyone else that had minor complaints suddenly faced a 10 hour wait due to multiple casualties.
I broke both my wrists, it happened at night, so my biggest delay was waiting for the x-ray room to re open to x-ray my wrists. They were clearly broken but then needed find the extent of the breaks. They thought I shattered my right one, so I had to go to CHEO children's hospital so they could operate and put pins in. At CHEO they found out i was lucky and did NOT shatter it, but I did everything else broke, cracked, fractured and dislocated. So they snapped my wrists back in place and gave me a full cast (going from wrist to shoulder on my right wrist) and a half cast (wrist to elbow) on my left wrist. The whole process from the time I broke my wrists until the time I got out of CHEO took about 12 hours and that's with having to go through 2 hospitals. I would have hate to see what my bill was if I was in the States
ER wait times... are not bad if you are there for really good reasons. If it is a "minor" thing (by ER standards) you can wait but varies. Oh and I think the reason they stuck the phone in the water was to show how clear the water was.
About health care, this is what I read somewhere ( don't ask me, I forgot ): health care needs to be good, fast and cheap. Unfortunately only two out of these Three things are possible simultaneouly. So Canadian health care is good and cheap (nearly free), but it isn't fast. If you show up at the emrgency room unable to breathe or haemorraging, yes they will treat you right away. If you show up needing a couple of stitches, you will wait. Ten hours is not rare.
Most hospitals use a triage system. If you are in danger they get you in right away. I speak from experience as I have had to go in for heart issues. There is usually many people waiting but they whisk me in pretty quickly.
I like to watch his videos because I'm a proud Canadian and I can relate to them and can comment on them, knowing what I'm saying. It also makes me feel great to see Americans have interest in our country. I just wished that I actually got to see him replying to some of them.
I used to drive the shuttle for Moraine Lake. It is my absolute favourite place in the world! I have seen that lake every colour from deep yellow to teal green to dark purple depending on the weather and the time of the year.
@@littlecatfeet9064 it really is. It is a hidden gem for sure. I used to know the names of all the peaks and all kinds of info about the area, including bear count! 😂🤣😂 Some days we would see the momma grizzly with her little bear cub twins playing in the fields. The only advice I can give anyone who visits... DO NOT stop your car and get out to take pictures of the bears.
@@thevicchick4346 😂. I’ve seen bears in the US many years ago but not Canada. I’m actually a dual Canadian/Australian citizen but never go back and I need to before I get too old to hike and canoe. Actually, from an Australian perspective it would be great to see dangerous animals that look like they can kill you, unlike snakes we can step on because we don’t see them and tiny Irukandji jellyfish that make beautiful North Queensland beaches a no go in summer. Lucky this is a beautiful country too and I love that I’ve lived in both 🇦🇺🇨🇦
For the healthcare yes we wait a long time but that has more to do with lack of clinics. ER is being used for the flu or a cold in some cases so the wait is dependant on the severity of your condition. Ie. if you go in with symptoms of a heart attack, you skip the line over the guy that has a broken finger.
Yeah, went for my son who fell on his head from quite high after he started puking and was dizzy. He was called to see the doctor less then a minute after leaving the triage nurse and seen by the doctor before I could even register his info. He had a concussion with a non-displaced skull fracture and thankfully no brain bleed.
@@isabelleblanchet3694 omg thank God. This same thing happened to my friends son who fell out of a 4th story window. God saved him too. Just to say I feel a very little bit of your pain but very thankful you didn’t suffer more than you did.
Oh Tyler, you're so funny. You already know how much the train ride costs. You watched an entire video on the train ride and looked up the price. Tyler forgets more of the videos then he remembers.
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard him say in earlier videos “marijuana’s legal in Canada?” He forgets a lot of what he just watched a few days earlier.
All ERs take patients according to who is sickest/most wounded. So if you're going there for a few stitches in a finger, you're going to end up waiting as other more poorly people are seen to first.
OK if you need to see a doctor there are medical clinics in every neighbourhood where if you need further care you will be sent for it. or what ever one needs, also most canadians have their own family doctor to go see who also will send you to what ever care you may need, for follow up. ......if you go to the hospital emergency room if you are more dire (as in extremely serious or urgent), then anyone else in the room you will indeed go first it's called *triage*
"Get your grill on" yeah ... you missed the point there ... such a beautiful secluded spot that you can still bring a boat big enough to grill on the fore deck... yeah the grill is only in the frame but what it means is so much more. lol
Kananaskis is the area right beside Banff in Alberta. It is basically a nature reserve, and most people from Alberta would rather be in Kananaskis instead of Banff, because there are fewer tourists, and it is much more natural. and I’m going to tell you that it is 10 times more beautiful. (my opinion only. Lol.) And yes, you pronounce it right.😉
The waiting times at the ER in Canada are only long if you’re one of the many who go for the smallest thing, like a cold/flu. You are seen in order of severity, not first come first served.
