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CBC News via YouTube
As COVID-19 forces a hard look at parts of Canadian health care, Adrienne Arsenault gets a first-hand look at a virtual triage system being piloted by paramedics in eastern Ontario.
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USA Today
T-Mobile really wants to connect with local and state police, fire and emergency medical departments – by offering them free cellular service, including 5G connectivity.
Many first-responder agencies face funding crunches that result in other lifesaving equipment being purchased ahead of cellular service and devices. The coronavirus pandemic will likely add to budgetary stress.
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AirBoss of America via Globe Newswire
AirBoss of America Corp. recently announced that AirBoss Defense Group is donating highly specialized life-saving personal protective equipment to Toronto Paramedic Services. Five negative-pressure individual patient isolation and transportation systems, known as ISO-PODs, will be added to the Service's resources.
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The Points Guy
Healthcare workers, first responders and essential workers have been on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. By day (or night), they work with patients or perform other essential jobs to keep the economy running. But life after their shifts can be as equally perilous. Many first responders have decided to self-quarantine at Airbnbs or hotels to avoid possibly infecting loved ones.
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First Responder Technologies Inc. via CNW
First Responder Technologies Inc., a developer of WiFi-based technologies to detect and deter mass shooting and terror attacks involving concealed weapons, is pleased to announce that it is developing an advanced AI open-carry weapons detection camera, and successfully demonstrated a proof of concept to the Company's Board of Directors and Advisory Council at its fiscal Q3 board meeting held on May 15 (the "Smart AI Camera").
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The Hill
The coronavirus crisis is putting an unexpected financial squeeze on ambulance operators, ratcheting up costs and tanking revenue even as they audibly remind people of the virus’s proliferation throughout the county. Drivers and emergency medical technicians are spending far more time with each patient they transfer in ambulances.
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CBC News
An air ambulance service based in Medicine Hat that services southern Alberta, says it might have to scale back or cease operations without operation funding from the province.
HALO says the reduction in service could come as early as June and it could shut its doors by July.
The organization says the pandemic has decimated its ability to fundraise and it relies on donations and fee for service payments from the province to stay in the air.
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DroneDJ
Fotokite already offers a clever response to two challenges for deploying drones: limited battery life and the need for a certified pilot. And now it’s tackling a third challenge with its new product: How to deploy a drone as quickly as possible in a first responder situation.
Drones can be a tremendous asset to first responders such as fire fighters. They quickly provide an aerial perspective that highlights dangers and opportunities in a crisis situation faster than just eyes on the ground can.
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FN
Several high-profile footwear companies have offered discounts throughout the coronavirus crisis to healthcare workers, and now Vans is the latest brand to do so.
Available now through May 25, the California-based skate label said “as a show of our gratitude” it is offering U.S. healthcare workers and first responders 30% off a one-time purchase.
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LeSoleil
Les ambulanciers et les paramédicaux auront dorénavant une pièce d’équipement de plus pour se protéger de la COVID-19 lors du transport de patients à risque. Ils pourront compter sur la Techni-Shield Defender, un écran protecteur qui peut être installé sur une civière, développé et mis sur le marché par la firme québécoise Technimount System.
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Radio-Canada
L’ambulancier Gaston Berthelot souffre d'une maladie cardiaque chronique. En raison de la COVID-19, il a quitté temporairement son emploi le 27 mars, tel que recommandé par ses médecins. Toutefois, son employeur refuse de le rémunérer.
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Green Car Reports
In a lung-related pandemic, maybe we should be thinking a little more about how many of our existing emergency vehicles — ambulances specifically — have tailpipes and big diesel engines.
Working with the Tokyo Fire Department, Nissan converted an ambulance to be fully electric. It's not the first electric ambulance, but Nissan claims it is the first one in Japan.
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EMS1.com
It is not clear what 57-year-old William Ivory’s long-term plan was for the ambulance that he is accused of stealing Tuesday night.
Ivory, who authorities said had the MedStar ambulance for less than a half hour, did not get to decide.
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Calgary Herald
When Jessica van der Hoek was diagnosed with PTSD in 2011, it sent her down a path with no clear direction.
She has worked as a paramedic for two decades, but back then, it was her own life at stake. Financial ruin, alcohol addiction and suicide attempts overtook her well-being.
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Comox Valley Record
Before the coronavirus became a pandemic, a paramedic would enter a home, sit next to the person and start treating an illness. During these times of social distancing, they’re exercising caution by calling patients to the door, and assessing the situation from three metres.
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Guelph Today
Facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks do not fear, the Swab Squad is here.
Once the local Public Health determined a need for COVID-19 testing in areas around Guelph and Wellington County a month ago, a crew of paramedics — dubbed the Swab Squad — immediately shifted their gears.
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Castanet
Many of us have shifted over to working from home during the global crisis, but what if your job required you to be on the front lines? That’s exactly what Emergency Medical Service workers do daily.
Castanet spoke with two paramedics to see how things may have changed since the pandemic.
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Blackburn News
Perth County Paramedic Services has launched a new Paramedic Community Outreach program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program is aimed at bringing supportive care to patients with complex medical needs in their homes and in community settings, targeting individuals who may not be able to access traditional health care supports or coronavirus assessment centres.
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CBC News
Front-line health-care workers are starting to hit the wall.
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, CBC Ottawa has checked in weekly with an intensive and palliative care physician, an ICU nurse and a rural paramedic. This week, they've been dealing with dying patients, bone-deep fatigue and an unexplained illness.
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CKFR-AM
On his first deployment with Samaritan’s Purse, Kelowna resident Ian Larrett and his wife travelled to one of Italy’s hardest hit regions to fight COVID-19.
“We’re familiar with the equipment and the typical layout of these setups from training, but the part that we had no way of preparing for was just dealing specifically one disease itself.
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CBC News
When the call came for paramedics to volunteer on the front lines of New York's coronavirus crisis, Paul Cary didn't hesitate.
The 66-year-old drove 27 hours from Colorado Springs, Colo., to New York City on March 28 to offer his services in one of the country's hardest hit areas.
He reported for duty on April 1. A month later, on April 30, he died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
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