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Daily Hive
Our healthcare workers have been putting their lives at greater risk in recent months to save our communities.
For paramedics, being in an emergency is part of their everyday lives. But since COVID-19, these frontline workers have experienced a different set of challenges.
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Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment
À un précieux intervenant,
Le 27 juin marque la Journée de sensibilisation au Trouble de stress post-traumatique (TSPT) en Ontario, et l’année 2020 marque le 40e anniversaire de l’inclusion officielle du TSPT au Manuel diagnostique et statistique des troubles mentaux (DSM), comme trouble de santé mentale reconnu. Afin de promouvoir cet événement, l’Institut canadien de recherche et de traitement en sécurité publique (ICRTSP) lance une campagne de sensibilisation au TSPT et son impact sur le personnel de la sécurité publique partout au Canada.
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Insauga
Blood samples collected from tens of thousands of Canadians will soon be tested for signs of COVID-19 antibodies as the federal government seeks to learn how many people have already contracted the novel coronavirus.
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Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment
Demers-Braun-Crestline
delivered nineteen new ambulances to New York City Fire Department. New York City was deemed
an epicenter in the U.S. for the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergency vehicles will aid FDNY in
ambulance surge capacity for coronavirus response. The ambulances were rented under a fifteen-month lease
agreement with DBC’s leasing agency partner.
“We have always fostered an open dialogue with FDNY,” says
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Maclean's
I graduated from paramedic school in 2014. The diploma was a great fit for me, since I love working with people and I love medicine. I decided that I wanted to go as far as I could in the medical field and become a physician. I had to figure out a way to work as a paramedic while building my future as a physician, and I knew I needed an undergraduate degree.
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L'Écho
Le maire de La Tuque, Pierre-David Tremblay, a prévenu que, sous peu, les pompiers municipaux n’interviendront plus en cas de découvertures ambulancière à La Tuque et ne s’en tiendront qu’à ce qui a été prévu dans le schéma de couverture de risques, soit le feu, la désincarcération, les sauvetages en hauteur et nautiques.
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CBC
Signs of an overdose surge are emerging in Winnipeg, a trend advocates feared could appear as people struggle to cope with pandemic isolation.
"We haven't had an overdose surge like this probably for two years," said Ian Rabb, business development director of Aurora Recovery Centre and executive leader of Recovery Day Winnipeg.
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The London Free-Press
City politicians emerged from a battle over a skyrocketing ambulance budget with a victory on Wednesday: a commitment to open up a seat for a London representative on the board that makes decisions about the Middlesex-London Paramedic Service.
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Cape Breton Post
It was the first time the Louisbourg Ambulance Association asked for anything in its 41 years of existence and they received a quick response.
Colbourne Chrysler is donating a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan to the association for two years.
“When you do ask for something and the outcome is like this, it’s a tearjerker for me,” said association volunteer Lloydette MacDonald.
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Radio-Canada
Le ton monte à La Tuque alors que le maire Pierre-David Tremblay met la pression sur le ministre responsable de la Mauricie Jean Boulet pour régler le dossier des services d’ambulance en Haute-Mauricie.
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CBC
People who are seriously hurt or ill enough to need an air ambulance to take them to hospital will now have a blood supply en route.
Emergency crews on board have administered liquids and sometimes performed transfusions, but blood has not been available routinely on LifeFlights until a week ago.
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Global News
A longtime Frontenac County paramedic has died of ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Dale Hodgins was diagnosed with the disease in late 2018. According to a Twitter post by paramedic Chief Gale Chevalier, Hodgins died Tuesday.
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Global News
Urgences Santé and the Montreal Fire Department have responded to an allegation made earlier this week by a former worker at the Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre in Côte St-Luc. The worker, who Global News has agreed to not identify, said even after alerting his supervisors, little was done to enforce PPE protocol.
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The London Free-Press
Ontario’s Labour Ministry is investigating after a paramedic in Dorchester was taken to hospital early Friday after suffering “a major medical event” on the job.
But the nature of the medical happening and what prompted the probe weren’t immediately clear.
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CBC
When a County of Renfrew paramedic discovered an open box of surgical masks labelled "not for medical use," it touched off an investigation that's led to mass testing, contact tracing and questions about the safety of the mask supply for paramedics in eastern Ontario and beyond.
Now Ontario Health has been asked to investigate, and the local paramedics' union is calling on services across the province to check their own supply.
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Guelph Today
Whether it’s men, women, teens or seniors, a Guelph sewing group created by a retired paramedic has seen people from all walks of life donate their time to create masks.
The Guelph Mask Kit Squad comprised of over 150 participants worked approximately over 3,500 hours since the pandemic hit to provide masks for the community to fill a need for personal protective equipment in Guelph.
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Canadian Blood Services
Paramedics are at the frontline of patient care during the pandemic, but a group in Manitoba is also helping from behind the scenes by donating blood.
Regular blood donor and paramedic Rebecca Clifton organized a group donation in May, both to mark Paramedic Services Week, and to ensure patient needs were met at a time some others felt nervous about leaving home to donate.
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CTV News
The Renfrew Paramedic Service has discovered paramedics have been using non-medical grade masks while on the job during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The masks were in use by paramedics for about a week at the end of May. A member of the paramedic service noticed the error when they saw the box the masks were stored in said “non-medical.”
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Global News
A Peterborough woman has been arrested and charged with assault following a weekend incident involving a paramedic.
According to the Peterborough Police Service, on Saturday night the woman was receiving medical care when she allegedly assaulted a paramedic.
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