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.PARAMEDIC NEWS
Paramedics spent 53,000 hours delayed at hospitals in 2019
CBC
Ottawa paramedics continue to face long delays at emergency rooms before they can transfer patients into a hospital's care, spending more than 53,000 hours waiting in 2019. The latest annual city report on the state of the city's paramedic service shows that the long-standing issue has not improved.
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Councillor asks if it's time to return ambulance service to province
Winnipeg Sun
Is it time to return responsibility for providing ambulance service in Winnipeg back to the province? That’s the question one city councillor is asking. Members of the City’s committee on Protection, Community Services and Parks discussed a motion by Coun. Shawn Nason (Transcona) to terminate the agreement between the City and Shared Health for the provision of ambulance services in Winnipeg.
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Former paramedic emerges from darkness of PTSD
North Bay Nugget
Marcel Martel has emerged from a dark place. The former North Bay paramedic who spent 21 years responding to countless sudden deaths and overdoses is working to get his life back.
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CPL honours matchday doctors and paramedics during Island Games finale
CPL
The Canadian Premier League paid tribute to local doctors and paramedics during Saturday’s CPL Final between Forge FC and HFX Wanderers FC in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Following the playing of the national anthem, the match coin and ball were delivered to referee Juan Marquez by the two matchday doctors, Dr. JF Bader and Dr. Stuart MacKinnon.
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Premier Ford gives shoutout to Renfrew County Paramedics
Renfrew Today
Ontario Premier Doug Ford credited the hard work of community paramedics and Renfrew County Chief Mike Nolan as part of his daily address today (September 22nd). Ford talked about the incredible work local community paramedics are doing and says they hope to roll this out across the province.
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Local paramedics aid in Ottawa testing
The Intelligencer
Hastings-Quinte paramedics are part of an eastern Ontario rapid-response paramedic team boosting COVID-19 testing capacity at selected sites. The team staged a pop-up assessment centre in Ottawa starting Saturday.
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Geraldine's new ambulance has improved rural capabilities
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A new ambulance type designed for rural terrain which has started operating in Geraldine, is the first of its kind in South Canterbury. St John South Canterbury territory manager Darryn Grigsby said introducing a First Response Unit to Geraldine about a month ago was part of the charity's efforts to improve access to healthcare for New Zealanders in rural and remote areas.
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Paramedics open drive-thru testing site at Canadian Tire Centre
Ottawa Citizen
A pop-up drive-thru COVID-19 testing centre on Saturday morning helped bring some relief to Ottawa’s jammed testing system Between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., more than 700 people used the service in the parking lot of the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata.
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Injured man gets help from passing paramedic
The Chronicle Journal
A man in Thunder Bay who appeared to have been stabbed was tended to by a paramedic supervisor who happened to be passing by on Wednesday, city police say.
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Whitedog ambulance base could act as a model, KDSB
Kenora Online
It was quite a day at the band council office in Whitedog, as chief and council were joined by leaders from the Kenora Chiefs Advisory, the Kenora District Services Board and Treaty Three Police. Wabaseemoong First Nation Chief Waylon Scott was pleased to see plans for an ambulance base moving ahead.
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Superior North EMS blown away by demand for children's COVID-19 testing
thenewswatch
Paramedics assigned to the Superior North EMS COVID-19 task force are being overwhelmed by the demand for in-home COVID-19 tests for children. "Referrals are coming in by the hundreds. They're coming in faster than we can put them out," says task force commander Shane Muir.
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Local paramedics join Rapid Response Team
Quinte News
Quinte area paramedics are now part of a special rapid response team in Eastern Ontario. Paramedic Services Chief Doug Socha reported to the virtual meeting of Hastings County Council on Thursday, giving an overview of the department’s recent activities during COVID-19.
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Is this the ambulance of the future?
CNN Business
VR technologies are allowing doctors in Dubai to view patients' data in real-time and provide initial diagnosis in an ambulance several miles away.
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The Duke of Cambridge pays tribute to ambulance staff lost to Covid
Royal Central
The Duke of Cambridge has written a letter of support for The Ambulance Staff Charity as they mark the contribution of members during the pandemic. William’s letter coincided with TASC’s National Ambulance Service video, honouring those personnel who have lost their lives.
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Pandemic has impact on air ambulance
The Canadian Press via Yahoo! News
The County of Grande Prairie is contributing $500,000 to the STARS H145 fleet renewal campaign from 2020 to 2024, as STARS replaces its BK117s with H145 helicopters.
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Paramedic memorial bell visits Bruce County
Blackburn News
The Paramedic Memorial Bell made its way to Bruce County last week. After an earlier stop in Perth County, the bell visited the Bruce County Paramedic Services members in recognition of Canadian paramedics who have fallen in the line of duty or have lost their battle with PTSD and psychological injuries. The bell is making its way all across Ontario in lieu of the annual memorial held in Ottawa due to COVID-19.
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