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Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Canadian Patient Safety Week is Oct. 28 – Nov. 1 and this year, we’ll be launching our #ConquerSilence campaign to spread awareness about the third leading cause of death in Canada — preventable healthcare harm. It’s responsible for the deaths of 28,000 Canadians each year and we’re reaching out to influential individuals within Canada’s healthcare industry like yourself in hopes that you’ll support the cause.
Please let us know if you’d be interested in discussing the initiative in more detail!
PAC
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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.
Orillia Matters
Although many people across the province have signed up to be an organ and tissue donor, some are still being overlooked due to a narrow referral process.
County of Simcoe paramedic services in partnership with the Trillium Gift of Life Network are hoping to change that.
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CBC News
The 911 call had been bouncing around over the radio all night: a chemo patient had developed a fever, a dangerous situation for someone with a suppressed immune system.
Every ambulance in Ottawa was tied up with more pressing cases or waiting to drop off patients at the hospital.
It took three hours before one was finally freed up. When paramedics arrived, they found the patient septic and barely lucid, and the family frantic.
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Bowen Island Undercurrent
Showing up at the local ambulance station door isn’t a guarantee for faster attention, it could in fact hinder prompt medical treatment.
That’s the message B.C. Ambulance Station 225 is trying to get out to Bowen Islanders after an uptick in people showing up at the Miller Road building.
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The Sudbury Star
It will come as no surprise to many, but opioid use is on the rise in Sudbury.
At next week’s meeting of the emergency services committee, paramedic services will present some startling statistics on opioid use in Sudbury.
According to the community drug strategy, opioid use has skyrocketed in Sudbury. From January to June, paramedics responded to 262 suspected opioid-related incidents. For the same period in 2018, they only responded to 67 suspected incidents.
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Ottawa Citizen
The war of words over ambulance offload delays heated up Friday, with the city’s head of emergency services warning that Ottawa is at risk of not having ambulances available if there is another terrorist incident or major crash, a concern that hospital officials say is unfounded.
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Ottawa Matters
Ottawa's paramedics are being held hostage.
This is the message from the General Manager of Emergency and Protective Services Anthony Di Monte, who explained to the city's Community and Protective Services committee that he feels more could be done to cut down on the hours paramedics spend waiting to offload patients at The Ottawa Hospital.
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CBC News
Ottawa city councillors are taking the CEO of The Ottawa Hospital to task over emergency room delays that are tying up paramedics, sometimes leaving the city without a single available ambulance to respond to medical emergencies.
Coun. Carol Anne Meehan didn't mince words recently.
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CFCP-FM
The provincial government is getting closer to its goal of providing 99 communities with rural paramedic support.
Those 99 communities are getting an expanded service model from community paramedics which includes home visits to check on medications and other home services.
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Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
Paramedics are employed by Australian and international mining and petroleum organisations to provide emergency medical response, injury prevention, health promotion, chronic disease management, medical referral, primary healthcare and repatriation co-ordination for miners in exploration, construction and production. These are challenging roles given the often isolated, potentially hazardous and clinically unpredictable nature of the sites where these paramedics work.
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Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
This study was conducted to assess the diagnostic accuracy of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest made by emergency medical dispatchers in Tehran, Iran.
Patients more than 18 years of age who were suspected of having an OHCA by EMDs or emergency medical service technicians at the patient’s bedside were eligible for inclusion in the study. The initial diagnosis, results of primary assessment and monitoring, and the final outcome of the mission (gold standard) were all recorded. Related archived audios were extracted from the system and listened to by the researcher.
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Ottawa Citizen
The head of the Emergency Department at the Ottawa Hospital, Dr. Guy Hébert, qualifies as “unfair and unfounded” statements made by Anthony Di Monte, the city’s general manager of Emergency and Protective Services, that “our paramedics are being held hostage by emergency department doctors.”
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Dryden Now
The space is ready for construction to start on the new land ambulance base in Dryden. The new location is where the Moose Hall once stood.
Kenora District Services Board Chair Barry Baltessen said the new base will help free up space at the hospital.
"We outlived our space over there, and I think the hospital has other uses for that space, so we really needed something else. Just a much needed, newer, more modern facility, and it should improve response times for Dryden" he said.
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The Chronicle Herald
Lora Sonier wants an apology from Health and Wellness Minister Randy Delorey.
The Fort Lawrence resident gave birth by C-section to a baby boy, Emmett, Aug. 21 at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre. Shortly after he was born the baby developed breathing problems and was having difficulty maintaining normal oxygen levels.
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CBC News
If you call 911 due to a medical emergency on Big Tancook, a small island of 120 year-round residents off the southern coast of Nova Scotia, no paramedics will come to your home.
Instead, a seasoned team of volunteers that includes three family members will roll up within 10 minutes or so in a 30-year-old decommissioned ambulance bought using money raised through a bottle drive.
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