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On Friday, Sept. 20, the Paramedic Association of Canada and the Paramedicine Across Canada Expo will host the Excellence in Paramedicine Awards Dinner at the iconic Metropolitan Entertainment Centre in downtown Winnipeg.
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PACE2019 will be offering a variety of learning, networking, and educational opportunities including pre-conference sessions, a Paramedic Research Symposium, dedicated speaker tracks for “Clinical”, “Educators”, “Leadership”, “Specialty”, and an opportunity to visit and participate in a traditional Indigenous Sweat Lodge Ceremony.
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CTV News
Renfrew County has declared a state of emergency due to flooding.
Officials say the water levels along the Ottawa River, Bonnechere River and Madawaska River watershed areas are rising and pose “a threat tothe property, health and safety of residents.”
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CBC News
The P.E.I. Federation of Labour along with a number of unions will be marking the National Day of Mourning on Sunday.
Every April 28, workers across the country gather to remember those killed or injured on the job.
Jason Woodbury, a paramedic and CUPE's national health and safety representative for P.E.I., says not all workplace injuries are physical.
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VOCM-FM
Paramedics are disappointed that the provincial government has postponed changes to how ambulances are operated for another two years. The Paramedics Association of Newfoundland and Labrador was told following the release of a Grant Thornton audit that the system would be overhauled this month, but now they’ve been told it will be another two years.
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Burnaby Now
Imagine collapsing on a busy street and waking up to paramedics asking you questions in a language you don’t understand.
You’re in pain and you want to tell them what happened, but you can’t.
In Burnaby, home to Metro Vancouver’s third largest population of recent immigrants, that’s not an unlikely scenario — and paramedics have to be prepared to deal with it.
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CTV News
Paramedics who find Vancouver "just too expensive" are travelling from as far the B.C. Interior and Vancouver Island to work in the Lower Mainland.
Dave Clark lives in Campbell River, but every four days he drives to Nanaimo, takes the ferry across to North Vancouver and then goes to work. On a good day, the trip takes seven hours, but usually about 10. He spends $700 on the ferry every month.
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CTV News
An elderly woman who fell and injured her pelvis waited 128 minutes for paramedics to arrive, according to the Vancouver fire department.
The April 5 incident is just one example of long delays some of those who need help have been facing in the Lower Mainland over the past few weeks.
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Vancouver Sun
Gary Andolfatto spent four hours hobbling nine kilometres on one leg over snowy forest trails, using his bike as a crutch, after breaking his leg four years ago in a cycling mishap.
When Andolfatto, an emergency room doctor at Lions Gate Hospital, was discovered by Lynn Canyon park rangers and loaded into an ambulance, his immediate need was pain control.
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CityNews Toronto
Dozens of first responders who rushed to Yonge Street in the minutes following the van attack last year are still dealing with the psychological impact of the tragedy. Pam Seatle with a paramedic who says the incident is never far from his mind.
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CBC News
A 54-year-old man was arrested in Kamloops, B.C., after allegedly assaulting three paramedics Wednesday evening, April 24, police say.
RCMP said they were called to Royal Inland Hospital for reports of an intoxicated man at around 7:30 p.m. PT.
He was taken there for medical treatment, but became angry and started punching and kicking first responders.
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BMJ Open
Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs) are not widely used in EMS. Preliminary study demonstrates a BWC effect on EMS performance. We hypothesize that there are other benefits yet to be discovered. We seek to identify other effects BWCs may have.
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BMJ Open
Studies carried out in the hospital setting have objectivized the benefit of tranexamic acid (TXA).1 Under the hypothesis that this is a time-dependent drug, we want to analyze the effect that a very early (on-scene) administration of the drug has over the survival of the hemorrhagic patient.
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CBC News
A UBC researcher says paramedics should be able to give patients ketamine for acute pain during ambulance rides, following a study that suggests it can be used safely and effectively.
The research, published in the May issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine, was led by Dr. Gary Andolfatto, an emergency room physician at Lions Gate Hospital and a professor at UBC.
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Blackburn News
Lambton Emergency Medical Services has secured funding to continue its community paramedicine program until December.
Lambton EMS Manager Steve Pancino said Bluewater Health has committed an additional one-time contribution of $112,000 to support the program, in addition to $45,000 in base funding from the ministry.
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CBC News
Cambridge ambulance dispatchers have a "hectic and unhealthy" work environment with managers telling them to skip breaks, says Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife.
In a letter to Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott dated April 3, Fife says she's concerned the province isn't doing enough to improve the operations for ambulance dispatchers. The letter also appeared in the regional council agenda on April 17.
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CBC News
A Strathroy man is facing a slew of charges after police say he allegedly attempted to steal an ambulance from the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital.
Police were called to the hospital around 8 a.m. Sunday, April 28.
Officers say they located the stolen ambulance near the corner of Centre Road and Second Street.
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CityNews Winnipeg
French paramedic Dylan Auguste has challenged himself to walk from Montreal to Vancouver to raise awareness and support for kids suffering from pediactic cancers. Steve Anderson has the story.
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Osoyoos Times
In an effort to increase the amount of people locally who know how to administer naloxone, the South Okanagan Similkameen Division of Family Practice is hosting a free training event in Osoyoos on May 6.
Community paramedics, RCMP, and community nurses will teach participants how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose, as well as administer naloxone.
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