If you're ever wondering about the beautiful places in Quebec, I'll give you a hint. The best part of Quebec.......... is the Welcome to Ontario sign. Lol.
Here we go again with the mythical wait times within the Canadian healthcare system. Our healthcare is triaged! The more severe your healthcare need is, the quicker you are treated. In other words, whether you are rich or poor, you receive the best of care in a timely fashion and do not receive a bill at the end. Having lived in the USA and being fortunate to afford healthcare insurance for my husband's mother, father, older sister, her young son and the two of us, over a six-year period, with a US$20,000 annual deductible, we still spent out-of-pocket US$258,000 in medical costs and $250,000 for medicines. The only reason people report speedy attention is a large portion of the US public cannot afford to go to emergency or the hospital in general, lest they lose their house and/or go bankrupt. When we were still living in the US, at 2:00 AM we went to our local hospital to have my husband looked at due to him having a high fever. While waiting to be taken, the doors from the parking lot burst open and a teenage boy, covered in blood from facial cuts, rushed in pushing a wheelchair containing a teenage girl who had blood gushing from her mouth. The first thing from the nurse's mouth was, "Where's her insurance?" In a panic, the lad said he didn't know whether she had insurance but she needed attention immediately since they had just been in a car accident. The nurse stated, 'If you can't produce proof of insurance, get her out of here.....we don't want her dying on hospital property." Ironically, two weeks later we received a solicitation for a donation to the hospital. Needless to say, they did not receive a donation; however, they did receive a scathing letter informing them of what we witnessed. In the 51 years we have lived in Canada, we have never received a bill for the stellar, world-class, care we have both received from fabulous GP continuing care to specific Specialist care when major health events occurred. We are eternally grateful to all of our doctors, hospitals and Canada.....without them, we would have been dead a long time ago. Chimo
In the emergency room, you are seen based on the urgency of care needed. If you’re there, because you have a splinter, you are going to be waiting there for at least 10 hours. If you’re having a heart attack, you are seen immediately.
The Rocky Mountaineer Train Tour, depends on the packages. The Gold package full round trip Vancouver to Vancouver is $12000+ CAD depending on hotel stay and guests etc.
He wasn't Skiing with his Timmie's, he was skating. That entire path was ice and those were skates on his feet, not ski's
Tyler likes to make obvious mistakes to drive comments.
😂 I know, I was like “Do you see any skis!?”
👍🏻you saved me from explaining
@@CraftAero Nah I think he’s just a little on the ditzy side.
And IIRC, the guy he brought Tim's to was allegedly a homeless dude that he had set up with a place to stay on his property?
I went to the E.R. here in Canada, when I had a minor injury, I had to wait about 6 Hours.
However, when I had more of a life threating condition, they saw me within minutes. It all depends on the level of your severity.
exactly..........
Doctors can only be in one place at one time. They're only human.
Triage is a thing!
It is called triage.
With my kids I never wait too long. My daughter was injured badly, and in a few minutes we were inside.
Having a timmie in both hands is what we call Canadian gloves cuz we mainly use them to warm our hands
The ER is run on a triage system.If you're waiting there with a hangnail and a guy comes in with chest pains then of course he goes first.
The winters can be brutal!!! We get off easy on the West coast in Vancouver, most years lol...
I LOVE winter. You can wear lots of comfy fat clothes and the snow makes everything look lovely. Just don’t live in a city where the snow is gray slush. Live in a rural area, have a wood stove or fireplace and snowshoes and just enjoy it.
Having to wait in the ER in Canada is actually a bit of a good thing - they triage and treat the worst cases first. If you're waiting a while, you can be sure that whatever you have isn't going to kill you. At least, not right away.
I was gonna say this too. If you went in for a sniffle or a little boo-boo, you're going to be waiting awhile. If your arm is falling off, you'll be admitted very quickly.
Indeed. When I broke my leg pretty badly, I discovered that there's a unit for things more urgent than the ER: the Traumatology, or Trauma Center. It bypasses the ER entirely, as it is immediate care. Once the life-threatening issues are taken care of and you're stable, you're then moved into triage for whatever further surgery or treatment you may need.
In less than twelve hours, I had a new leg! (I'm over simplifying, of course.)
I’ve had long and short waits in Canadian (Toronto specifically) emergency rooms. Every time there has been something serious, like chest pain or heart attack symptoms, I didn’t wait more than 10 minutes for tests or a bed. When it’s something less serious or less urgent/life threatening, I’ve waited a good few hours. But that’s because people who are literally dying take priority, even if it’s inconvenient or uncomfortable. Hopefully even if you’re in immense pain, you won’t have to wait too long, but it’s tricky now with the opioid crisis and drug seeking behaviour, because there’s a lot of hesitation to provide pain relief. There’s also a risk of being overlooked if your symptoms are ambiguous, but I imagine that’s universal, especially for women. Unfortunately I know many women who have had ovarian cysts and severe abdominal pain that was overlooked as just menstrual discomfort or PCOS when it turned out to be cancer. So our system is far from perfect, but at least if someone is going to die, at least their family won’t have to suffer in debt for the rest of their lives on top of the grief of losing their loved one…
^^THIS, well said!
