This message was sent to [email protected] To advertise in this publication please click here     December 11, 2020   .PARAMEDIC NEWS   Paramedic in Muskoka tests positive for COVID-19 My Muskoka Now A member of the Muskoka Paramedic Services has tested positive for COVID-19. The District says two other paramedics are self-isolating “out of an abundance of caution.”   READ MORE     BC Ambulance assures the Island community they're 'fully staffed' Saanich News When people call 911, they expect that whatever lifesaving services are required arrive quickly and efficiently. However that capacity for service can be diminished on the busiest of days, as the Campbell River fire department saw last week.   READ MORE   .CHAPTER NEWS   Northumberland Paramedics recognizes fallen colleagues during service Toronto Star Northumberland Paramedics recently recognized fellow Canadian first responders who were killed in the line of duty. ​Fallen civilian and military paramedics were honoured at a service hosted Dec. 2 by Northumberland Paramedics. The service kicked off a three-day tour through the county of the Paramedic Memorial Bell, which is a monument recognizing those who have died.   READ MORE   'It's historic:' first Vancouver Island dedicated air ambulances land in Nanaimo & Parksville Nanaimo News NOW A helicopter and plane are now responding to emergency calls and less serious trips to major hospitals from all over Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast region. BC Emergency Health Services announced the resources took flight in early November, which are accompanied by extra resources, including five additional critical care paramedics.   READ MORE   Ambulances a Levis : une inaction denoncee par la coroner Radio Canada Cinq mois après le dépôt de son rapport sur le décès de l’ambulancier Hugo St-Onge, la coroner Julie Langlois se désole de constater qu’il n’y a toujours pas plus d’ambulances sur le territoire de Lévis.   READ MORE   Peter Simpson: Answers to Nova Scotia ambulance shortages may lay in shelved Fitch and Associates report The Chronicle Herald Unions and employers often butt heads on issues, especially during bargaining sessions, but it’s nice when the two sides can find common ground on issues that impact workers and their families.   READ MORE   Monteregie ambulance technicians say COVID-19 has left them exhausted Montreal Gazette The Coopérative des techniciens ambulanciers de la Montérégie (CETAM) isn’t mincing words. In a statement Tuesday, it said its ambulance technicians are exhausted as area hospitals overflow and the number of new COVID-19 cases in the region reaches new heights.   READ MORE   Parkland Ambulance delivers personal safety manuals to students and awards top employees paNOW Parkland Ambulance is partnering with the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division to deliver personal safety manuals and resources to students in Prince Albert. The manuals are produced by Community Safety Net and are sponsored by multiple businesses in the community.   READ MORE    SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Technimount System   Bracket Pro Serie® 26 bracket is ambulance transport tested, keeping your ZOLL EMV+ Ventilator secure Bracket Pro Serie® 100 secures your Crossvent Ventilator by Bio-Med Devices during patient transport Bracket Pro Serie® 105 for EnVe/ReVel® Ventilator is lightweight, keeping your ventilator truly portable NEW! Lightweight, scalable mount, the Bracket Pro Serie® 101 protects your Bio-Med Device TV-100 Ventilator Press Release: Technimount System Collaborates with Bio-Med Devices on Development of Mounting System for TV-100   Making ambulance fees more affordable for seniors Discover Moose Jaw The Saskatchewan government is living up to its election promise to provide Saskatchewan seniors with quality, affordable healthcare. They are significantly reducing ambulance fees for seniors from $275 per trip to $135 per trip.   READ MORE   Peel paramedic charged with sexual assault involving minor Global News A Peel Region paramedic has been charged with sexual assault involving a minor in Erin, Ont. OPP say 41-year-old Sean Large has been charged with sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age, invitation to sexual touching on a person under 16 years of age, and sexual interference.   READ MORE   Remote patient monitoring part of improvements to community paramedicine program Inquinte Several community paramedicine program upgrades could be coming soon for Hastings-Quinte Paramedics. One of them outlined by Paramedic Chief Doug Socha at a virtual Hastings County Emergency Services Committee meeting on Wednesday is the provision of funding to support the Remote Patient Monitoring Program.   