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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.
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Paramedics mourn colleague's sudden passing
91.9 The Bend
From Aug. 25: New Brunswick paramedics are mourning one of their own.
Claude René Dionne died suddenly on Saturday during his shift.
Dionne, known as “René” by many, began his career with Ambulance New Brunswick in 2007.
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Paramedic Mike Hart
PAC
From Jan. 20: On Jan. 8, 2022, the benevolent committee voted unanimously to classify paramedic
Hart’s death as a Line of Duty Death (LODD) as per the long established national
committees process.
The tragic loss of Mike on December 18th deeply impacts the public safety family across
Canada and is a dark time for his collogues.
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Injured football player waits hours for ambulance to arrive
CTV News
From Sept. 22: Jennifer Lee-Parsons sat on the field, consoling her son Isiah after he injured his leg during the first game of his high school football season last Sunday.
“He just kept saying ‘my leg, my leg,’” Parsons says. “With him asking continually ‘can somebody help me? Can somebody take me to hospital?’” his mother says.
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Vancouver firefighters may no longer attend certain medical calls
CTV News
From July 21: When British Columbians in medical distress call 911, firefighters are often the first to arrive — but in Vancouver that may soon no longer be the case.
A leaked memo from Vancouver Fire Rescue Service Chief Karen Fry outlines a planned temporary change in the way firefighters in the city will respond to emergency medical calls.
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Rocks hurled at Ottawa ambulance at downtown truck convoy
City News
From Feb. 3: No paramedics were hurt following an incident on Parliament Hill where rocks were thrown at an Ottawa ambulance vehicle during the third day of the “Freedom Convoy” protest.
Darryl Wilton, president of the Ottawa Paramedic Association, confirmed the news to CityNews on Monday, January 31, adding that one of their paramedics had also been subjected to anti-Asian racial slurs during the same incident as he checked on the status of the vehicle.
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Alberta paramedic suspended without pay following social media posts
RMO Today
From Jan. 27: A paramedic who spoke at a town hall meeting last summer to bring to light what is being deemed an “ongoing crisis” about rural ambulance availability was suspended without pay earlier this month due to his social media posts, according to his wife.
Alberta Health Services (AHS) paramedic Ryan Middleton stated at a town hall meeting on Aug. 13 that Airdrie ambulances were disproportionately attending to emergencies in Calgary, while local emergencies were attended to by ambulances from as far away as Three Hills and Olds.
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