The reason there is a huge line for ER is for a couple reasons
1) Healthcare worker shortage. There's literally no one on shift to see you
2) everybody and his dog is at the ER because there are few walk in clinics and lots of people don't have a family doctor (at least where I am.) So where else do you go for an ear infection? The ER. For 8 hours
I have never waited ten hours to see a dr. The most I've ever waited is an hour ! I waited at an emergency room for about 2 hours, but they triage you first. If an ambulance comes with a serious patient they get through first which is how it should be. You have to have patience. Bring a book!
On the ER issue. Yes, if you are in a busy big city hospital you'll wait a long time if your situation isn't serious - it's called Emergency for a reason.... On the other hand, we live in a very small town and visited the local ER late on a Saturday night and were the only ones there. My husband had the undivided attention of a doctor and two nurses and they even called in the lab tech for urgent blood work. And, you guessed it, no bill. :)
For the last guy who say HOW TO SPEAK CANADIAN . Here in Quebec we have in Quebec French the QUEBEC SLANG . Someone from France has hard time understanding Quebec French, and never in 100 years they can understand Quebec slang , they will catch some parts because some words is not changed or modified and many words or expressions cannot be translated in English they are unique to the Quebec slang , only a synonym can be found for a translation.
In the ER in Canada they use triage. I went one time and the place was packed. I was taken and treated FIRST! But then I was damn sick and spent six days in hospital.
I just had that a month ago. I didn’t even have time to sit in my seat. It was for a head trauma with double vision, so I guess I took priority.
I had something resl bad in Nov. After triage, they speed me up a bit and was seen in like 30 to 45 mins
Tho ER misdiagnosed me saying I didn't have what I had
When base on 2nd opinion plus acupuncture/ Chinese dr and pharmacist all said the more concerning issue
But yeah if it's time sensitive and what one has mm could Escalate when you're seen
Yes, the train. Absolutely the best thing I ever did. Calgary to Vancouver. Been 40 years and I still talk about it.
I rode that train from Banff to Jasper National Park and I'll never forget the sky car view. (It was 1965 and I was 6.) 😁
The waiting time is because the most sick and injured are seen first. So if you go to the ER for a minor issue, you will have to wait.
So the sidewalk-duckwalk isn't a real thing, BUT - I find myself waddling like a penguin after freezing-rain. It just seems like a naturally effecient and safe way of dealing with low-traction.
The daring ones among us run and slide across the ice :)
Yup, we definitely know how to do that slow shuffling skoot across ice covered sidewalks, roads, driveways etc.. but I've never done that down low squat duck walk, also my knees wouldn't allow that! 😂
Yeah what she did was really smart. Getting really low to the ground when you're having to walk across icey places is a really really smart thing to do because if your feet slip out from under you you don't have very far to fall cuz you're already very low to the ground. It's recommended that if you have to walk across a place that has like black ice or it's just really icey that you get down low... And waddle across like she did or crawl if your knees can handle that... Don't want to fall standing up right on your feet when walking on ice... that's how you break bones.
I feel like I've seen someone do the sidewalk-duckwalk thing before when I was a kid, but it was just fun and games
it snows, sidewalks get shoveled. it gets warm, snow starts to melt, sidewalks are now hte low point so water runs down them, it gets cold and the water on sidewalks freeze, you now have long skinny ice rinks. her scouting was easy because she was on ice :)
I just want to clarify waiting times in ERs. Patients are triaged based on need. If you need care immediately, you get care immediately. I have NEVER waited 10 hours for care. Sadly, a lot of people go to the ER when they should have gone to an urgent care center (the step between a walk-in and an ER). They end up waiting long hours in the ER because they're not in need of immediate care.
My fav Canadian tik tok. Is a guy who pulled over to the side of the road to flag a driver at a red light his Tims was on the roof of his car. Nothing more Canadian then that!
Canadians who complain about wait times don't understand the concept of triage. If you're waiting for hours in ER it's probably because you don't belong there and should have gone to a clinic.
Thank you! It is so true and so many people don't understand it.
I was in once with a broken foot, and there was a lady with her kid, and apparently his issue was that the night before his stomach hurt a bit. He was fine at the time and had gone to school. And she still took him to the _ER._ Also she kept calling her like, 7 year old kid 'dude' and they had a full bucket of KFC. I had a spiral fracture you could slip a toonie through, and I had to wait for this lady to find out her perfectly fine kid was perfectly fine. Sorry lol, I _hate_ when people go to the ER instead of a clinic lol
Our ER wait times are prioritized 100% - if you are waiting, someone is more critical than you.
