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Sept. 22
1 p.m.
Delta Hotel
Winnipeg Manitoba
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CSA Communities
This standard specifies requirements to facilitate the application of ergonomics into ambulance design and describes a user-centered design (UCD) process for establishing additional ergonomic requirements, as necessary. The objective of applying ergonomics is to optimize overall system performance by ensuring human performance and safety requirements are balanced with engineering and design requirements. It is intended to be used by government and regulatory authorities, manufacturers and distributors of ambulances, distributors of equipment, paramedics, paramedic organizations, and other interested parties.
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The deadline to book your guest room at Paramedicine Across Canada Expo featured hotel is Friday, Aug. 16. The Delta hotel is located in Winnipeg’s Sports, Hospitality, and Entertainment (SHED) District in the heart of Winnipeg’s Downtown, Delta Winnipeg is the city’s largest 4 1/2 star hotel.
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PACE2019 will be offering a variety of learning, networking, and educational opportunities including pre-conference sessions, a Paramedic Research Symposium, dedicated speaker tracks for “Clinical”, “Educators”, “Leadership”, “Specialty”, and an opportunity to visit and participate in a traditional Indigenous Sweat Lodge Ceremony.
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CBC News
Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services says they have seen more calls for ambulance services this year, compared to last year.
A report looking at the performance of paramedic services from January to June of this year found that paramedics responded to 24,608 calls, resulting in 28,942 vehicles going out to those calls. This is a 5.4 per cent increase in vehicle response from this time last year.
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Canadian Employment Law Today
An Alberta paramedic who struck a patient who spit on him and then tried to downplay the incident in the ensuing investigation has had his dismissal upheld by an arbitrator for failing to meet the high standards of trust and conduct inherent to his position.
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CBC News
Paramedics in New Brunswick are working up to 400 extra hours beyond what is required each year for full-time work, says the president of the union representing Ambulance New Brunswick paramedics and dispatchers.
Gregory McConaghy of CUPE Local 4848, said paramedics have been working the extra hours for about five years.
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Yorkton This Week
What’s going on with Yorkton’s emergency medical service?
A Facebook post claimed that Crestvue Ambulance had a staffing cut, and that the city’s ambulance service was in a funding crisis.
Yorkton MLA and Minister for Rural and Remote Health Greg Ottenbreit said that from the Provincial Government’s perspective, that’s not the case, and very little has changed. The same contract is in place, requiring three ambulances be available at all times. The funding through the contract also has not changed.
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The Brandon Sun
Prairie Mountain Health is still waiting on its promised paramedics.
Sara Locke, a communications specialist with Shared Health, said in an email to The Sun recently the 10 full-time paramedic positions announced in May by Premier Brian Pallister will be posted and recruitment will begin in late September or early October.
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The St. Catharines Standard
Changes to the way Niagara paramedics respond to emergencies are helping ensure they will be available to respond to the most critically ill patients.
"We're finding alternate and more appropriate pathways for them other than through the doors of the emergency department," Niagara Emergency Medical Services Chief Kevin Smith said at Tuesday's public health and social services committee meeting.
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Saskatoon StarPhoenix
A paramedic with North Battleford-based WPD Ambulance has agreed to a complaint resolution over an incident in 2017 in which he took photos of a patient’s injured arm and shared the images with co-workers.
The agreement between Erik Marcoux, an advanced care paramedic, and the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics’ professional conduct committee, was signed in June.
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Prehospital Emergency Care
Although the factors driving emergency department demand have been extensively investigated, a comparatively minimal amount is known about the factors that are driving an increase in emergency ambulance demand.
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Prehospital Emergency Care
Field identification and treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by paramedics is an important component of the continuum of care for these patients. This study described real-world clinical practice in prehospital management of STEMI patients in Queensland, Australia.
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Cowichan Valley Citizen
Lake Cowichan is going all out this weekend with a stupendous 75th anniversary celebration.
At press time, the final schedule is being completed. Look for it in the Wednesday, Aug. 14 issue of the Cowichan Valley Citizen.
But, we know already that you’d better be there when it all kicks off.
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CTV News
Tuesday’s federal funding announcements included funds dedicated to assisting veterans and first responders dealing with occupational trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as their families.
The Canadian Women's Wellness Initiative will receive nearly $50,000 in 2020. Meanwhile, Veterans Affairs is pledging over $700,000 for the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia over five years.
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WTAP-TV
Two paramedics are dead after their ambulance crashed with a tractor-trailer in Nicholas County Saturday morning.
Troopers say the Jan-Care ambulance crashed on Route 19 in Nicholas County.
Troopers responded to the crash on Route 19 near the area of Powell's Mountain just before 8 a.m. Saturday morning, Aug, 10.
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WLNY-TV
Two ambulances collided in a violent wreck in the Bronx that injured multiple first responders.
One of the emergency vehicles overturned after being struck near Brook Avenue and East 142nd Street Saturday afternoon, Aug. 10.
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CTV News
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a 35-year-old man in Chatham.
At approximately 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, Emergency Medical Services attended a residence near Victoria and Grand Avenues to tend to a man in medical distress, according to preliminary investigations conducted by the SIU.
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The Sault Star
Algoma District Services Administration Board is embarking upon a restructuring plan that could see ambulance services reduced in Hornepayne and Dubreuilville.
The Sault Star has learned the proposed plan, which requires a letter of agreement with the union, could ultimately reduce service from 24 hours a day to 16 hours a day in those communities.
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Regina Leader-Post
On Friday evening, Aug. 9, Carly St Onge, Tamara Kulyk, Jen Rondeau and Crystal Lybeck stepped aboard a Saskatchewan Air Ambulance flight for their shifts. Little did they know, the four of them together on that aircraft would mark the first time in the service’s 73-year history that an all-female air crew would fly together.
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