This message was sent to [email protected]
|
| October 10, 2019 |
| |  | | |
|
|
|
| |
PAC
The Paramedic Association of Canada Benevolent Fund was established to provide financial support and access to scholarship funds for families of members of the national community of Paramedic Practitioners who have lost their lives in the line of duty .
READ MORE
PAC
Check out the latest career opportunities!
READ MORE
PAC
As a member of the Paramedic Association of Canada (PAC), you are eligible for preferred group rates on home and auto insurance from our program insurance broker, Marsh’s Private Client Services (Marsh). These rates are not available to the general public and are being offered to you as a benefit of your membership. Most people are skeptical when presented with opportunities for free insurance quotes, but we have permitted Marsh to make this offer to our members on the basis that it represents a reasonable opportunity to save. Over 40%** of those choosing to contact Marsh for a quote followed through and bought their insurance through them. And now, when you call for a quote between Aug. 26 and Oct. 25, you also have the chance to win a free Sonos One Smart Speaker! Please call Marsh toll-free at 1 877 476 6727 or submit your expiry dates online at www.marsh.ca/quote and a licensed insurance broker will contact you prior to your next renewal.
*Members of PAC requesting a quote or submitting expiry date(s) for future quotes for the PAC group home and auto insurance program from August 26 to October 25, 2019 are eligible for the draw to win a Sonos One Smart Speaker (Generation 2) with a value of $497.00 CAD plus applicable taxes. The contest prize is provided by Marsh Canada Limited and the program’s underwriters, Novex Insurance Company and Economical Insurance Company. No purchase necessary. Limit one entry per person. Quote must be for a new home and/or auto policy. Odds of winning depend on the number of entries. Entrants must be age of majority, residents of Canada (excluding Quebec), and members of PAC. Full contest details are available at www.marsh.ca/paccontest.
 |
|
The epoc® Blood Analysis System gives you results in less than one minute at room temperature storage.
Find out more.
|
|
PAC
Vadimir Simunic was the lucky winner of the Apple Watch that was raffled off during PACE2019 at the Marsh booth. Vladimir is a Primary Care Paramedic student who is studying at Criti Care EMS Academy.
READ MORE
CTV News
The office of official languages for New Brunswick is apologizing for errors in its annual report.
Michel Carrier, the province's acting commissioner of official languages, says the annual report he released recently contains several mistakes.
It didn't correctly detail the origin of language-based complaints or the quantity.
READ MORE
Quinte News
Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services has its eyes on a new research program.
In the works is a “treatment of pain” study for primary care paramedics.
Paramedic Services Chief Doug Socha tells Quinte News the local service is working with the Regional Ethics Board.
READ MORE
CBC News
For a period totalling more than five days over the first eight months of this year, there were no ambulances available to respond to medical emergencies, according to a new report released by the City of Ottawa. It's referred to as "level zero," when all ambulances are tied up on other calls or waiting to off-load patients at the hospital, leaving none available to respond to new patients who need help.
READ MORE
SooToday.com
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to kick off this campaign, the Sault Ste. Marie Paramedics have been wearing custom pink epaulettes to create awareness and generate conversation in the community. Primary Care Paramedic Kylie Pratt is spearheading the group’s efforts and fundraising throughout the month of October.
READ MORE
paNOW
Parkland Ambulance put potential new hires to the test on Wednesday.
The day-long testing for the candidates consisted of various stages.
This morning 14 candidates were put through strength, flexibility, and overall fitness testing.
READ MORE
Campbell River Mirror
B.C.’s ambulance paramedics have received hundreds of new positions and additional stability for working in rural areas in a new three-year agreement with the province, their union says. Paramedics and dispatchers completed ratification of the contract this week after lengthy negotiations produced a tentative deal in July.
READ MORE
Waterloo Region Record
Not all patients who call 911 will be taken by ambulance to hospital under changes being considered by the province to reduce hallway medicine.
"They're suggesting some new patient-care models," said Stephen VanValkenburg, chief of Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services. "We're in favour of all that."
