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Toronto Star
The eerie silence that has befallen Canada’s most populous city has become increasingly punctuated by the sound of emergency vehicle sirens. As many hunker down at home, the demands of first responders helping to keep others and the city safe has risen tenfold.
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Vancouver Sun
Troy Clifford writes: As president of the Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. and Emergency Dispatchers of B.C., I am reaching out directly to British Columbians on behalf of our 4,500 ambulance paramedics and emergency medical dispatchers.
Ambulance service began in B.C. in the early 1900s, before evolving in 1974 to the model we see today. For more than 100 years, paramedics have helped you in your time of greatest need: saving lives through highly skilled emergency medical care, alleviating suffering and promoting health.
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CHSJ-FM
Shell gas stations are giving back to those workers who are putting their lives on the line to keep us safe.
The company is offering free drinks and sandwiches to medical staff and commercial drivers at more than 450 sites across Canada including its six locations in Thunder Bay.
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Sands has added a new surgical mask to our production line until the mask shortage is over.
It is made of three plies of NWPP NonWoven Polypropylene with elastic ear loops. NonWoven Polypropylene is constructed of 100% polypropylene.
These limited use masks can be cleaned a few times by following the enclosed instructions.
These masks have not been tested by Health Canada, but a single layer of this material has a typical filtration of 0.2 microns.
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The Sudbury Star
Manitoulin Island first responders would love to organize a light parade to thank all of the community’s essential workers during COVID-19, but until that’s safe, they put together a video expressing their appreciation.
The minute-long video features messages from various local groups, including volunteer fire departments, EMS and UCCM police.
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CP 24
Downtown Toronto’s Hospital Row was filled with sounds of sirens and flashing lights as a cavalcade of emergency vehicles drove by hospitals on Sunday night to salute the health-care workers who are on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19.
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Northumberland News
First responders and front-line medical workers in need of respite and/or self-isolation from possible exposure to COVID-19 now have a place to stay in Cobourg.
The fencing around a new relief base camp/isolation and care facility was installed at the Victoria Park Campground in the Town of Cobourg Friday, April 17.
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CNN Business
McDonald's has a message for America's frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic: You deserve a break today.
Participating McDonald's locations are giving first responders and healthcare workers a free "Thank You meal" through May 5.
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Quinte News
While local homebuilders were saluting first responders and other essential workers with a parade near Belleville General Hospital yesterday (Tuesday) the staff at two downtown district restaurants were busy cooking up a storm.
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CTV News
A joint study between Western and McMaster universities is looking at a new approach to treating public safety personnel such as nurses, doctors, and first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The study comes at a time when many of our PSP’s are suffering traumas during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PoliceOne.com
The Gary Sinise Foundation has started an initiative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that assists law enforcement agencies and first responders in applying for grant funding and obtaining personal protective equipment.
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Halifax Today
This service will offer short-term counselling and supportive services, including follow up if needed, for first responders and their families impacted by the tragedies of April 18 and 19 in Colchester County and the Municipality of East Hants.
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CHCH
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Hamilton paramedic service deployed it’s first infectious disease crew into service today. Dale Manucdoc spent the day with front line workers battling to keep the community safe.
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Winnipeg Sun
An initiative by Winnipeg City Councilor Shawn Nason (Transcona), advocating for victims of violent crime who are forced to pay ambulance bills, has stalled-out at city hall.
Nason brought a motion to the Standing Policy Committee on Protection, Community Services and Parks on Wednesday to discuss changes to the system that would include, “reducing red tape.”
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Le Journal De Montréal
Le consortium responsable de construire le Réseau express métropolitain (REM) a fait don d'équipements de protection à Urgence-santé, un geste de solidarité en soutien aux efforts du gouvernement dans la lutte à la COVID-19.
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CTV News
A B.C. air ambulance flight over Vancouver Island was targeted by what Transport Canada describes as a "deliberate and ongoing laser strike" over the weekend.
The helicopter was on a medical flight from the Nanaimo Harbour to the heliport at Victoria General Hospital on Saturday night when the pilot reported a sustained strike from a green laser being pointed up from the ground.
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ICI.Radio-Canada
Anxiogéne, terrifiant, chaotique… voilà comment de nombreux travailleurs canadiens de la santé décrivent leur milieu de travail en ces temps de pandémie.
Afin de mieux comprendre ce qu'ils vivent, l’entreprise de sondage montréalaise Potloc et l’Association canadienne de santé publique ont associé leurs forces.
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CTV News.CA
The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died recently at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus in March and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.
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Global News
U.S. health regulators on Tuesday OK’d the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states.
The test from LabCorp will initially only be available to health care workers and first responders under a doctor’s orders.
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JEMS
The emergency department is overcrowded, the ICUs are full, and 911 calls are at a record high. What once was a doomsday scenario is now day-to-day life in New York City and northern New Jersey.
Although most other systems have not seen markedly increased volumes, we can only assume they will occur. With such a tax on the on the healthcare and emergency medical systems, now is the time to consider an EMS provider-initiated triage and transport protocol.
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CTV News
A program is pairing kids with canines to sharpen their reading skills in a low stress environment.
The St. John Ambulance's Therapy Animals Involved in Literacy Skills (TAILS) is a reading program that provides an opportunity for children to read aloud to dogs. The goal is to give children who have a hard time reading, a safe and low stress environment to hone their skills.