Our local one varies; we have been in and out in a half hour, but we prepare for 2-4 hours generally.
I went to school at Carlton University in Ottawa. The Rideau Canal is frozen every year, and I used to ice skate back-and-forth to school down the canal.
Oh Canada 🇨🇦
Our wait time in Nova Scotia in emergency is hours and hours waiting. We have a large shortage of doctors and nurses here
As a Canuck, I have to weigh in about the ER wait times. There is such a misconception about this. In the US, people don’t generally go to the ER unless they are legit in bad shape. Whether it’s the hassle with their insurance, the co-pay, etc they generally think twice before going if they can. In Canada, I think because we can just walk in and get seen some people use it the way other people would see a family doctor. It’s because it’s free, and guaranteed that sometimes people go for non-life threatening things, or at least stuff that they could have gone to a walk in clinic for. This makes the wait for less urgent issues longer. That’s not to say sometimes a non-urgent issue doesn’t have to be seen there, because sometimes they do. Whether it’s the diagnostic equipment or time of day, sometimes you just have to go even if you aren’t literally at death’s door. However, when I had excruciating pain in my stomach, I was seen so fast the admin lady had to run down the hall after me and was putting my bracelet on my wrist as the doctor was examining me. When my daughter had chest pains at 12 yrs old after a soccer game, she was seen immediately. When I had an allergic reaction, I was seen immediately. When I had an asthma flare I waited 20 minutes. But when I’ve gone in for a broken ankle (from playing soccer) at 11 pm, it was my best option because walk in clinics are closed, and I knew I’d need X-ray, I had to wait for 4 hrs. And I’ve been beside people who went in for a hemorrhoid or a cut that didn’t need super glue let alone stitches, or to have a prescription refill. I think the problem is more that a lot of Canadians overuse the ER , and then for those who still are appropriately there, but just not fighting for life and limb, you just have to wait like everyone else. My broken ankle is more appropriate for the ER than someone’s minor cut that got a tiny bandaid, but I have to wait just the same. Anything truly serious is seen right away. I don’t think most Canadians who’ve waited appreciate that enough. The reason you have to wait in a Canadian ER is most often because you could have gone somewhere else but went to the ER, you left something too late like a prescription refill, or because you needed to be there but those other people who did misuse the ER are now in front of you. Sure, you’re migraine might be an appropriate reason for you to be there at 2 am, but because you aren’t actively dying, you have to wait. It’s kind of the fault of other Canadians. But if you’re someone who only goes when you really need to, then it’s not generally that much of an issue. Real emergency care is delivered quickly and with exceptional skill. The people saying they waited 10 hrs almost without exception were there when they could have chosen a more appropriate option for care. Occasionally even an urgent issue can get a wait, but not very often and an emergency one is always seen right away. And the longer you say you waited, that tells me the less likely the ER staff felt you needed to be seen in an ER. The only time I’ve ever been in an ER for 10+ hrs was the time I had the belly pain. Most of that time I was undergoing tests and was medicated with morphine. If you’ve been in the waiting room for 10 hrs, you could leave and go to a walk in and get seen within an hour. If you stayed, that’s on you. It’s only very rare, extenuating circumstances that someone is legitimately needing to be at the hospital and waiting more than 3 or 4 hrs before they get seen by someone. Whether you walk in for a hangnail or a heart attack, a Canadian ER has to see you. But if you have a hangnail, don’t expect a doctor to prioritize you over the heart attack, or the migraine, or the allergic reaction, or the car accident, or the broken leg, etc. Like, I always laugh when people tell me they waited for 10 hrs because if you were fine to wait for 10 hrs, then you didn’t probably need to be in an ER in the first place. Again, there are a few extenuating circumstances like a mass casualty situation but not many.
Perfectly said. I was coming here to say exactly this. I hate the complaints because it throws shade at a system that, generally speaking, works well, and isn't even comparable to the insanity south of the border.
I truly feel for the people that choose to work in the medical field, in any capacity. As for wait times and treatment, in Manitoba, they are stretched past their limits. A lot are due to the reasons given, and some is due to the way over managed health care system. Too much of our health care dollars are wasted on paying mid management, the same people making the budgets. Their jobs are never cut.
Due to chronic shortages, many Canadian ERs have had to reduce hours or even close. Over 20% of Canadians can't get a family doctor.
Source: your beloved CBC News
@@SilvanaDil That is true too. In reality it's a combination of all factors mentioned in this thread. They do their best, and see the worst cases first, but things are far from perfect. Especially since the pandemic hit, they've been swamped, and some health care workers have quit, do to being pushed to the breaking point. Though I will point out that while it's difficult to get a family doctor, you can usually get into a walk in clinic.
