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.PARAMEDIC NEWS
Paramedic turnaround time in leaked email is a target not a mandate, AHS says
CBC News
The province says it never issued an order requiring paramedics to off-load their patients at ERs within 45 minutes regardless of the capacity of medical staff.
The NDP Official Opposition released an email it says a distraught unit manager sent to staff in the ER at Calgary Foothills Hospital recently.
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Upgrade to 911 will allow texting from mobile device
Victoria Times Colonist
Someone who needs emergency assistance but can’t speak or make a noise will be able to text from a mobile device with new 911 technology that will be in place by 2025, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said recently.
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Incident closes Canada Games Complex pool and track
TBNewsWatch.com
The Canada Games Complex's pool and track were closed recently after an incident at the facility.
Paramedics, Thunder Bay Fire Rescue and Thunder Bay Police responded to the incident, which sources have told TBNewswatch occurred in the pool area.
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Paramedic calls up 8 per cent over previous year
Guelph News
Guelph Wellington Paramedic Service (GWPS) saw an increase in emergency calls in 2022, further impacting paramedic response times year says a year-end report.
A 2022 GWPS data review report on the county’s social services committee agenda said the service surpassed 30,000 calls last year, an eight per cent increase over 2021.
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Paramedics pushed 'to the max' hope new committee will help
Canadian Occupational Safety
The plight of paramedics in Ontario “has escalated to the max” according to the health and safety representative for the CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario, Ian Nash. He describes a profession plagued by fatigue, burnout, and a chronic understaffing.
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Health care's next big problem? Not enough ambulances
TVO Today
A hospital’s emergency department has long been considered the canary in the coal mine for the health-care system: when it’s congested, the whole hospital is congested.
Routine and prolonged ED congestion has since led to declarations that patients waiting in an ambulance outside the ED are the new canaries in the coal mine.
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Ambulance damaged by mannequin hanging from overpass in New Edinburgh
CBC News
An ambulance windshield was significantly damaged by a low-hanging mannequin hanging from a Highway 101 overpass in New Edinburgh, N.S., recently.
Two paramedics and a patient were in the ambulance at the time, but police said they were not injured. Nova Scotia RCMP removed the mannequin from the guardrail.
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Legault says he's open to bonuses for some paramedics
Montreal Gazette
Premier François Legault has opened the door to bonuses or differentiated remuneration for ambulance technicians still without a collective agreement. He met recently on the sidelines of an announcement at Notre-Dame-du-Portage with a small group of demonstrators from the Fédération du personnel préhospitalier du Québec (FPHQ).
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Wounded Warriors Run B.C. comes to an end, raising more than $134,000 for PTSD support
CHEK News
The 10th annual Wounded Warriors Run B.C. crossed the finish line in Victoria recently, raising more than $134,000 for PTSD support.
First responders and armed forces members ran the length of the Island in eight days to raise money for Wounded Warriors Canada. The national charity collects funds to support veterans and frontline workers suffering from PTSD.
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Province to provide $3.6 million for downtown safety in budget
Winnipeg Sun
“By investing in downtown safety, the Manitoba government is investing in a safe and attractive neighbourhood for residents, business owners, workers, tourists and investors,” said Finance Minister Cliff Cullen in making the funding announcement to the Downtown Community Safety Partnership.
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Health unit develops opioid early warning surveillance system
Chatham Daily News
Public health officials in Haldimand-Norfolk have developed an early warning surveillance system to monitor spikes in opioid overdoses. The program provides Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit staff with real-time information about opioid overdoses, which can then be shared with paramedics, police and others in the community.
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Mapping error forced ambulance into long detour around closed bridge, MLA says
CBC News
An ambulance crew responding to a call in the Miramichi area was given faulty information by its digital mapping service and had to reroute around a closed bridge, according to a local MLA.
Mike Dawson said at a legislative committee meeting recently that the GPS map showed the Pineville Bridge was open, so the paramedics took the route recommended by the system.
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Paramedics: A Boy's Club? Women play a big role at Urgences-santé!
Cision
On the eve of International Women's Day, the 2022 edition of Women in Governance has awarded its Parity Certification to Urgences-santé. This is a great honour for Roxane Gibeau, a trained paramedic and emergency medical dispatcher now working as Deputy General Manager – Administration at Corporation d'urgences-santé.
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Rising costs of buying ambulances for Ontario paramedic services
Sudbury News
Throw a dart at a map of Ontario and it will likely land on a community facing a crisis in paramedic care, with long ambulance wait times, offload delays at hospital and staffing challenges.
At the same time more investment is needed to ease those operational issues, Ontario taxpayers are constantly footing the bill to replace ambulances and other essential equipment, with a price tag far outpacing inflation.
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