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.PACE NEWS
PACE 2021 POSTPONED
Paramedic Association of Canada
The PAC Board of Directors and the PACE committee have made the difficult decision to postpone PACE 2021 to a date yet to be determined in 2022. We wish things were different, but in the best interest of the profession and paramedics, we felt it was necessary to ensure everyone’s wellbeing. We will provide updates as they become available. Thank you for the work you continue to do on the front lines, protecting Canadians throughout this lengthy Pandemic.
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.PARAMEDIC NEWS
N.S. paramedics call for help after reporting more than 40 'Code Critical' cases in five days
Global News
Nova Scotia’s paramedics are urging government action after highlighting at least 40 instances in five days in which very few, or no crews were available locally to respond in case of emergency. On Feb. 11, the union representing medics, IUOE Local 727, renewed its ‘Code Critical’ campaign on Twitter, which flags times and locations where fewer than three crews are on the road in their designated shift areas, ready to take calls.
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The First International Education Conference
College of Paramedics
The College of Paramedics, the Australasian College of Paramedicine and the Paramedic Association of Canada are working together to present the first International Paramedic Education Conference. The event will take place over 7 days during the week of 12th April 2021 and will be a virtual, online conference. Each day will have a specific, education-based theme and will consist of live online content supplemented by a range of pre-recorded supporting resources. The aim is to offer an interactive and engaging forum for attendees to participate in.
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Sudbury's paramedics take bigger role in high-risk police calls
Sudbury Star
Sudbury’s paramedics are taking on new roles during high-risk police calls. Tactical paramedics, as they are known, provide “emergency medical support to preserve the safety, physical health, mental health and overall well-being of police officers, suspects and citizens who become injured or ill during a critical incident,” a staff report indicates.
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Sudbury paramedicine program gets $6.5 million to keep seniors at home longer
Sudbury Star
The provincial government will give $6.5 million to a paramedicine program in Sudbury that keeps seniors in their homes longer and out of hospital and long-term care homes. Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli said the money will allow the Community Paramedicine for Long-Term Care program in Sudbury to expand.
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Essex-Windsor EMS to launch community paramedic services pilot program
iHeartRadio
Essex-Windsor EMS is getting a boost to help launch a new, four-year pilot project. The Ministry of Long-Term Care is providing $3.2-million in funding to help offer Community Paramedic Services for patients still at home waiting for a space in a long-term care home.
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Paramedic testifies at Ottawa murder trial
OurWindsor.ca
A paramedic called to a grisly slaying in Ottawa testified Wednesday that she was approached by a woman resembling one of the accused killers as she prepared to leave the scene. Erin Field said she and her partner were sitting in an ambulance outside a home in the suburb of Barrhaven the afternoon of Jan. 29, 2014, when a woman came up to the passenger side window and asked whether something had happened.
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Paramedic no longer working for York Region following offensive tweets
BradfordToday.ca
The paramedic at the centre of a controversy about her posts on social media is no longer working for York Region Paramedic Services. The paramedic, who posted on Twitter under the name Agatha Vankek, had been under investigation by her employers after some Twitter users took offence to comments made on the account where she identified herself as a York Region paramedic.
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Always on call: Fire department, ambulance service 'deal with it all'
Nunavut News
Having a solid fire department and emergency services that people have faith in can play a definite role in the overall health of a community. Rankin Inlet fire Chief Mark Wyatt said most people only see the department as being there for people when they’re not healthy or in peril but, in terms of taking care of people when they are healthy, they also teach things like first aid and CPR so they can, hopefully, deal with some of the things that could happen in their family and help to increase the survival rate of those they care for.
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Journey of the Canadian Flag with Canadian Police, Fire, Paramedics and Canadian Forces
YouTube
Watch the journey of a few Canadian Flags to all 10 provinces, all 3 territories, all 3 oceans that surround Canada, in the hands of many Canadian Paramedics, Fire Fighters, Police Officers, and our Canadian Military. Project for two US friends, Joe Barney, Paramedic, Detroit EMS Deputy Chief and Josh Rave, US Army who both gave me a flag in 2017.
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Discord in fire-paramedic service burning out of control
Winnipeg Free Press
There is a five-alarm fire raging in Winnipeg. It’s coming from inside the city’s fire halls. While the latest controversy to roil the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service centres on the actions of a single medic and firefighting crew during a critical-care call in the North End last fall, the context in which it sits is a turbulent 24-year marriage between two departments that were forced to become one.
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BC Ambulance, FortisBC truck and car collide on Spall Road
Salmon Arm Observer
A BC Ambulance, a FortisBC truck and a small car collided at the intersection of Spall and Springfield Road, on Thursday. The incident happened at about 2:30 p.m. At the time of the crash a patient was being transported to hospital in the ambulance involved in the crash. An officer on scene said the patient was transferred to another BC Ambulance.
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Chorus Aviation subsidiary wins New Brunswick air ambulance contract
Cision
Chorus Aviation Inc. ('Chorus') is proud to announce that its subsidiary, Voyageur Aviation Corp. ('Voyageur'), has been awarded a contract for the provision of fixed-wing air ambulance service for Ambulance New Brunswick. The contract is for a five-year term, with option to extend for an additional five years. Voyageur currently operates this service under an existing contract and will begin operating under the new contract effective January 1, 2022.
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Regional police charge Hamilton man after hit-and-run with ambulance in Kitchener
KitchenerToday.com
Regional Police say they've charged a 27-year-old Hamilton man in connection to a hit-and-run collision involving a vehicle and a Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services ambulance in late December. Police say the incident occurred on December 28 shortly before 9:00 p.m in the area of King Street East at Fairview Avenue in Kitchener. The ambulance was traveling west on its way to the hospital with a patient on board when it was struck by a vehicle travelling east.
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Is Alberta's EMS dispatch consolidation plan a prelude to ambulance privatization?
Rabble.ca
Is the Kenney government's determination to force reluctant municipalities to turn over 911 calls to a provincial Emergency Medical Services (EMS) dispatch centre a prelude to privatization of provincial ambulance services? It's certainly unlikely to be the paltry $6 million the United Conservative Party government claims this will save, especially given the high political cost of fighting municipalities infuriated by the plan foisted on them last fall by Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro.
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Service ambulancier à La Tuque: Le projet-pilote est positif
Mon La Tuque
Le projet-pilote mis sur pied afin d’évaluer le service ambulancier sur le territoire de La Tuque a pris fin le 9 février et celui-ci s’avère positif. Le dossier des horaires de faction versus les horaires à l’heure pourrait devenir une affaire classée dans très peu de temps.
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How a $3.25 million boost to Muskoka community paramedicine will help keep older adults home safe
MuskokaRegion.com
Families cheered as Muskoka’s community paramedicine program earned a multimillion-dollar nod from the province in February. “I couldn’t be happier with the program,” said Dianne Young, whose father was referred to the paramedic-led health-care program by his family doctor in 2019. “Not only has it helped my dad stay at home with us, but it gives us tremendous peace of mind that his health is being looked after.”
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Services préhospitaliers d'urgence : Urgence Bois-Francs fait belle figure
La Nouvelle Union
Le bilan du Programme intégré de la qualité totale des services préhospitaliers d’urgence 2019-2020 montre que le personnel d’Urgence Bois-Francs arrive en tête de liste en matière de performance clinique parmi les sept entreprises ambulancières desservant tout le territoire de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec. Urgence Bois-Francs enregistre un taux de performance clinique de tout près de 96% comparativement à 91% pour l’entreprise la plus près.
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