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The Federal Government is looking to create a Public Safety Broadband Network in order to help support First Responders. This survey is to help define capabilities needs and priorities that are important to Paramedics. Please complete this survey by December 20th so we can summarize the results. This survey will be important to identify early, how important these needs will be in order for Paramedics to offer the highest medial standards. The survey should take you about 20min to complete. Please click on the link to start the survey.
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CSA Group is pleased to announce the launch of a project to develop a new national Standard on Work Disability Management for the Paramedic Community, with a focus on addressing post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI).
This project is being funded under the Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP) managed through Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Centre for Security Science (CSS). Project partners providing support are: County of Renfrew Paramedic Service, Paramedic Association of Canada, Paramedic Chiefs of Canada, Canadian Institute for Safety, Wellness, & Performance at Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, and the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy (CRWDP).
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The Paramedic Association of Canada has developed an awards program to
recognize exceptional Canadian paramedics and paramedic supporters at the
national level. The award presentation will occur during the Paramedics on the Hill
event in Ottawa in the spring of 2020. (final dates TBD)
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Le Programme de Prix de l’Excellence de l’Association des Paramédics du Canada a été
mis sur pied afin de souligner le service exemplaire de paramédics canadiens et
leurs partenaires au niveau national. La présentation des prix aura lieux pendant
l’évènement des Paramédics sur la colline à Ottawa dans le printemps de 2020. (Les dates
sera déterminé)
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CBC News
Just five days after he said he wouldn't be rushed into it, Health Minister Ted Flemming has announced a professional reclassification for paramedics that could move them into a new union and award them higher salaries.
Flemming told the legislature that ambulance paramedics will be reclassified as medical-science professionals effective next April, a recognition that their jobs have become more complex and specialized.
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Alberta College of Paramedics
President Message: Paramedics are Spicy
Drafting my Presidents messages always brings with it a ton of reflection, how can I connect? What will resonate? Today, I reflect on recent interactions with some of our colleagues in other healthcare professions. In these encounters, they reminded me of how we, paramedics, are considered one of the spicier health professions. The perception is that paramedics tend to always have a strong opinion – and I believe there is something to that. I believe it is an earned perception that we lead with strength and assurance. Certainly, that is my experience, and I have come to understand it much more holistically on Council.
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Global News
It’s been a very busy year for Winnipeg’s Fire and Paramedic Service.
The services says firefighters have responded to 702 structural fires so far in 2019, compared to 690 in total for 2018. As well, Fire Paramedic Chief John Lane told Global News Sunday that paramedics have conducted well over 50,000 medical transports this year.
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CBC News
The town of Bay Roberts will soon be home to two ambulances, operated by Collin's Ambulance Services.
There are currently no ambulances based in the Conception Bay North town, so the Department of Health and Community Services has repositioned two of the three ambulances operating out of Clarke's Beach.
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Toronto Star
The case of a Sikh paramedic taken off the road because his beard would impede a respirator in situations involving hazardous airborne pollutants has prompted a review of safety regulations with an eye to accommodating religious beliefs.
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CBC News
Ontario's New Democrats are calling on the Progressive Conservative government to exempt Sikh paramedics from having to wear a specific respirator that would be impeded by long beards.
NDP lawmaker Gurratan Singh says a recent change in regulations means a new respirator doesn't work properly for Sikh paramedics who practise what's known as kesh, keeping their beards and hair uncut.
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CBC News
The mother of a Good Samaritan shot and killed in Hamilton's lower city has filed a $1.5-million lawsuit that names paramedics, police and St. Joseph's Healthcare, among others.
Amal Alzurufi filed a claim in Hamilton court, saying the paramedics didn't recognize or follow proper procedures after 19-year-old Yosif Al-Hasnawi was shot.
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Paramedic Services Chiefs of Saskatchewan
The 2020 PSCS Convention and Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 5 – Thursday, May 7, 2020 at the Saskatoon Inn.
There is a room block at the Saskatoon Inn at the rate of $134/night. To book, please follow the link on the following page or call Saskatoon Inn at (306)242-1440 and press 1 for reservations.
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BMJ Open
Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs) are not widely used in EMS. Preliminary study demonstrates a BWC effect on EMS performance. We hypothesize that there are other benefits yet to be discovered. We seek to identify other effects BWCs may have.
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BMJ Open
The aim was to describe time consumption when patients are non-conveyed by the ambulance service. Ambulance assignments have increased over time worldwide and 16%–31% of the care seekers encountered by the ambulance service have been assessed as not being in need of its services.
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BMJ Open
Studies carried out in the hospital setting have objectivized the benefit of tranexamic acid (TXA). Under the hypothesis that this is a time-dependent drug, we want to analyze the effect that a very early (on-scene) administration of the drug has over the survival of the hemorrhagic patient.
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Halifax Today
A report that was originally due in December of 2018 had finally been submitted to the Nova Scotia government, but has yet to be released to the public.
The consulting firm Fitch and Associates was commissioned in October 2018 and paid $145,000 to complete the review, which was finalized in October of this year.
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The Kingston Whig-Standard
Frontenac Paramedic Services stationed an ambulance outside of FreshCo on Princess Street on Saturday to collect food donations for the Partners in Mission Food Bank.
The annual drive took place all day, with paramedics letting shoppers know what they were doing as they entered the store and asking people to purchase some extra items to give during their shopping.
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The Hamilton Spectator
If, perish the thought, you found yourself in such crisis as to need ambulance help in Hamilton, you'd first have to somehow make your way to Peel for Hamilton paramedic Harkarn Sihota to do the job.
Because of his beard, or in spite of it, depending on how you look at it, he is allowed to work on-road as a paramedic in Brampton or Mississauga, but not here in Hamilton, where, capable as he is, Sihota was put on modified duty and then, since February, on leave of absence.
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The Chronicle Herald
Two Nova Scotia paramedics were assaulted while on call in Halifax Monday morning.
At about 9:30 a.m., Halifax Regional Police received a report of an assault in progress in the 100 block of Solutions Drive, Const. John MacLeod said in an emailed statement.
"Officers have charged a 54-year-old Halifax man for assaulting two paramedics who were in the course of their duties," MacLeod said.
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Mississauga.com
Tolerance. A dynamic word that, for as long as many paramedics can remember, has been accepted as part of our vocabulary and tool box for situations of violence and harassment in the workplace.
Picture the following, but instead of our workplace, picture yourself in your own. Sitting at your desk, or driving your truck, teaching a classroom of students or running a factory line.
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