READ MORE
Winnipeg Sun
The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service has launched an app that would enable citizens to be first responders in instances of sudden cardiac arrest.
The PulsePoint Respond app alerts bystanders trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) about sudden heart attack incidents within 500 metres of their location, and can also alert them to the nearest automated external defibrillator if that notification is selected.
READ MORE
BMJ Open
Community paramedicine programme are often designed to address repeated and non-urgent use of paramedic services by providing patients with alternatives to the traditional ‘treat and transport’ ambulance model of care. We sought to investigate the level of consensus that could be found by a panel of experts regarding appropriate health, social and environmental domains that should be assessed in community paramedicine home visit programme.
READ MORE
European Journal of Emergency Medicine
After the third international consensus on sepsis released its new definitions, the prognostic value of quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) score has been confirmed in the emergency department. However, its validity in the prehospital setting remains unknown.
READ MORE
Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for public use are becoming increasingly prevalent, but little is known about utilisation. The purpose of this study was to compare the locations of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) to the locations of AEDs to determine whether missed opportunities exist.
READ MORE
Kamloops Matters
More than 300 people gathered in Ashcroft today (Oct. 5) to celebrate the opening of Honour Ranch.
The 120-acre property provides members of the Canadian Armed Forces, first responders, veterans and their families a place to heal and recover from operational stress injuries, like PTSD.
READ MORE
Sault Online
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to kick off this campaign, the Sault Ste. Marie Paramedics have been wearing custom pink epaulettes to create awareness and generate conversation in the community! Primary Care Paramedic Kylie Pratt is spearheading the group’s efforts and fundraising throughout the month of October.
READ MORE
CTV News
Four ambulances and a firetruck donated by various Alberta organizations have arrived in Corozal, Belize.
The equipment arrived on Saturday, says the Edmonton Riverview Rotary Club, which was one of the parties involved in organizing the donation.
READ MORE
Toronto.com
It will never fly again, but a decommissioned Sikorsky helicopter will help train the next generation of avionics technicians at Centennial College’s new Downsview Campus Centre for Aerospace and Aviation.
The aircraft was donated by Ornge, Ontario’s air ambulance service, and Centennial recognized the gift during a Sept. 25 event at the $72-million campus, which opened this spring where de Havilland of Canada built bombers and peacetime aircraft.
READ MORE
CTV News
A York Region hospital has taken a number of small steps to get patients from the ambulance to the emergency department faster.
Three years ago, the hospital teamed up with York Region Paramedic services and other hospitals in the region to find ways to reduce the time it takes to offload patients coming to emergency departments by ambulance.
READ MORE
Simcoe Reformer
A Norfolk County paramedic was among 115 emergency medical services workers across Ontario recently recognized for outstanding work in paramedic services.
Sam Pacheco received the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal at last week’s Ontario Association Paramedic Chiefs award gala in Windsor.
READ MORE
Ericsson.com
LTE-enabled delivery of life-saving equipment and emergency medical supplies via beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drones could see a 17-fold increase in the distance covered compared to current non-mobility-enabled alternatives. That’s just one finding from successful tests driven by health authorities in the Canadian province of Ontario, enabled by Ericsson LTE connectivity.
READ MORE
CBC News
Ten months after it was originally due, Health Minister Randy Delorey says a review of Nova Scotia's ambulance system is imminent.
Health Department officials hired U.S.-based consultants Fitch and Associates last year to carry out the review as the system faced increased strain due to rising demand and delays handing patients over to emergency department staff.
READ MORE
Huddle
Malley Industries, which makes and sells ambulances and custom components across North America, has entered the Middle Eastern market with an ambulance delivery to Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s pre-hospital emergency services provider.
READ MORE
Kingstonist
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to do your job in a different country? How about swapping jobs with someone working in your field half a world away?
This was an experience that became a reality for two Frontenac Paramedics and their counterparts from Switzerland who participated in the Swiss show Job Swap earlier this year.
READ MORE
|
|
|
|
50 Minthorn Blvd.Suite 800, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 7X8
|
