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Vancouver Sun
As Sarah Blyth arrives for work on an August morning, there’s someone overdosing on the doorstep, unconscious. A second person is on the verge of going under. Both have just minutes before brain damage sets in, and minutes after that, death.
Blyth, the director of the Overdose Prevention Society, runs one of several sites in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside where people can use drugs under the supervision of overdose prevention workers.
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PACE 2019 to host a paramedic simulation competition featuring paramedics from across Canada and internationally. Delegates to PACE will be able to watch the final round of competitions on the Paramedic Market stage Sept. 20.
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Please join us as we welcome colleagues from across Canada and around the world to Paramedicine Across Canada Expo 2019 with a Night Market Reception, sponsored by Public Safety Group. There will be live music featuring local musicians (who are also paramedics!), busker entertainment — and special guests you do not want to miss!
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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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Discover Westman
Wayne Chacun has been a paramedic for 23 years and he is taking his first crack at provincial politics and hopes to become a member of the Manitoba Legislature following the Sept. 10 vote.
Chacun feels health care is the priority issue with voters and he’s hearing a number of concerns out on the campaign trail.
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The Williams Lake Tribune
Summit Helicopters announced Thursday, Aug. 29 that it has deployed a brand-new Bell 412 EPI helicopter to support the BC Ambulance Service in central British Columbia.
“The Bell 412 EPI helicopter in Kamloops is brand-new and state-of-the-art rotary aircraft. We are extremely pleased to support the BC Ambulance Service in central BC,” Lane Zirnhelt, the chief operating officer of Summit Aviation Group, the owner of Summit Helicopters, said.
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The London Free Press
A London-area ambulance initiative to help patients with chronic conditions in their homes is getting a funding boost from the regional health-care super-agency — part of a push to scale back emergency room visits and hospital admissions.
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Global News
The dispute between the City of Kingston and Frontenac County has been ongoing since January, when council reviewed its 2019 budget.
The ongoing budget dispute between the city and county began when the city offered a five percent increase towards paramedic services.
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InfoTel News
A pilot project launched through Pallium Canada has hit Kamloops and the organization’s CEO says other cities in the B.C. Interior can expect to see the training implemented in the future.
It’s called the Learning Essential Approach to Palliative Care paramedic program, or LEAP, and it gives emergency health professionals the skills and resources to care for patients with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses.
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InfoTel News
Despite the recent addition of 46 full-time equivalent paramedics, more work still needs to be done, a B.C. Emergency Health Services official said.
Joe Acker, director of clinical and professional practice with emergency health services, said that while the increase in staffing has had a positive impact, the region remains behind.
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CTV News
Renfrew County Paramedics are answering the call for emergency services in the wilderness of Algonquin Park.
A special team called "Sierra" is made up of paramedics that use specialized vehicles to get deep into the bush and expertise to work in Algonquin Park’s challenging environment. The team is also prepared to camp overnight if necessary.
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Prehospital Emergency Care
This preliminary report describes our experience using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to identify swimmers in distress at the 2018 Mont-Tremblant IRONMAN triathlon (Quebec, Canada). In a prospective pilot study, we sought to determine whether UAV surveillance could identify swimmers showing signs of distress quicker than conventional methods (i.e., lifeguards on the ground and on watercraft).
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International Paramedic Practice
For paramedical practitioners to realise their full potential, national registration is an essential component in gaining recognition by the broader healthcare industry. This paper's purpose is to evaluate if the paramedic industry is considered a profession by informed members of the public in isolation from paramedic culture. An altruistic opportunity exists to engage with the consumer and affording them the opportunity to be commensurate of the issues of registration, with the pretence to improve the delivery of paramedical services.
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The Chronicle Herald
Once again, Nova Scotia’s ambulance service is in the headlines. This time, Health and Wellness Minister Randy Delorey has ordered a review after a Valley widow recently questioned whether waiting hours and hours for an ambulance contributed to her husband’s death.
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North Bay Nugget
Jordan Gardiner was told he had stage 4 metastatic colon cancer three days before his wedding.
“This was never on our radar,” says Gardiner’s mother, Darla Bates. “Yes, colon cancer is common in people who have cystic fibrosis, but not until they’re 45 or 50 years old. Jordan is 28. He never had a clue this was a possibility.”
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CBC News
Health Minister Randy Delorey has ordered a review of the case of an Annapolis Valley man who died in hospital while waiting for an ambulance transfer.
David Benedict died in Soldiers Memorial Hospital in Middleton, N.S., earlier this month from a brain bleed while he was waiting to be taken to Valley Regional Hospital in Kentville for a CT scan and lumbar puncture.
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Bayshore Broadcasting
Grey County's Director of Paramedic Services says it's unclear what awaits his department after the Ontario Government announced plans to 'modernize' land ambulance services.
Kevin McNab says, "We really don't have a lot of information yet," after Minister of Health Christine Elliott told the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference (Aug. 18-20) they will look at "How the integration of communication centres and emergency health services can be done more effectively."
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The St. Catharines Standard
Mark Haynes has delivered maybe six or eight babies during his career as a paramedic with Niagara Emergency Medical Services.
But he never thought he'd be delivering his own son.
His wife Taylor Haynes, who also works as a Niagara EMS paramedic, laughed and reminded him he has joked about delivering his own children in the past.
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