READ MORE   City budget includes new counselling supports for firefighters, paramedics amid pandemic Winnipeg Sun The city has announced, as part of its 2021 budget, counselling support for paramedics and firefighters in response to stress caused by the pandemic. United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg (UFFW) president Alex Forrest told the Winnipeg Sun on Thursday the money will help in a city where medical call volumes have reached 80,000 — more than Toronto.   READ MORE   Projet pilote d'horaires a l'heure pour les ambulanciers a La Tuque: on voit qu'il y a une difference leNouvelliste «On va réussir à avoir ce que l’on demande depuis des années.» Le président du syndicat des paramédics du Coeur du Québec, Michel Beaumier, affirme que les résultats sont prometteurs pour les paramédics de La Tuque alors qu’on est à mi-chemin du projet pilote. Il a bon espoir que les horaires à l’heure seront implantés à la fin du projet.   READ MORE   Peterborough Police, Paramedics partner for new TACMED unit PTBO Today Peterborough Police have partnered with County/City Paramedics to create a new Tactical Emergency Medical Support Unit. The new unit consists of four specially trained paramedics that will be able to provide care to police, victims or others during a high-risk event.   READ MORE    PRODUCT SHOWCASE   Reusable N95 Masks now available! REUSABLE FOR UP TO 30 DAYS ELASTOMERIC COMPLETE WITH REPLACEABLE N95 FILTERS FULLY ADJUSTABLE 2 SIZES FOR BEST FIT Click here   Winnipeg testing site for first responders trying out rapid COVID-19 test CBC A new Winnipeg testing site for first responders is collaborating with provincial scientists to gather data on the accuracy of a recently-approved rapid test for COVID-19. "We're excited that this has gone through its first week," said Jay Shaw, assistant chief of emergency management for the City of Winnipeg, on Wednesday.   READ MORE   British Columbia's rapid response paramedics arrive in Fort St. James as district reaches 60 COVID-19 cases The Progress With 60 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a community of roughly 1,500, BC Emergency Health Services has deployed a Major Incident Rapid Response Team to Fort St. James Wednesday, Dec. 9. The specialized team, based out of Vancouver, will support local paramedics and patients in the community and was developed as part of BC EHS’s COVID-19 pandemic response efforts.   READ MORE   London paramedics, firefighters and police show their support for UH patients and staff CTV News Emergency services for the City of London came together to show their support for those inside University Hospital Sunday. Middlesex-London paramedics, firefighters and police drove by the main entrance with lights and sirens blaring to cheer on patients and staff.   READ MORE   City offers to pick up full cost to keep ambulance dispatch rdnewsNOW The City of Red Deer and three other municipalities have asked Premier Jason Kenney to consider allowing them to take over their respective emergency ambulance dispatch services. The request comes after a long battle with the provincial government over a decision by Alberta Health Services to consolidate dispatch for Red Deer, Calgary, Wood Buffalo and Lethbridge to three provincially-operated regional centres.   READ MORE   Saskatoon paramedics facing stress, 'fear of the unknown' amid coronavirus pandemic Global News Some paramedics in Saskatoon are feeling the pressure of continuing as first responders amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. David Kopperud has been with Medavie Health Services West in Saskatoon for six years. He said since the pandemic hit, they’ve had to change how they do the job.   READ MORE   Second wave, twice the anxiety; Okanagan paramedics reflect on pandemic from the front line Kelowna Capital News Laughter is heard coming from BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) Station 341 in Kelowna. It’s a quiet, rainy afternoon on Nov. 30, and inside, over a dozen paramedics sit on couches, chairs, warming up with beverages. It’s a rare sight at an often deserted station.   READ MORE     Gerald Tracey, Renfrew County Paramedics among annual chamber award winners Inside Ottawa Valley Gerald Tracey is the Renfrew and Area Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year. Sponsored this year by Chartwell Quail Creek Retirement Residence, the award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the local community through volunteer work and other acts.   