So true
I took the train from Ontario to BC for my first job. It was absolutely amazing! The train was over a mile long.
B.C. has the largest forest of any Canadian province with a rain forest included within it. That picture was captured in the rain forest. Yes, the wait times vary and sometimes there are unfortunate circumstances, however, this is quite rare. There are 3 categories of emergency and if you into one of the lower ones, you might get into a walk in clinic....ugh...provided that they are open. Not a perfect system by far, but I can go WHENEVER I do not feel well and it IS always free.
For medical issues that you should of just went to your doctor for or need minor care there is wait times measured in hour, an example is you have the flu. But serious conditions like heart/breathing issues or car accidents or example, go right to the front of the line and get immediate attention.
In fairness the flu can be serious. Not everyone with it needs to be in hospital but severe dehydration, and inability to keep even water down, or those with other medical conditions can very easily die from it. That said I’ve seen people with tiny hangnails in the ER, so I agree there are plenty of people there who don’t need to be. But flu can be extremely serious depending on the situation.
@@amammaof2 Then when they call their doctor he will refer to a hospital. That the way the system is suppose to work. When i was stabbed in the leg and i called my doctor for stitches he told me to go to hospital. Again that is the way the system is suppose to work. And if your medical condition is so fragile you will not get a wait time, that is what triage is for. If they make you wait then you should of went to doctor.
TLDR: the mountain I work at in Canada told us employees to walk like penguins in the parking lot.
The crossing the sidewalk one was exaggerating but not entirely false. I work at a ski mountain and when we had the safety training they talked to us about some of the rules in the parking lot and gave us some tips. To sum it up, they told us to walk like a penguin. They said almost of the workplace injuries on the mountain consist of employees slipping in the parking lot so they told us to take small steps and to not run in the parking lot.
In most ERs in Canada in major cities r done on the triage system. Where the take the worst hurt and children first over almost everything else
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Very true. My Great Grandmother went to the ER and it took them pretty much all day to ask her what was wrong…. What if she was dying?! If you’re not spewing blood, it’ll take hours for most ER to get to you.
The BC forest shown was Cathedral Park on Vancouver Island.
In which Tyler forgets he already did a full video on the Rocky Mountaineer back in October.
The best part of the Mountaineer train is they stop at a hotel to sleep. If you've ever slept on a train they are generally loud, cramped and bumpy. Instead you get a beautiful day followed by a nice sleep followed by a beautiful day. Lovely. It's about $3,000 (cdn) for 2 people... but it's one way... you still have to get home. The ER in Canada may make you wait (depending on why you are there). But, once in you get any needed test and if needed you can stay over a day, or a week... with no worries.
The Rocky Mountaineer and other train rides are lovely but you can drive most of the same routes. Beautiful either way. We regularly camp out to Southern Ontario from Vancouver so as navigator I pick out interesting routes. We save the Transcanada hwy for when we need to make up time or are going through parts of the Rockies, eg Kananaskis. An awful lot of beautiful country to explore.
In Canada you have top priority in the Emergency room at any hospital dependant on your situation. They will let someone who cut thier finger wait over someone who's Having a hard time breathing or heart attack etc.
My last visit to the ER was precipitated by my low hemoglobin. I wasn't the sickest there, and had to wait for 2 people to go ahead of me but then I had a stretcher and a room to lie down in and got several blood transfusions and tests over the next 5 days.
Food supply issues between countries, I suspect, are real. I am Canadian but have family in the US. The last family get together, u could tell who was from which country by the way they looked, in health terms, and what medications ppl were taking. My US family were way over medicated, two of my age peers had serious stomach or intestinal issues and had boxes of medicine from which to take every day. Another had a heart instrument surgically installed. Those of parents cohort had a cane, walking issues or were just slow to move. When they left, it was a topic of conversation that lasted for a while.
These videos are so funny because there’s an element of truth in them .The photos of Banff National Park just don’t do it justice ! Turning every corner is another breathtaking view,too bad Americans don’t know much about it since it’s so close and affordable .Thanks Tyler for your videos I look forward to seeing them and often learn something about my own country ,such fun !
There have been information campaigns telling people that the ER may not be the right place to go for less serious problems. There are many better, faster choices in many cases. And still free.
Not only the waiting time.. The Time for exams or surgery can have a lot of impact. Also, exept if you are hospitalise or some others exeption you have to pay for private physiotherapy (almost everybody) and even for a complex heath probleme.. If you dont have this money then... And some persins can pay many many many thousand of dollars for physiotherapie, medication or private Health care to receive the Health care they need. There is also other problemes..
i'm canadian and she is right about er wait time. but the thing is, if you go in with an actual emergency, it is gonna go fast. because it's free health care, some take it for granted. i've seen parents arrive at the er with kids ''on death's door'' according to them, with the kids running around everywhere, eating chips and candy just acting like kids, with a runny nose. old persons going to er just to sit there to have someone to talk to...
