一项发表于《加拿大医学会期刊》的最新全国性调查显示,加拿大急诊医学正面临严峻的人才流失危机:每10名急诊医生中就有1人已离开这一专科,近半数医生削减了临床工作时间,女性与年轻医生的职业倦怠比例尤为突出。


然而,数百万加拿大人缺乏家庭医生,急诊室长期过度拥挤,候诊时间持续恶化:2024至2025财年,每10名住院病人中就有1人在急诊等待超过48小时。一个"破碎系统"正在发出的整体警报。


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卡特琳·斯托克顿博士亲眼目睹了太多病人在人满为患的急诊室中受苦。

Dr. Kaitlin Stockton has watched far too many patients suffer in overflowing emergency departments.

  • suffer此处指病人在恶劣的就医环境中承受痛苦与折磨,不单指身体病痛
  • overflowing字面意为"溢出的",此处形容急诊室严重超负荷,病人人数远超接诊能力



这位在温哥华执业的急诊医生,曾在嘈杂房间的公共区域里、在几乎没有任何隐私的情况下,向素昧平生的病人宣告癌症诊断。

The Vancouver-based physician has given patients she just met a cancer diagnosis, with little privacy in the middle of a noisy room.

  • Vancouver-based"地名 + based"是固定搭配,意为"驻扎于/在某地执业",常见于新闻报道中描述人物所在地
  • little privacylittle 修饰不可数名词,表示"几乎没有",此处强调急诊室嘈杂拥挤、完全缺乏告知坏消息所需的私密空间



她曾在走廊里的救护车担架上,照料一名颅内脑出血的男性患者。

She's cared for a man with an intracranial brain bleed on an ambulance stretcher in a hallway.

  • intracranial医学术语,意为"颅内的",由 intra-(内部)+ cranial(颅骨的)构成
  • ambulance stretcher救护车担架,此处暗示急诊室床位严重短缺,病人只能躺在走廊的转运担架上



还有一名病人的记忆她始终无法释怀——那人在候诊室等了整整八个小时后,因脓毒性休克而命悬一线。

And she can't shake the memory of one patient who had septic shock after spending eight hours in a waiting room, dangerously close to death.

  • shake固定搭配"can't shake the memory of",意为"无法摆脱某段记忆",强调记忆的挥之不去
  • septic shock医学术语,即"脓毒性休克",指因严重感染导致的危及生命的器官衰竭状态
  • dangerously close to death固定表达,意为"与死亡近在咫尺",dangerously 在此作程度副词,加重紧迫感



斯托克顿说,这类令人心碎的经历正在消磨急诊医生的意志,而这样的遭遇已经多到无法计数。仅在过去几年里,她的同事中至少已有五人离职。

Those kinds of harrowing experiences take a toll on emergency physicians, Stockton said, and there have been too many to count. At least five of her colleagues have left in the last few years.

  • harrowing形容词,意为"令人痛苦难忍的、心理创伤极深的",比 distressing 程度更强,常用于描述创伤性经历
  • take a toll on固定短语,意为"对……造成损耗/伤害",常用于描述长期压力对身心健康的侵蚀



如今,一项新的全国调查显示,这一问题已超出任何单一医院或单一省份的范围。

Now, a new national survey shows the problem goes beyond any one hospital or province.

  • national survey全国性调查,national 强调样本覆盖全国范围,区别于地区性或单一机构的调查
  • beyond此处为介词,意为"超出……的范围",表示问题已不局限于某一地点或行政区域



调查结果显示,加拿大每10名急诊医生中就有1人已离开本专科,而绝大多数仍在职的医生则在削减工时或请假,以应对职业倦怠。

One out of every 10 emergency physicians in Canada have left their specialty while the vast majority of others are reducing their hours or taking time off to manage burnout, the results suggest.

  • specialty此处指"专科/专业方向",即急诊医学这一医学细分领域;美式英语常用 specialty,英式英语常用 speciality
  • vast majority固定搭配,意为"绝大多数",比 most 语气更强,强调比例之高
  • burnout职业倦怠,指因长期高压工作导致的身心俱疲状态,是心理健康领域的核心术语



这些研究结果来自《加拿大医学会期刊》周一发表的一项研究,以2025年对全国数百名急诊医生进行的横断面调查为基础。

The findings, part of a study out Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, are based on a 2025 cross-country survey of hundreds of emergency medicine doctors.

