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Trauma Education

Regional (Rural) Trauma Team Development Course (RTTDC) As a lead trauma hospital, the London Health Sciences Center (LHSC) is committed to improving the outcomes for trauma patients in Southwestern Ontario. We strive to accomplish this by improving communications between providers in the region and...

Celebrating Nurse Practitioners’ Week 2023

November 14, 2023 November 12-18 is Nurse Practitioners’ (NP) Week. At LHSC, we have approximately 100 practicing NPs who work in a variety of clinical units and programs throughout our organization. Nurse Practitioners are Registered Nurses in the Extended Class [RN(EC)] who are prepared at the...

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MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 25, 2012 London Leads the Nation in Transplantation Excellence Canadian Conference Recognizes Top Research from Lawson and LHSC LONDON, Ontario – Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) have received outstanding...

LHSC nurses take politicians
to work during Nursing Week 2012

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 11 , 2012 (LONDON, Ontario) –Three local members of provincial parliament (MPPs) joined London Health Sciences Centre registered nurses (RNs) at work today to participate in the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's (RNAO) 12th annual Take Your MPP to...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release December 6 , 2012 LHSC congratulates Dr. William Clark for being awarded the 2012 Kidney Foundation of Canada Medal for Research Excellence LONDON, Ontario – LONDON, Ontario – Congratulations to LHSC nephrologist Dr. William Clark who was recently awarded the 2012...

LHSC nurse practitioner receives provincial leadership and patient advocacy award

June 26, 2023 Wilma Koopman, a nurse practitioner in LHSC’s Clinical Neurosciences (CNS) department, has been awarded the President’s Award for Leadership in Clinical Nursing Practice by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario for her patient advocacy and work elevating the profession’s profile...

Local clinician scientist receives significant funding to make clinical trials more efficient

January 24, 2023 A Lawson Scientist and Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Associate Dean, Dr. Amit Garg is at the centre of two major grant announcements by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The CIHR announced today that Dr. Garg, who is also a Nephrologist at London Health...

LHSC wants to make sure you enjoy St. Patrick’s Day, just not in the emergency department

March 15, 2023 (London, Ontario) – While March 17 marks one of the busiest days of the year for bars and restaurants, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) reminds party-goers that St. Patrick’s Day can also lead to injuries and a busy emergency department if the occasion isn’t celebrated safely....

Emergency Department Triage Process

How are patients triaged in the LHSC adult Emergency Departments? The Emergency Department is a space no one wants to find themselves in, but is there when urgent health care needs must be met. As a patient, it can feel frustrating to wait, seeing others be called before you to be admitted to the...