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December 22, 2022

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As 2022 comes to a close, PAC would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the PAC eNews a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 5.

Staff shortage leads to 50 minute wait for ambulance at Spruce Kings home game
CKPGToday.ca
From Oct. 6: The game had just entered the final three minutes of play, when Vernon Vipers defenseman Will Blackburn took a nasty face-first hit into the boards. With the injured Blackburn being attended to by rink first aid attendants, and both hockey team’s physicians, 911 was immediatly called, the score clock time was allowed to run out… but half an hour later, and with no sign of an ambulance, Ron Gallo decided to take matters into his own hands.

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Island paramedics call for changes in training and recruitment
CBC News
From April 14: The union representing Island paramedics is calling for big changes to how they are trained and recruited as part of the effort to solve the ambulance shortage on Prince Edward Island.

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N.B. emergency medical technicians to assist paramedics, increase ambulance coverage
Global News
From Sept. 1: A training program for emergency medical technicians aimed at putting more ambulances on New Brunswick roads is scheduled to begin this fall. The Health Department says technicians will be trained to support non-urgent hospital transfers, which will permit one paramedic instead of two to be inside an ambulance.

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An inspiration to all: First responders honour N.S. paramedic Terry Muise and his 44-year career on day of his death
SaltWire
From Feb. 10: Officially, Terry Muise was a paramedic for more than four decades. Unofficially, he did his first ambulance call at the age of 13. He had broken a window at Huskilson’s in Yarmouth and was working there to pay off the damage. Back then, the funeral home was also an ambulance service.

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P.E.I. ambulance company struggling to fill 9 vacancies for paramedics
CBC Mews
From March 17: The head of the company that runs ambulance services on Prince Edward Island says it has nine vacancies for paramedics at the moment, and is having a hard time filling them. The news of the staff shortages comes days after the story of a West Prince man who died while waiting for an ambulance was told in the P.E.I. Legislature.

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Paramedic pilot project at Montfort Hospital reducing ambulance offload delays
Ottawa Citizen
From Nov. 10: A pilot project at the Montfort Hospital that integrates paramedics into the emergency room has reduced ambulance offload times, helping to get paramedics back on the road.

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Professional liability insurance program
PAC
From Jan. 7: Paramedics are often the first on scene in the event of any type of medical emergency in the field and as such face a unique set of risks that are specific to the paramedicine practice. Despite a paramedic’s best intentions in the delivery of emergency care, often times saving lives, you are potentially subjecting yourself to the possibility of a lawsuit or complaint, which may damage your professional reputation.

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Union: Assault on Halifax paramedic shows need for more police intervention
CBC News
From Oct. 13: The union representing paramedics in Nova Scotia says it will take a harder line on violence in the workplace after a man was accused of assaulting one of its members. Halifax police say they responded to an incident Friday just before 8:30 p.m. at the QEII Hospital's emergency department.

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Poll: Paramedics top list of most respected occupations in Canada
CityNews
From May 19: A new survey suggests Canadians hold emergency responders and health-care workers in high esteem compared to most other professions. The recent Maru Public Opinion poll finds that — out of 29 measured occupations — Canadians rank paramedics as the most respected job with firefighters coming in at number two.

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Canadian paramedics are in crisis
Macleans.ca
From April 21: There are too many patients: too many people with COVID, people who can’t breathe, people who are in psychiatric crises or feel chest pain or have overdosed or fallen or crashed their cars.

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