READ MORE   COVID-19 surge forcing paramedics to unload ambulances outside hospitals in Mississauga insauga The COVID-19 surge has made it more difficult for ambulances to unload patients in the usual manner at Mississauga’s two hospitals. The Peel Paramedics Union, which represents 650 paramedics and logistics technicians in Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon, recently took to social media to raise concerns about patients being unloaded in full view of other patients and visitors in Trillium Health Partner’s (THP) two emergency departments.   READ MORE   Letter: Praise for Castlegar ambulance crew Castlegar News My wife and I had occasion in the last few weeks to call 911 for paramedic attention for our neighbour. On both evenings, different pairs of highly trained and skilled professionals came to our neighbour’s home. It was a new and unique opportunity for me to see these people in action.   READ MORE   Local woman collecting appreciation gifts for paramedics Steinbach Online A woman from Steinbach is asking the community to help show appreciation to our paramedics. Mallery Reimer is the wife of Steinbach Assistant Fire Chief Russ Reimer, who is also a firefighter paramedic in Winnipeg. Through Firefighters For Christ, Reimer says she is collecting donations in order to help local paramedics through these challenging times with the pandemic.   READ MORE   Yellowhead Helicopters protests air ambulance contract awarding Prince George Citizen A Prince George helicopter company is challenging a decision to award a $9-million contract to to an out-of-town company to provide air ambulance service without going through a competitive bid process.   READ MORE   PRODUCT SHOWCASE   Feeling alone? 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Read more   Yosif Al-Hasnawi's younger brother returns to witness stand at paramedics' trial Global News The younger brother of shooting victim Yosif Al-Hasnawi returned to the witness stand Tuesday in the trial of two Hamilton paramedics accused of failing to provide the necessities of life.   READ MORE   Emergency measures briefs Quinte News Quinte Paramedic Services is applying for new funding for at-home programs through the pandemic. The service already has an agreement with Quinte Healthcare to support a community paramedic program but is only able to offer this care based on the 24 hours a week of funding currently being received.   READ MORE   COVID-19: British Columbia paramedics burnt out as busy holiday season approaches Vancouver Sun B.C. paramedics are burnt out because of staff shortages as they respond to two major health crises, says the union representing the industry. Ambulance Paramedics of B.C., which represents 4,500 ambulance paramedics and medical dispatchers, says the holiday season is the busiest time of the year and the staffing shortage is at an all-time high.   READ MORE   'He just loved Christmas': Daughter of late paramedic honours his life with CityKidz fundraiser The Hamilton Spectator For as long as Simona Mason can remember, her dad, Doug Mason, was Santa Claus. Every Christmas for the last 17 years, he would dress up in the bright red suit with white trim, put on a fluffy white beard and hand out candy canes while heading up an annual toy drive for CityKidz — sometimes filling two ambulances with gifts.   READ MORE   Fire Department called in, 2 more residents dead in outbreak at Regina's Extendicare home CBC Two more residents have died and the Regina Fire Department has been called in to help with the COVID-19 outbreak at the Parkside Extendicare home in Regina, the worst known outbreak in a Saskatchewan long-term care facility.   READ MORE   La SQ rappelle l'importance du respect du corridor de securite L'Avenir et des Rivieres SÉCURITÉ. La Sûreté du Québec désire faire un rappel concernant le respect du corridor de sécurité par les automobilistes auprès des premiers répondants ce qui inclut les opérateurs de dépanneuse et les signaleurs routiers.   READ MORE     PAC eNews Connect with PAC Dennis Hall, Director of Publishing, MultiView, 469-420-2656 | Download media kit Lexi Silverberg, Content Editor, MultiView, 289-695-5367 | Contribute news Paramedic Association of Canada 201-4 Florence St.   |  Ottawa, ON K2P 0W7  613-836-6581  |  Contact Us  |  www.paramedic.ca Click here to unsubscribe.  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox.         ADVERTISE   SUBSCRIBE   PAST ISSUES       7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063