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PAC Awards of Excellence Program Call For Nominations 2023
PAC
The Paramedic Association of Canada has developed an awards program to recognize exceptional Canadian paramedics and paramedic supporters at the national level. These awards presentation will be held during the Paramedics on the Hill event, planned to be held in the Spring of 2023.
Please consider nominating exceptional paramedics and paramedic allies by completing a nomination package and submit it via email to [email protected]. Nominations will be accepted until Jan. 31, 2023.
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4 dead in B.C. bus crash that sent dozens to hospital, RCMP say
CTV News
Four people have died and dozens more were injured in a serious bus crash on a highway in B.C.'s Southern Interior on Christmas Eve.
Kelowna RCMP confirmed the fatalities in a statement recently, saying officers were called to Highway 97C east of Merritt near the Loon Lake exit around 6:00 p.m.
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New hospital program helps Toronto's homeless, cuts ambulance offload time
CBC News
A Toronto hospital has opened a stand-alone clinic where paramedics can drop off homeless people who are intoxicated by alcohol so they can recover and then access services.
Early results show dramatic improvements in ambulance offload times and freed-up beds at the hospital's emergency department.
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Niagara College paramedic students learning palliative care
The Standard
The field of paramedicine has seen an evolution in the past decade, and with it a focus on alternative resources and health-care options.
In addition to responding to emergencies, paramedics are taking on higher volumes of low-acuity calls.
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Grand Manan medevac company grounded, military helicopter called in to transport patient
CBC News
The province is stepping in after Grand Manan's local medevac service was grounded, and a military search and rescue helicopter had to transport a patient to hospital.
Transport Canada rule changes that require the local company, Atlantic Charters, to more than double its pilot fleet to keep providing medevac services came into effect recently.
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GoFundMe launched to support family of late paramedic
BlackburnNews.com
A longtime member of the Lambton Emergency Services (EMS) team is being remembered as a dedicated paramedic, mother and wife.
Kim Doyle died suddenly on Dec. 24. She was a paramedic for 18 years and worked out of the Thedford station.
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B.C. paramedics' union 'optimistic' amid movement at bargaining table
Global News
The union representing B.C. paramedics is sounding a hopeful note heading into the Christmas holiday, amid signs of movement in stalled contract bargaining.
The Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. (APBC) have been in negotiations over a new collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of BC since early October.
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Man charged in Halifax paramedic attack to remain in jail
SaltWire
A Halifax man accused of attacking a paramedic has agreed to remain in custody until at least Jan. 9 while he applies to Nova Scotia Legal Aid for a full-service lawyer.
Trevor James Lunn, 46, was arrested Dec. 12, the day after a man assaulted a paramedic who was treating a patient for an unrelated matter at an address in the 5500 block of Cogswell Street in Halifax.
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Alberta to contract out some ambulance rides, but few details available
CBC News
The Alberta government says wait times could drop after a pilot program to outsource some ambulance rides expands, but the devil is in the details, says a critic.
Offloading patients who don't need medical support from ambulances to other transportation options could free up an estimated 15 per cent of resources, roughly 70 paramedics provincewide, based on a recent pilot program, says Dr. John Cowell, who was appointed as the official administrator of AHS after the governing board was fired a month ago.
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MPP presents $6 million cheque for Bruce County paramedic services
Midwestern Newspapers
In the final days of 2022, MPP Lisa Thompson made the rounds of the communities in her riding, providing greetings and funding for a number of programs.
Thompson visited the Bruce County administration centre in Walkerton to present a cheque to Bruce County as part of a Land Ambulance Service Grant to help municipalities facing increased cost pressures in their emergency departments.
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