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CBC News
Mourners gathered at Regina's Living Hope Alliance Church on Sunday, Nov. 3, to remember a paramedic who was killed on duty in a collision in northern Saskatchewan.
Leigh Schroeder, 28, was one of three people killed after the Oct. 25 collision between a truck and an ambulance. One-year-old Kinzey Iron-Couillonneur, and Jerome Coulineur, 12, were also killed in the crash.
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Global News
Under a light afternoon snowfall, hundreds of paramedics, firefighters and police officers lined the entry road to Regina’s Living Hope Alliance Church.
Dressed in their finest uniforms, they raised their arms in salute as symbols of Leigh Schroeder — a Canadian flag, picture, Bible and stethoscope — were carried by in an ambulance to the church doors.
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TBNewsWatch.com
Paramedics are asking for body armour to ward off an increasing number of assaults they’re facing in the field.
Kyle Stamler, vice-chair of Unifor Local 39-11, said it’s becoming increasingly dangerous for paramedics in Thunder Bay, where a rash of socio-economic and addiction issues have led to violent incidents against emergency responders.
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BC Local News
Home visits and public workshops are the cornerstones of a provincial ambulance service program emphasizing preventation as a way of avoiding or reducing emergency responses resulting in transport to an emergency room or health care facility.
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National Post
Police in Saskatoon are responding to a collision involving an ambulance.
They say a call came in about 11:40 a.m. about the emergency vehicle being struck on Warman Road near Circle Drive East. Police say injuries are reported to be minor.
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Global News
A program aimed at getting paramedics on the streets faster after dropping off patients at the hospital has been cancelled, despite improvements in wait times. Adam MacVicar reports.
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CBC News
As far as budget requests go, this one jumps off the page.
In a list of city boards and agencies asking for more money in the City of London's 2020-2023 operating budget, Middlesex-London Paramedic Service is seeking an average 17.3 per cent increase over four years with a staggering 32.4 per cent increase in 2020.
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The Niagara Falls Review via St. Catharines Standard
A wayward deer resulted in a two-vehicle cash involving an ambulance on Queen Elizabeth Way in Fort Erie, Wednesday.
A Niagara Emergency Medical Services ambulance transporting a patient collided with a deer in the Toronto-bound lanes of the QEW shortly before 4 a.m.
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Montreal Gazette
When police, paramedics and firefighters report for duty, they know not what their shift will bring.
Shootings, car accidents, fires, family violence, brawls, armed robberies, gangland hits, suicides — those who run toward danger come to expect the unexpected. Their training and professionalism carry them through the challenges of the day. Most of them have probably seen it all and developed a thick skin as a result.
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BC Local News
Changes to the British Columbia Emergency Health Services this fall are likely to be welcomed after regional leaders expressed frustration over rural paramedic services.
Michael Lee, a BCEHS manager of patient care delivery for the Nechako District spoke to the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako on Oct. 24 about a new employment deal for paramedics.
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Global News
A memorial service is being planned for a Saskatchewan paramedic who died in a crash while responding to an EMS call this past weekend.
Saskatchewan Health Authority confirmed recently that Leigh Daniel Schroeder, 28, who was from the Meadow Lake EMS, was killed in the crash.
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The Nanton News
The council of the Municipal District of Willow Creek and Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services have agreed to work on communication between the two organizations.
AHS officials Randy Bryksa, associate executive director of clinical operations in the Calgary Zone, Curtis Swanson, director of clinical operations in the Calgary Zone and Alfred Klein, director of the southern communications centre, appeared as a delegation at the Oct. 16 meeting of the MD of Willow Creek’s council.
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University of Manitoba
Paramedics and firefighters are at a higher risk for developing psychopathologies due to frequent exposure to traumatic incidents inherent within their work. In addition, current research shows that this population also experiences high levels of workplace violence due to their often unpredictable and dangerous work environments.
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Prehospital Emergency Care
The American Heart Association recommends acquiring and interpreting prehospital electrocardiograms for patients transported by Emergency Medical Services to the emergency department with symptoms highly suspicious of acute coronary syndrome. If interpreted correctly, prehospital ECGs have the potential to improve early detection of ST-elevation myocardial infarction and inform prehospital activation of the cardiac catheterization laboratory, thus reducing total ischemic time and improving patient outcomes.
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Living Hope Alliance Church via YouTube
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SooToday.com
On Nov. 1, Paramedics from the Sault Ste. Marie Fire Service – Emergency Medical Services Division once again picked up their razors and showed up to work sporting clean-shaven faces.
Representatives from EMS are donning the clean-shaven look for the start of this year’s Movember Campaign. Over the coming weeks, the clean-shaven look will be replaced with a covered upper lip in many variations and styles.
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Lake Country Calendar
An award ceremony is being held on Sunday for three Kelowna residents who helped to save a man’s life.
The incident happened when Kevin Trottier crashed his car near Smith Creek in Kelowna after he suffered a heart attack. He had been mountain biking shortly before accident happened.
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Orillia Matters
When Brad describes what it feels like to have post-traumatic stress disorder, his eyes deaden but his words are haunting.
Brad (not his real name) has been dealing with the fallout of a post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis for the past two years, since he first went on leave in 2017 from his job as as a County of Simcoe paramedic at the advice of his doctor.
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CBC News
Starting on Monday, Nov. 4 people in the Northwest Territories who find themselves in an emergency will be able to get help by dialling 911.
The long-awaited fire, police and medical dispatch service is set to go live, territory-wide, on Nov. 4.
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The Chatham Voice
MacLellan said the service has developed a new awareness campaign to spread the word.
The Chatham-Kent EMS Zero Tolerance campaign includes Zero Tolerance posters inside its ambulances, additional support for paramedics who have faced violence and abuse during a call, and increased collaboration with law enforcement when necessary.
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Radio Resource International
A Canadian paramedic service and industry partners are exploring beyond visual line of sight operations for unmanned aerial systems and working to test use cases for the technology.
During a recent trial in September, Renfrew County Paramedic Service in Ontario and companies including InDro Robotics, Cradlepoint and Ericsson successfully used a UAS, also known as a drone, to deliver medical aid to a scene more than 10 miles away.
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Global News
The Saskatchewan government recognized long-serving emergency professionals at a ceremony in Regina on Tuesday.
Recipients were presented with the Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal, honouring years of service.
Michael Shoobert was one of the recipients. He retired a little over a year ago following a 33-year career with Canada Border Services Agency.
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Global News
Paramedics in Northumberland County have donated an automated external defibrillator to the Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre in Cobourg.
Recently, Northumberland Paramedics presented the AED, a donation made possible through Zoll Canada, as part of the service’s ongoing efforts to increase the availability of the life-saving technology and awareness of its proper use.
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