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.PARAMEDIC NEWS
Paramedic union: Squamish under-resourced
Squamish Chief
The union representing Squamish's paramedics told municipal council that the town is under-resourced to respond to emergencies.
On March 28, members of the Ambulance Paramedics of BC spoke to elected officials about the challenges facing first responders.
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Toronto's paramedic service struggles to keep pace amid burnout, competitive job market
CBC News
The union representing Toronto's paramedics says the city is struggling to retain people within its service because of the increasing stress of the job and the rising cost of living in the city.
CUPE 416 is sounding the alarm about Toronto's struggle to keep workers in the paramedic service at a time when call volumes are growing at a rate of five per cent per year.
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Ambulance dispatcher meets family after life saving event
North Bay News
When Krista Tucker Petrick woke up to her husband Marc in cardiac distress, she knew she had to call 911 immediately.
“I called 911 while trying to remember all the things I learned in my First Aid and CPR course,” Tucker Petrick said in a release.
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New province-wide radio system improves communications for emergency responders
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have begun using the new province-wide radio system on the Avalon Peninsula. This system will improve the way emergency responders and government — such as the RNC, RCMP, firefighters, paramedics and other public service providers — communicate with each other during emergencies.
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Cloverdale paramedic starts ambitious fundraising initiative for Ukraine
Peace Arch News
After volunteering in Ukraine twice, Will Rogers now hopes to raise funds for the war-torn country in an ambitions fundraising initiative.
Rogers, a Cloverdale paramedic, returned in March from volunteering with Frontline Medics in the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine.
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Our story continues in The Big Easy
EMS World Expo
Sept. 18-22, New Orleans
Now in its 35th year, EMS World Expo returns to The Big Easy with a continued focus on achieving better patient outcomes through better education. For five days, thousands of EMS professionals from hundreds of agencies across the globe will unite to engage in real-world training, participate in ground-breaking education, and connect with fellow attendees.
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B.C. paramedics want more people to have naloxone kits
CTV News
On the seventh anniversary since the toxic drug crisis prompted British Columbia to declare a public health emergency, paramedics are encouraging people to consider getting naloxone kits.
Naloxone can help reverse an overdose from an opioid, such as heroin, methadone, fentanyl or morphine.
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Union head: Assaults on paramedics alarming
Winnipeg Free Press
The melee in the back of an ambulance Easter Sunday that sent a Winnipeg paramedic to hospital is just one example of the worsening violence and threats first responders face daily, says their union.
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Smithers paramedic honoured with emergency vehicle procession
Smithers Interior News
Michael (Mike) Larsen, a long time-Smithers paramedic who died March 31, was honoured by a large procession of emergency vehicles with lights and sirens blaring, escorting his casket through Smithers and Telkwa to his final resting place in the Telkwa cemetery on April 6.
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Air ambulance called after collision closes section of 124
Guelph News
Ornge Air Ambulance was called to the scene of a serious two-vehicle collision recently just east of Guelph, airlifting one person to hospital.
A section of Wellington Road 124 was closed for roughly an hour after the collision involving an SUV and a sedan near the intersection of Wellington Road 124 and 4th Line, roughly four kilometres east of Guelph.
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Ambulance wait times increasing in Winnipeg
CityNews
After a fall that broke her leg, Debbie Boissonneault, president of Cupe Local 204, says she waited 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. The delay left her with very little choice.
“I just went outside my house and I slipped off my bottom stair, it had some ice on it, when I fell I heard something crack,” explained Debbie Boissonneault.
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Hamilton should see improved paramedic service with budget boost
The Bay Observer
With Hamilton’s population aging, comes an increase in the use of paramedic services.
City paramedics responded to 98,114 emergencies in 2022, up from 90,892 in 2021. In 2022, the increase in service demands was double the increase in demand from recent years.
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Paramedic Steven Tougher stabbed to death outside Campbelltown McDonald's identified
news.com.au
A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a paramedic who was repeatedly stabbed in an ambulance at a Sydney McDonald’s carpark.
Steven Tougher — a 29-year-old paramedic — was approaching the end of his shift and sitting in the back of the ambulance doing paperwork when his attacker pulled open the door and stabbed him multiple times.
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