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.PARAMEDIC NEWS
B.C. ambulance paramedics and dispatchers ratify 3-year collective agreement
CBC News
Over 4,500 British Columbia ambulance paramedics and dispatchers have voted 96 per cent in favour of ratifying a three-year contract that could result in wage increases of as much as 13 per cent.
"That's a really encouraging mandate that's recognizing the significance of this collective agreement," said Troy Clifford, president of the Ambulance Paramedics of B.C.
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Frontenac County approves 2 new paramedic shifts in Kingston
Kingston Whig Standard
Frontenac County is to add two new 12-hour paramedic shifts to the city in the next year. County councillors recently approved their 2023 budget, which included $1 million in new funding to hire eight additional paramedics.
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Local ambulance stations hope to attract new recruits
Rocky Mountain Goat
The heavy garage door at the Valemount Ambulance Station was pulled up last week, but instead of rushing out to patients, attendants hoped people would come to them. Vertical flags showing smiling paramedics stood on either end of a table where a promotional video played on a loop.
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Une nationalisation serait un «monde idéal», croit Barrette
Le Soleil
L’ancien ministre de la Santé, Gaétan Barrette, considère qu’une nationalisation des services préhospitaliers d’urgence au Québec règlerait bien des problèmes de contrôle et de standardisation de ces services de première ligne.
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Bonavista residents fought for their dialysis unit. Now it keeps closing
CBC News
A Bonavista woman is afraid the worst will happen if the community's dialysis unit keeps closing, forcing her brother-in-law to make repeated, painful trips to Clarenville for treatment.
Peggy Phillips' brother-in-law, Art Reid, gets dialysis twice a week to help with kidney function.
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Ambulance Crisis CAG responding to EMS presentation
CochraneNOW
The Cochrane EMS Community Action Group (CAG) recently held a press conference on Feb. 17 to provide a rebuke to the presentation received by Cochrane town council on Feb. 13 by Tony Pasich, associate executive director of AHS EMS.
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West Shore doctors call for physician-assistant pilot project
Times Colonist
Emergency-medicine specialists at a busy West Shore clinic want to host a physician-assistant pilot program, promising to increase the number of patients treated at a lower cost while attaching more patients to doctors. Dr. Charles Sun and Dr. Jane Moran said they could increase by 50 per cent the number of patients they see, and cut the number of patients without a doctor in Langford and Juan de Fuca to 1,600 from 8,000.
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Paramedic made a difference helping others
Eganville Leader
A member of the County of Renfrew paramedic service who retired recently said his long career was always focused on helping others by providing the best care possible.
John Godin, who turned 60 on Saturday, is in his 39th year of service as a paramedic, the last 22 as a commander.
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Alberta government announces $4 million for Calgary Drop-In Centre's overdose response team
Global News
The Alberta government is providing $4 million in funding to the Calgary Drop-In Centre to establish more pre-treatment beds and a “dynamic overdose response team” for those struggling with addiction. The funding aims to establish 15 medical detox and 20 pre-treatment beds to support up to 1,000 Calgarians every year, Mental Health and Addictions Minister Nicholas Milliken told reporters recently.
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Paramedic presented with Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal
Fitz Hugh
Long-time Jasper paramedic Rob Prinz recently received the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in recognition of his service to the province. Prinz was nominated for this medal by the Alberta Paramedic Association. He has been a first responder in Jasper National Park since 1992.
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Springwater OKs land sale for new paramedic post in Midhurst
Barrie News
A new paramedic post on the outskirts of Barrie is another step closer to reality.
Springwater Township councillors recently voted to authorize municipal staff to move forward with the sale of a piece of property — equaling just under one acre of land at 1132 Snow Valley Rd. — to the County of Simcoe.
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Vers une «Sûreté du Québec préhospitalière»?
Le Soleil
La population québécoise ne reçoit pas des services ambulanciers à la hauteur du milliard de dollars d’argent public qu’elle leur consacre annuellement, dénonce Michel C. Doré, qui a présidé le Comité national de transformation du système préhospitalier d’urgence.
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'Lives are at risk': Mackenzie residents struggle with sparse ambulance coverage
CKPGToday.ca
After many other communities across B.C. recently received boosts in ambulance coverage from the province, the community of Mackenzie remains in limbo. According to Mayor Joan Atkinson, the community is under-serviced compared to its neighbours with no funding in place from the Ministry of Health to improve the situation.
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Rise in Alberta's precarious paramedics a UCP 'privatization strategy'
The Breach
A dramatic increase in casual paramedic jobs is contributing to a crisis in Alberta’s emergency response system, new data reveals.
The decision not to hire qualified and available medics into full-time, permanent positions by Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party (UCP) appears to be laying the groundwork for privatizing the province’s emergency services.
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Book review: American Sirens needs to be required reading
JEMS
A few years back, a good friend and mentor recommended that I read a book titled, A Thousand Naked Strangers. After a swift 48 hours, I found myself down to its last sentence, placing the book on a table and saying almost aloud, “Someone finally got it right.”
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