I see you really like the BC forest. You should check out Haida Gwaii. It’s an island off the west coast of BC. Beautiful forests and indigenous culture. Home of the Haida
one winter i slipped and fell while walking near my university and a whole line of cars slowed down to yell "are you okay??" at me
If you stand up and carefully walk across a sidewalk... u won't fall ..like seriously 😅
You are seen almost immediately in a Canadian emergency room. But instead of a receptionist with a list of payment plans, you are seen by a triage nurse. They put patients into order by priority. People are also more inclined to go to emergency rooms because they aren’t afraid of the cost. Americans will often wait until a problem is critical before showing up at an ER. Canadians who don’t have a family doctor, or whose doctor is closed will often go to ER instead.
A Canadian may wait half a day for treatment, but an American may wait a week before they finally go to an ER, when what may have been an easy fix has now become a critical situation. Appendicitis can be treated with antibiotics if caught early. It will likely need surgery if put off. If an American and a Canadian get their first symptoms, the Canadian is more likely to seek help and be fixed quicker.
Almost immediately...hehehe...yay right.
That’s my experience. An ER nurse is on the desk. They take your symptoms, usually do a blood pressure and pulse test and then you wait - the order people are seen in is determined by need
Went to an ER for an appendicitis, nurse triaged me and I was checked by a doctor in less than 45 minutes from the moment I went in.
The ER is for emergencies. So if your reason for being there is that it's the weekend and your doctors office is closed, but maybe you have strep throat, so you probably need a prescription, yeah, it might take a few hours to get seen. But if you go in with bad abdominal pain, like maybe appendicitis, you're getting seen pretty much immediately.
It is true that if you go to the ER in Canada and you aren't dying or in critical condition you will wait. Without having numbers to back this up; I would suspect that since American medicine is a business for profit it makes sense to move all patients through the ER as fast as possible. Basically McD's drive-thru mentality.
US hospitals triage patients as well when they come in
@@cinmor7843 of course triage is triage. I should have clarified after there is more incentive in a profit driven system to maximize customers.
That last one with the ya no's got me. Most of these are generic copy pasta Canadian stereotype posts but that one was original n like Trevor said, accurate lol
The only other people I've heard use those kinds of terms are Aussies.
She was on ice trying too cross the sidewalk, without getting hurt or falling down.
ER has triage. My doctor sent me there with test results and I didn't even go to the waiting room.
Waiting can mean needless time in pain, a delayed diagnosis or death.
The potential of debt is preferable.
("Free" isn't accurate, of course.)
The train starts at $1500 PP and includes a cabin, washroom, and double beds.
I haven't done that one but I have done the Ottawa, ON to Halifax, NS trip (1 night; 2 days).
Toronto to BC is 4 nights, if memory serves.
That sidewalk was solid ice.......
the Mountaineer train is overall 6-7 days long, 2 days on train. Costs between $2800 and $7000 depending on package chosen and how many people you book for.
There's also the popular shorter route Vancouver the Banff which is around 2200
Tyler the dome cars are not new. My dad worked for the CPR. and whenever we travelled. My brother and I would wake up early just to get a good seat through the Rockies, and that was in the 1950’s.. In the summer the Americans Pullman cars would be added to the CPR, full of American tourists, who would spend nearly all day up there to get the best view.
Your wait times in an er will depend on your injuries, a couple years back a friend accidentally tripped me while we were walking, and I fell head first on my face on an asphalt path. I was in and out with a CT scan in under 3 hours, with a concussion but luckily no facial fractures.
The reason wait times are so long is people often go to ERS for something that could be better served in a Minor Emergency services. Or a clinic, the problem is we don’t have enough practicing family or general practitioners, and many people don’t have a regular physician to go to for minor things
The gentleman speaking about ya, no ya is very accurate. Some places hardly get very cold or have much snow in the winter. For instance Vancouver Victoria, penticton, Osoyoos
Lastly, we penguin walk, we do not do what she was doing.
Wow. I just looked up that train trip. Looks like she did the Rocky Mountaineer 2 Day Vancouver to Banff. One overnight in Kamloops at a hotel, included. 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches. She mentioned full panoramic views and a "downstairs dining area", so she's doing "Gold Leaf" level, so tickets are $2524-$3090 CAD per person! Holy crap!
That’s ridiculous and I live in bc. Just drive. You can stop whenever you want
The problem with wait times in the ER, is that because it's free alot more people go there. In the US, less people go because it's so expensive, so they only go for really severe things. Whereas here, people will go to the ER even just for the flu so the ERs are overloaded with people who shouldn't really be going and should just treat their flu and such things at home or at a clinic
the train at 7:00 is totally worth the money,
definitely not cheap, but for an upclose look at the places you normally wouldn't be able to drive to, it's worth it!
i did a smaller version, from vancouver to prince george. the scenery was so amazing.
bring your camera!
