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The Globe and Mail
A paramedic and two children have died after an ambulance collided with a truck on an icy highway in northern Saskatchewan.
RCMP say the crash happened on a highway near Beauval late Friday afternoon, Oct. 25, and that road conditions were poor with slush and ice-covered sections.
Police say a man in the ambulance, who was one of just two people in the vehicle, died after being brought to hospital.
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March 23, 1991 – October 25, 2019
Leigh, late of Meadow Lake, SK, passed away tragically at the age of 28 years. He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Ruth and Edmund Rosom and paternal grandparents, Rose and Ben Schroeder. Leigh is survived by his parents, Gwendolyn and Rudy Schroeder; brothers, Ryan (Kelly), nieces, Evangeline, Anastasia, and Seraphina; Reid (Cara); as well as numerous aunts, uncles, many cousins, and a multitude of friends and colleagues.
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Global News
A local paramedics union boss is calling for local governments to hire more staff after a three-hour stretch on Oct. 20 in which only one or zero ambulances were available for calls.
OPSEU Local 256 president Mario Posteraro’s plea comes after paramedics from out of town were called in to Hamilton to respond to emergencies last Sunday because of long delays in transferring patients to the city’s emergency rooms.
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CTV News
Urgences-Sante has admitted to a 'lack of professionalism' on the part of two paramedics who responded to a 911 call last month.
Linda Jones Dion filed a formal complaint after it took nearly three hours to transport her husband to the hospital.
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The Chatham Daily News
Chatham-Kent EMS has adopted a zero-tolerance policy of violence and verbal abuse against paramedics and is prepared to take action if it happens.
“Unfortunately, we’ve had a couple of incidents in the last few months that’s really made us take a step back and have a look at what do we need to do to start developing strategies to mitigate this,” Don MacLellan, general manager of Chatham-Kent EMS, said recently.
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CTV News
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s willing to work with the City of Ottawa to help solve the issue of ambulances being unavailable to respond to emergency calls.
Called “Level Zero,” the frequency of Ottawa Paramedics being unable to respond to calls with an ambulance has been increasing.
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The Hamilton Spectator
Out-of-town paramedics had to respond to calls in Hamilton this past weekend when the city was left with no ambulances to go to emergencies — because they were lined up at local hospitals.
For three and a half hours on Oct. 20, the city had one or zero ambulances to respond to emergency calls, says the Hamilton Paramedic Service. Such instances are known as a code zero event.
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The Belleville Intelligencer
A pair of local paramedics will be honoured tonight in Toronto as the province presents the Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery.
Paramedics Roger Littwiller and Dave Valdes of Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services responded to a falls detection alert on January 2017.
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Ontario
The Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery was created to honour paramedics who have performed an act of exceptional courage. This year, 13 paramedics are being recognized for courageous actions performed on the job or off-duty. Award recipients were selected from nominations submitted in 2017 and 2018.
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Manitoba
As part of the Manitoba government’s continued commitment to improving patient care through the transformation of the health system, medical leadership and operational responsibility for the Lifeflight critical care air ambulance service has transitioned to Shared Health, Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Cameron Friesen announced today.
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CTV News
Urgences-Sante on Monday, Oct. 21, announced that it was experiencing a sharp increase in calls for ambulance service in the Montreal area.
In a tweet posted Monday afternoon, Urgences-Sante said it had been receiving more than 80 calls an hour since 11 a.m., up significantly from the 60 calls an hour it usually receives.
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Calgary Sun
Lunging at a paramedic who came to his home to rescue him wasn’t a criminal act, a judge ruled Monday in acquitting a Calgary man of assault.
Provincial court Judge Greg Stirling ruled John Goumas was justified in attacking paramedic Olivia Chan when she arrived at his home after he lost consciousness.
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Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
In December 2018 Australian paramedics and the paramedicine discipline became nationally registered under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Paramedics are now required to register and satisfy registration requirements in order to work as a paramedic. One of the mandatory registration standards is continuing professional development. This study examines attitudes and perceptions held by Australian paramedics in relation to CPD.
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Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
In the past, high flow oxygen was routinely administered to patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. Recent evidence has suggested there is no benefit from hyperoxaemia, and in these patients it might result in adverse outcomes. The Australian and New Zealand Council of Resuscitation guideline previously recommended routine oxygen therapy, but a recent change has occurred.
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CBC News
A former Nova Scotia paramedic who served four years of a 6½-year prison sentence for sexual assault has been granted day parole.
James Duncan Keats was sentenced to four years in prison in 2015 for raping a 71-year-old woman in her Annapolis Valley home.
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Global News
Kingston police arrested and charged a man for allegedly punching a Kingston paramedic in the face over homecoming weekend.
Police say Frontenac paramedics were called to a downtown Kingston home to respond to an intoxicated man.
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St. Catharine's Standard
A former Hamilton paramedic who was among 122 people across Ontario arrested following an investigation tied to the sexual abuse and exploitation of children online will spend the next six months behind bars.
Frank Hampson, a resident of Welland, appeared in Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines recently for sentencing on a charge of accessing child pornography.
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CBC News
A Dartmouth woman who fired an airsoft gun at first responders near the Moncton airport last January has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Morgan Maryanne Connors, 25, pleaded guilty in early September to seven charges, including discharging an airsoft gun, two counts of uttering death threats, two counts of pointing an airsoft gun, dangerous driving, and possession of a prohibited weapon, brass knuckles.
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Global News
The former acting chief of paramedics in the City of Kawartha Lakes is facing multiple counts of fraud, police say.
In late March, City of Kawartha Lakes police said they launched an investigation into reported allegations of fraud and breach of trust involving an employee with the Kawartha Lakes Paramedic Service.
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