Just about to start an emergency shift and here's what I want you to know.

I am serene and confident.

My hospital has an enthusiastic, community-minded and innovative medical staff.

Our nurses are the best

Our emergency department is superb with energetic, well-trained, highly skilled and committed emergency nurses

Ditto our emergency medical staff

We have taken the lead time we have been provided to prepare and prepare well for what may come

We are ready

We cannot change what is to come but we can provide the very best of care to the limits of our abilities and resources

We will rise to the challenge and deal with whatever presents to our doors

In my limited world view, Perth is a microcosm of every emergency department in this country

Canada has one of the best cadres of emergency physicians and nurses in the world

Canadians can have some confidence in their local emergency department and their provincial emergency medical systems.

We will all do our very best for you!