Just think about it, if you have to pay all the medical bills of everybody in your Country, you damn make sure that they're as healthy as that they can get. That's one of the reasons why we have higher quality food standards. ;)
We've had people come into our very busy ER with a cut that didn't require stitches - after waiting an hour the person started complaining that they may as well go home because their cut stopped bleeding. #peoplearestrange
Re: Healthcare ER wait times. We use TRIAGE. When I walked in with what I thought was a heart attack, I was whisked inside so fast, fortunately (although rather embarrassing for me) it turned out to be a panic attack yet they still monitored my heart for 24 hours to be sure all was okay. Went I went for a kidney infection (first time so didnt know I should have seen Doctor sooner) I was seen immediately and in a bed hookup to IV etc. Then a 3 car collision happened and they monitored me and took great care of me, but the wait time for everyone else that had minor complaints suddenly faced a 10 hour wait due to multiple casualties.
In southern Alberta (not Al-bear-ta) it's +18 C right now but there is still snow on the mountains. Snowy mountains doesn't equal cold weather.
I broke both my wrists, it happened at night, so my biggest delay was waiting for the x-ray room to re open to x-ray my wrists. They were clearly broken but then needed find the extent of the breaks. They thought I shattered my right one, so I had to go to CHEO children's hospital so they could operate and put pins in. At CHEO they found out i was lucky and did NOT shatter it, but I did everything else broke, cracked, fractured and dislocated. So they snapped my wrists back in place and gave me a full cast (going from wrist to shoulder on my right wrist) and a half cast (wrist to elbow) on my left wrist. The whole process from the time I broke my wrists until the time I got out of CHEO took about 12 hours and that's with having to go through 2 hospitals. I would have hate to see what my bill was if I was in the States
ER wait times... are not bad if you are there for really good reasons. If it is a "minor" thing (by ER standards) you can wait but varies.
Oh and I think the reason they stuck the phone in the water was to show how clear the water was.
About health care, this is what I read somewhere ( don't ask me, I forgot ): health care needs to be good, fast and cheap. Unfortunately only two out of these Three things are possible simultaneouly.
So Canadian health care is good and cheap (nearly free), but it isn't fast. If you show up at the emrgency room unable to breathe or haemorraging, yes they will treat you right away. If you show up needing a couple of stitches, you will wait. Ten hours is not rare.
Delivering Tim Horton coffee on skates.
Most hospitals use a triage system. If you are in danger they get you in right away. I speak from experience as I have had to go in for heart issues. There is usually many people waiting but they whisk me in pretty quickly.
I like to watch his videos because I'm a proud Canadian and I can relate to them and can comment on them, knowing what I'm saying. It also makes me feel great to see Americans have interest in our country. I just wished that I actually got to see him replying to some of them.
i am not sure how ER's are from province to province but in my province people dying in waiting room is becoming alarmingly common
I used to drive the shuttle for Moraine Lake. It is my absolute favourite place in the world! I have seen that lake every colour from deep yellow to teal green to dark purple depending on the weather and the time of the year.
Wow! It looks so beautiful ❤️
@@littlecatfeet9064 it really is. It is a hidden gem for sure. I used to know the names of all the peaks and all kinds of info about the area, including bear count! 😂🤣😂 Some days we would see the momma grizzly with her little bear cub twins playing in the fields. The only advice I can give anyone who visits... DO NOT stop your car and get out to take pictures of the bears.
@@thevicchick4346 😂. I’ve seen bears in the US many years ago but not Canada. I’m actually a dual Canadian/Australian citizen but never go back and I need to before I get too old to hike and canoe. Actually, from an Australian perspective it would be great to see dangerous animals that look like they can kill you, unlike snakes we can step on because we don’t see them and tiny Irukandji jellyfish that make beautiful North Queensland beaches a no go in summer. Lucky this is a beautiful country too and I love that I’ve lived in both 🇦🇺🇨🇦
@@littlecatfeet9064 Australia is on my bucket list! ❤️
@@thevicchick4346 it is great, though I’m biased. Take as much holiday time as you can because of distance and so much to see, same as Canada ☺️
Hey Tyler. Love your channel! A couple of gems you have yet to react to... Heritage Minutes and Molson Canadian commercials. Both are pure gold!
For the healthcare yes we wait a long time but that has more to do with lack of clinics. ER is being used for the flu or a cold in some cases so the wait is dependant on the severity of your condition. Ie. if you go in with symptoms of a heart attack, you skip the line over the guy that has a broken finger.
Yeah, went for my son who fell on his head from quite high after he started puking and was dizzy. He was called to see the doctor less then a minute after leaving the triage nurse and seen by the doctor before I could even register his info. He had a concussion with a non-displaced skull fracture and thankfully no brain bleed.