  • Canadian Medical Association Journal即《加拿大医学会期刊》,缩写为 CMAJ,是加拿大最权威的同行评审医学期刊之一
  • cross-country survey全国横向调查,cross-country 意为"跨越全国的",强调地理覆盖范围之广



"主流结论是,(医疗)系统已经崩溃,"共同作者科斯汀·德·威特写道。她是金斯顿健康科学中心的急诊医生、皇后大学教授,与加拿大急诊研究网络共同主持了这项研究。

"The prevailing theme was that the [health-care] system is broken," wrote co-author Kerstin de Wit, an emergency physician at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and professor at Queen's University, who conducted the research with the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers.

  • prevailing意为"占主导地位的、最普遍的",此处指在所有受访者的反馈中,"系统崩溃"是最突出、最一致的结论
  • co-author共同作者,指与他人合作完成一篇学术论文的作者之一



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An 'alarming exodus' countrywide

全国范围内"令人警觉的大规模出走"


研究人员发现,近半数受访者表示已削减临床工作时间,20%的人曾请假休整,10%的人已离开本专科;女性医生和年轻医生报告的职业倦怠比例更高。

Nearly half of survey respondents said they've reduced their clinical hours while 20 per cent have taken time off and 10 per cent have left the specialty, the researchers found, with women and younger physicians reporting higher rates of burnout.

  • respondents受访者,指参与调查并作出回答的人,是问卷调查报道中的常用术语
  • clinical临床的,指直接面对病人进行诊断、治疗的工作,区别于行政、教学或科研工作



研究人员得出结论,医生职业倦怠程度过高会导致医疗质量下滑,并危及患者安全,不应将其仅视为"疫情现象"一笔带过。

High levels of physician burnout can lead to lower-quality care and put patient safety at risk, the researchers concluded, and shouldn't be considered just a "pandemic phenomenon."

  • patient safety患者安全,医疗卫生领域的核心概念,指避免在医疗过程中对患者造成可预防的伤害
  • pandemic phenomenon疫情现象,指新冠疫情期间出现的特有状况;研究者在此强调,职业倦怠问题早于疫情存在,不能以疫情为由轻易归因或忽视



调查结果来自一项面向400余名医生的在线问卷,受访者覆盖除努纳武特地区和育空地区之外的全国所有省份和地区。

The results were based on an online survey of more than 400 doctors, with respondents from every province and territory except Nunavut and Yukon.

  • territory(联邦)地区,加拿大行政区划术语,与 province(省)并列,但宪法地位不同;加拿大目前有10个省和3个地区



目前尚无确切数字显示全国在职急诊医生的总人数,这是因为与加拿大大多数医生一样,急诊医生属于独立承包人,而非领薪水的雇员。

There aren't hard numbers on the total workforce of emergency physicians currently working since, like most physicians in Canada, ER doctors are independent contractors, not salaried employees.

  • hard numbers确切数字,"硬数据",指有据可查的精确统计数字,区别于估算或推算
  • workforce劳动力/从业人员总数,此处指全国在职急诊医生的总体规模
  • independent contractors独立承包人,指不与雇主签订雇佣合同、自负盈亏的自由执业者;加拿大大多数医生以此身份执业,这也是难以精确统计人数的原因之一
  • salaried employees领固定薪资的雇员,与 independent contractors 相对,指与机构签订雇佣合同、按月领薪的正式员工



加拿大卫生信息研究所(CIHI)的最新数据显示,截至2024年,全国大约有3750名急诊医生。

The most recent data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) suggests there were roughly 3,750 ER physicians across Canada as of 2024.

  • Canadian Institute for Health Information加拿大卫生信息研究所,简称CIHI,是加拿大负责收集和分析全国医疗卫生数据的独立机构
  • as of固定短语,意为"截至……时间点",常用于引用统计数据时标注数据的时效性



与此同时,加拿大急诊医生协会(CAEP)估计这一数字可能约为6000人——但上述两个数字均未考虑其中实际在急诊室正常出诊的人数。

Meanwhile, the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) estimates there may be roughly 6,000 — although neither figure takes into account how many of those individuals are actually working regular hours in ERs.

  • Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians加拿大急诊医生协会,简称CAEP,是代表全国急诊医生的专业协会
  • estimates此处作动词,意为"估计、估算",与上文CIHI的统计数据形成对比,暗示两个数字口径不同
  • takes into account固定短语,意为"将……纳入考量、考虑到",相当于 considers




Physician loss a 'crisis for the ... system'

急诊医生大量流失已成"……系统的危机"


新发表的《加拿大医学会期刊》论文作者指出,急诊医生的流失是"加拿大医疗系统的一场危机"。

The loss of emergency physicians marks a "crisis for the Canadian system," noted the authors of the new CMAJ paper.