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TVANouvelles
Travailleurs essentiels de l’ombre depuis le début de la crise, les répartiteurs médicaux d’urgence s’adaptent tous les jours à l’évolution de la COVID-19 afin que leurs collègues paramédics sur le terrain puissent intervenir en toute sécurité.
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PTBO Canada
My name is Kelly Convery and I have been a paramedic with Peterborough County/City Paramedics since 2009. This is a job I had wanted to pursue since elementary school. This is the job that I believe I was meant to do. This is the job I am proud to do, but this isn’t the same job it once was.
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New Market Today
The first case of COVID-19 for a York Region paramedic has been confirmed.
"Thankfully, our paramedic is doing well and recovering at home in self-isolation," said Chris Spearen, chief of York Region Paramedic Services.
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LBC
Garrett Emmerson added that none of the staff who had died of Covid-19 had been in direct contact with patients.
Speaking to Nick Ferrari, he said: "This is obviously heartbreaking news and we have had very little time to get used to it, because up until yesterday afternoon, we were hoping for a better outcome.
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The Record
Retired paramedic Bryan Stevens spent decades responding to dangerous and traumatic situations throughout the province.
The first 12 years of his career were in Mississauga, and last 18 were spent aboard an Ornge helicopter based in London. He's attended everything from traffic collisions to farming accidents, so when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, he knew he had to help.
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CTV News
The wife of an RCMP officer killed in the Moncton shootings almost six years ago is shining a spotlight on support for first responders as another Maritime province copes with tragedy.
Angela Gevaudan says the events of that day will always be with her and the healing process is a continuous one.
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Vancouver Sun
No sitting among ivory columns Socratically questioning life’s meaning for Graeme Taylor, doctor of philosophy.
Taylor, a paramedic for 21 years in Metro Vancouver, the Interior and on Vancouver Island, spends his days now searching for a better life for the planet after leading an extraordinary life of his own.
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CBC News
Windsor resident Shuwei Zhu says she began drawing sidewalk murals near her home as a way of showing support for friends who are frontline and essential workers.
"I picked up some chalk — some kid's chalk — and I started drawing on my sidewalk, on my porch, just to show appreciation," said Zhu, who worked in customer service at a fitness centre and coached high school basketball before the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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Cornwall.CA
The City of Cornwall is requesting donations to help protect Cornwall SDG Paramedics and Glen Stor Dun Lodge staff.
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St. Catharines Standard
First-year paramedic program students across Ontario could be called into action if provincial ambulance services need more manpower to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recently, the province said new temporary orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act will give ambulance services the flexibility to hire and assign college students who have not yet completed exams or graduated, to provide appropriate services.
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Global News
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, Barry Christensen doesn’t take any chances when he responds to a 911 call or is required to transfer patients between hospitals and nursing homes.
The paramedic of 39 years makes sure he is well protected with N95 masks, gloves and gowns. The coronavirus pandemic is a game-changer for his job.
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The Peterborough Examiner
Fleming College is providing some residence rooms to Peterborough Paramedics who need to isolate from their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During county council's virtual meeting, county chief administrative officer Troy Speck said the college isn't charging paramedics for the rooms.
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CityNews
Healthcare workers contend with high-risk situations daily, which have now been made even riskier due to the coronavirus pandemic.
To respond to the unique circumstances and increased safety risks paramedics are faced with, while still making sure the community is properly served, Peel region paramedics have launched a “high-risk paramedic response team.”
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Toronto Sun
Hair today, gone tomorrow.
Cory Tkatch, superintendent of operations for Peel Regional Paramedic Services, plans to shave off his signature looks after raising more than $11,000 for Feed Ontario — formerly the Ontario Food Bank Association — via social media.
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Reuters via The Chornicle Herald
Doctor Cristina Fernandez stands in a residential Madrid stairway, both feet in a red plastic bag while a coworker gingerly peels off her personal protective equipment (PPE), taking care to only touch the inside of her disposable overalls.
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The Lindsay Advocate
During the COVID-19 pandemic, gestures of all sizes have been making a significant difference to those most affected. First responders such as Paramedic Service are among the many working for us on the front line. In recent weeks, Paramedic Services found themselves in the unique position of seeking out support from the community for life saving equipment such as masks, gloves, gowns and face shields.
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Quinte News
Hastings-Quinte paramedics are doing their part in the fight against COVID-19.
Paramedic Services Chief Doug Socha tells Quinte News community paramedics have been swabbing patients for the virus in their own homes, home-based on a criteria established by public health.
Socha says they’ve done about 100 patients so far.
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WCTI-TV
An eastern North Carolina community college continues to teach critical need programs during the pandemic, including its Emergency Medical Science program, answering the call from North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper to help meet the state's hhealth and human service needs.
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CBC
Jay Lawrence and Tyler Wall loaded an ambulance with specialized gear recently and headed out into a city gripped by COVID-19, prepared to spend their entire shift answering Hamilton's highest-risk calls.
The pair are part of a newly created 12-person team of infectious disease paramedics, charged with responding to patients who have screened positive for the novel coronavirus and handling more complicated cases including cardiac arrests.
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Natchez Democrat
Local American Medical Response employees are mourning the loss of one its paramedics, who has died from complications due to the COVID-19 virus.
AMR announced the death of David Martin in a post on social media Wednesday evening.
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