@@isabelleblanchet3694 omg thank God. This same thing happened to my friends son who fell out of a 4th story window. God saved him too. Just to say I feel a very little bit of your pain but very thankful you didn’t suffer more than you did.
With the us$ so high right now would be a great time for you to book a trip on the two day train Tyler.
Oh Tyler, you're so funny. You already know how much the train ride costs. You watched an entire video on the train ride and looked up the price. Tyler forgets more of the videos then he remembers.
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard him say in earlier videos “marijuana’s legal in Canada?” He forgets a lot of what he just watched a few days earlier.
All ERs take patients according to who is sickest/most wounded. So if you're going there for a few stitches in a finger, you're going to end up waiting as other more poorly people are seen to first.
OK if you need to see a doctor there are medical clinics in every neighbourhood where if you need further care you will be sent for it. or what ever one needs, also most canadians have their own family doctor to go see who also will send you to what ever care you may need, for follow up. ......if you go to the hospital emergency room if you are more dire (as in extremely serious or urgent), then anyone else in the room you will indeed go first it's called *triage*
I once read native people walked pigeon-toed, helps in slippery mud and snow/ice. It works!
You need to do a field trip! Come on get going
Luxury train is from $2,138.95 to $3,546.93 canadian
I really enjoyed your videos and comments plus learning more about the world
"Get your grill on" yeah ... you missed the point there ... such a beautiful secluded spot that you can still bring a boat big enough to grill on the fore deck... yeah the grill is only in the frame but what it means is so much more. lol
My dad loved camping in the winter.
Kananaskis is the area right beside Banff in Alberta.
It is basically a nature reserve, and most people from Alberta would rather be in Kananaskis instead of Banff, because there are fewer tourists, and it is much more natural.
and I’m going to tell you that it is 10 times more beautiful.
(my opinion only. Lol.)
And yes, you pronounce it right.😉
911, Fire rescue, Ambulance, transport, 2x stents…elapsed time to OR.. 20 minutes. Oh Canada
The waiting times at the ER in Canada are only long if you’re one of the many who go for the smallest thing, like a cold/flu.
You are seen in order of severity, not first come first served.
thanks again
If you're ever wondering about the beautiful places in Quebec, I'll give you a hint. The best part of Quebec.......... is the Welcome to Ontario sign. Lol.
SKATING! He’s skating! And it is NOT a typical day in Canada in any of the 4 season! Sheesh!
Here we go again with the mythical wait times within the Canadian healthcare system. Our healthcare is triaged! The more severe your healthcare need is, the quicker you are treated. In other words, whether you are rich or poor, you receive the best of care in a timely fashion and do not receive a bill at the end. Having lived in the USA and being fortunate to afford healthcare insurance for my husband's mother, father, older sister, her young son and the two of us, over a six-year period, with a US$20,000 annual deductible, we still spent out-of-pocket US$258,000 in medical costs and $250,000 for medicines. The only reason people report speedy attention is a large portion of the US public cannot afford to go to emergency or the hospital in general, lest they lose their house and/or go bankrupt.
When we were still living in the US, at 2:00 AM we went to our local hospital to have my husband looked at due to him having a high fever. While waiting to be taken, the doors from the parking lot burst open and a teenage boy, covered in blood from facial cuts, rushed in pushing a wheelchair containing a teenage girl who had blood gushing from her mouth. The first thing from the nurse's mouth was, "Where's her insurance?" In a panic, the lad said he didn't know whether she had insurance but she needed attention immediately since they had just been in a car accident. The nurse stated, 'If you can't produce proof of insurance, get her out of here.....we don't want her dying on hospital property." Ironically, two weeks later we received a solicitation for a donation to the hospital. Needless to say, they did not receive a donation; however, they did receive a scathing letter informing them of what we witnessed.
In the 51 years we have lived in Canada, we have never received a bill for the stellar, world-class, care we have both received from fabulous GP continuing care to specific Specialist care when major health events occurred. We are eternally grateful to all of our doctors, hospitals and Canada.....without them, we would have been dead a long time ago. Chimo
Waiting times in ER depends on which hospital and population in that area, same with every government controlled facilities
🐇🐰🐥🩵💜 Happy Easter Tyler 😅
I grew up around BC forests. Man I miss them.
Skiing is done on snow
The blades he has on his feet are called skates..
The path was ice.
In the emergency room, you are seen based on the urgency of care needed. If you’re there, because you have a splinter, you are going to be waiting there for at least 10 hours. If you’re having a heart attack, you are seen immediately.
The Rocky Mountaineer Train Tour, depends on the packages. The Gold package full round trip Vancouver to Vancouver is $12000+ CAD depending on hotel stay and guests etc.
As S. Sparrow said...skating, ice skating
8:12 oh, you are being watched by the time ppl know you're new to the place
for the train, the 4 days 4 nights was 4600 per person they said they did a 2 day/2 night trip so must have been like 2500 per person for them !