  • noted此处为引述动词,意为"指出、强调",比 said 语气更正式,常用于学术或新闻报道中转述观点



调查结果公布之际,正值数百万加拿大人缺乏基本医疗服务提供者,急诊室则长期饱受过度拥挤和人员短缺之苦。

The survey results come at a time when millions of Canadians lack access to a primary-care provider and emergency departments are grappling with chronic overcrowding and staff shortages.

  • primary-care provider初级医疗服务提供者,通常指家庭医生(family doctor)或全科医生(GP),是加拿大分级医疗体系中的第一道关口
  • grappling with固定短语,意为"艰难应对、苦苦挣扎于",暗示问题棘手且持续存在,比 dealing with 程度更重
  • overcrowding过度拥挤,此处指急诊室病人数量长期超出其实际接诊能力



2024年,CBC新闻的一项调查发现,安大略省每五家设有急诊室或紧急护理中心的医院中,就有一家当年经历了计划外关停——尽管此类关停在疫情前极为罕见。

In 2024, a CBC News investigation found one in every five hospitals in Ontario with an emergency room or urgent care centre had an unplanned shutdown that year, despite those kinds of closures being rare prior to the pandemic.

  • unplanned shutdown计划外关停,指医院在未提前通知的情况下临时关闭急诊室,区别于有计划的暂停服务
  • prior to固定短语,意为"在……之前",是书面正式用语,相当于 before



候诊时间也在持续恶化。

Wait times are getting worse as well.



据CIHI近期发布的一份报告显示,在2024至2025财年,每10名入院病人中就有1人在急诊室等待超过48小时——比六年前延长了12个小时;报告将此归因于床位容量有限、常规医疗资源获取困难以及加拿大人口老龄化。

One in every 10 Canadians admitted to hospital during the 2024-25 fiscal year spent more than 48 hours waiting in the emergency department — a 12-hour increase from six years prior — according to a recent report from CIHI, which put the blame on limited capacity, difficulties in accessing standard care and the country's aging population.

  • admitted to hospital收治入院,指病人经急诊评估后被正式安排住院,区别于门诊就诊
  • fiscal year财政年度,政府和机构用于核算预算与统计数据的年度周期,加拿大联邦财政年度为每年4月1日至次年3月31日
  • put the blame on固定短语,意为"将责任/原因归咎于",此处指CIHI报告将候诊时间恶化的原因归结于以下几点
  • aging population老龄化人口,指社会中老年群体比例持续上升的现象,是医疗系统承压的长期结构性因素



Calls for predictable funding

呼吁建立可预期的联邦卫生拨款机制


多伦多急诊医生詹姆斯·马斯卡利克表示,这些调查结果与他的亲身观察相符——他目睹同事们在一个"不堪重负的医疗系统"中愈发感到孤立无援。

James Maskalyk, a Toronto-based emergency physician, said the findings echo his own experience watching colleagues feel increasingly alone within an "overburdened health system."

  • echo此处作动词,意为"与……相呼应、印证",指调查数据与个人经历高度吻合
  • overburdened不堪重负的,指系统承受的压力远超其正常运转能力,由 over-(过度)+ burdened(负担沉重的)构成



"如果你看一看医生为何离职,最大的原因是组织层面的问题,"他说,"在医患关系这个层面,我们感觉自己在让病人失望。"

"If you look at the reasons why people leave the profession, organizational issues are the biggest ones," he said. "At the level of the doctor-patient relationship, we feel like we're letting people down."

  • organizational issues组织层面的问题,指医院排班制度、管理结构、资源分配等系统性问题,区别于个人能力或医患冲突
  • doctor-patient relationship医患关系,指医生与病人之间的信任与互动关系,是医疗伦理的核心概念
  • letting people down固定短语,意为"令人失望、辜负他人",此处表达医生因系统性缺陷而无法为病人提供应有照护的愧疚感



上周,全国13位省级和地区行政长官齐聚夏洛特顿,医疗议题也在国家层面引发讨论。

Health-care discussions also played out at the national level last week as all 13 of the country's premiers gathered in Charlottetown.

  • played out此处意为"(事件)发生、展开",固定短语,常用于描述事态在某一场合或背景下展开的过程
  • premiers(加拿大各省及地区的)省长/行政长官,相当于各省最高行政首长,与联邦总理(Prime Minister)不同



在一份联合声明中,这一群体呼吁联邦政府提供更具可预期性的医疗卫生资金支持。

In a joint statement, the group called for more predictable health-care funding from the federal government.

  • statement声明,指由官方或组织正式发布的书面表态
  • predictable可预期的,此处指省级政府希望联邦拨款金额和时间具有稳定性和可规划性,而非每年临时谈判
  • federal government联邦政府,指加拿大中央政府,区别于各省省级政府(provincial government)