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stouffville suntribunem saturday march 17 20075 new emergency chief used to growing pains dr andrew arcand filling bigset of shoes by michael power staff writer after spending five years working at markham stouffville hospital the new chief of emergency medicine is no stranger to the ninth line facility and andrew arcand who has head ed the department since feb 1 sounds happy to take on the challenge its pretty exciting said dr arcand who took over from david austin who filled the position since the hospital opened in 1990 its a big set of shoes to fill weve got a great physician team here dr arcand 36 graduated from queens university in kingston in 1997 he started practising medicine in 2000 and initially worked in the intensive care unit of kingston general hospital he came to markham stouffville in 2002 and has been a fulltime emer gency physician since then dr arcand also performs surgical assists at the hospital supervises in the cardiac stress lab sits on the hospitals board of directors as vicepresident of medical staffand serves as ayorkregion coroner with the communitys population growing rapidly the emergency depart ment is at a critical time in its history dr arcand said the department was built for 30000 visits annually but actually deals with about 50000 were functioning in a space thats arguably 40 per cent the size its meant to be he said were managing bumt creates problems markham stouffville is waiting to hear from the health and longterm care ministry regarding a plan the hos pital submitted to expand the emer gency department he said although the hospital is still waiting for an answer he noted the ministry dr andrew arcand new chief of emergency at markham stouf fville hospital likely realizes the markham and stouf fville area is experiencing a lot of growth the hospital is also reevaluating the process for registering new patients when they go to the emergency depart ment markham stouffville plans to put a second nurse in the department to help triage new patients and therefore shorten the time spent waiting to get care the facility is also looking at ways to ensure beds in other areas of the hospi tal become available as soon as possible so patients in the emergency depart ment dont stay any longer than neces sary dr arcand said there are many areas where things get bottlenecked so there are a number of points along the road that the depart ment and hospital are trying to address he said when not working dr arcand enjoys playing soccer and music but much of his free time is spent helping care for his first child henry charles who was born in december these days its a lot of diaper changes he said york region smallbusiness enterprisecentre yyi ontarios rising star york region york region small business enterprise centre workshop series presents starting a small business workshop saturday march 24 2007 are you thinking of starting your own business then this is the workshop for vou presented by kirsten eastwood kirsten eastwood consulting location york region administrative centre committee room b 17250 yonge street newmarket datetime saturday march 24 2007 930 am- 1230 pm cost 30 call 9058304444 x1572 tollfree 18771649675 x1572 or email vrsbecyorkca to register for this exciting workshop now mbsssbmmm h5s5 teahilmj active kids are it ji f it when you start them off with a healthy active lifestyle kids have more energy and selfconfidence to pursue their goals for the future contact us today to get a physical activity guide to learn about the benefits of physical activity and sport participation and how the new childrens fitness tax credit can help you keep your child moving for information on the childrens fitness tax credit call 1 800 9598281 sr physical activity its for life fei f m healthycanadiansca 1 800 ocanada 1 800 6226232 111 canada