This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here May 19, 2022 .PARAMEDIC NEWS Poll: Paramedics top list of most respected occupations in Canada CityNews A new survey suggests Canadians hold emergency responders and health-care workers in high esteem compared to most other professions. The recent Maru Public Opinion poll finds that — out of 29 measured occupations — Canadians rank paramedics as the most respected job with firefighters coming in at number two. READ MORE Nova Scotia discusses solutions for ambulance offload delays CTV News Offload delays were recently on the agenda at the Nova Scotia government's meeting of the Standing Committee on Health. "It was bad when I was on the ambulance. It's getting worse every day. The stories our paramedics share with us is heartbreaking," said former paramedic Michael Nickerson. READ MORE Urgences-santé paramedics struggling to keep up with emergency calls Global News Overworked and facing a labour shortage, Urgences-santé paramedics are struggling to keep up with the influx in calls. During the overnight shift recently, only half of the scheduled personnel were on hand to respond to emergencies in the area of Montreal and Laval. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Charles Sturt University Take your career to the next level with a degree in paramedicine Get a degree in paramedicine at the #1 University in Australia for graduate employment First Canadian paramedicine student to graduate with a Paramedicine Degree York Region paramedics respond to rising need for naloxone kits Newmarket News The rate of opioid-related emergency department visits and deaths continues to increase in York Region since the formation of its opioid action plan. Emergency department visits related to opioids was 25.1 per 100,000 population in 2020 — a 15.7 per cent increase compared to 2019. READ MORE Police, firefighters, paramedics plan parade for nurses CambridgeToday.ca To mark National Nursing Week, which runs May 9 to 15, and in gratitude of all healthcare workers, Waterloo regional police, fire and paramedics will be driving by the region's four hospitals shortly, flashing their lights and sounding their sirens. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Bleeding Control Kit Complete compact kit Features SAM XT tourniquet Learn more: SAM® Medical Products (stopscan.ca) LEARN MORE Mohawk community's only ambulance off the streets after collision APTN News What happens when your town’s only ambulance gets into a car accident? Kanehsatà:ke found out the hard way. A car ran a stop sign on April 30 and collided with the only ambulance used by the First Nations Paramedics (FNP). READ MORE Windsor-Essex paramedics push through 2 Code Blacks in a week CBC News Paramedics in Windsor-Essex recently experienced Code Blacks two nights in a row. That's a roughly 10 to 15-minute period of time with no ambulances available to respond to 911 calls. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Better operations. Better patient care! Data driven. Patients focused. Prehos offers a new approach to pre-hospital care management software based entirely on real-time data analysis and reporting and the patient's health record. It optimizes operations and enables paramedics to focus on care.­ We support emergency pre-hospital care, community paramedicine and non-urgent medical transport. LEARN MORE Toronto paramedics get the short end of the stick Toronto Sun As a paramedic, it was very humbling to learn that through a recent public opinion poll, Canadians considered paramedics as their most respected occupation. As the representative for Toronto’s paramedics, I was deeply honoured by such recognition. READ MORE Therapy dogs to visit county paramedics in new partnership Collingwood News County of Simcoe Paramedic Services (CSPS) is proud to support the St. John Ambulance (SJA) Therapy Dog Program through a donation of $2,500 and a partnership supporting the mental health of CSPS paramedics. READ MORE Community Paramedic Program helping people to stay in their homes Napanee Today Lennox and Addington County’s Community Paramedic Program has been officially launched, following confirmation from the Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care (MoLTC) of $2.5 million in one-time funding to be provided between now and March 2024 and $365,000 from the Ministry of Health (MoH) for 2022-23. READ MORE Paramedics honoured for lifesaving, delivering babies, exemplary service Belleville Intelligencer More than 30 Hastings-Quinte paramedics have received recognition for saving lives and delivering babies in the last year, with six set to receive medals for exemplary service. READ MORE Upcoming — Paramedic Services Week Shared Health Emergency medical staff, first responders, dispatchers and members of the paramedic team are critical to the delivery of health services across Manitoba. These important members of our health-care teams also support some services relied upon by residents of northwestern Ontario and Nunavut. READ MORE County of Simcoe donates ambulance to Hamlet of Pangnirtung in Nunavut Barrie 360 In the lead-up to National Paramedic Services Week, the County of Simcoe has donated a refurbished ambulance to the Hamlet of Pangnirtung in Nunavut for critical use in Canada’s northern communities. READ MORE Paintearth County's East Central Ambulance Service provides EMS Week update Bashaw Star For those on the frontline of healthcare, those working in the province’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system, it has been a long couple of years. Paramedic Services Week, which runs from May 22 to 28, is a time to celebrate those frontline workers. READ MORE Burns Lake community paramedic Burns Lake District News Burns Lake paramedics stand with Guy Epkens-Shaffer – Burns Lake Community paramedic. (L-R) Vivian, Guy and Andrew. Epkens-Shaffer had a display at the Lakeview Mall on May 11, to bring awareness to the community on what a community paramedic does. READ MORE Frontenac County to receive new paramedic station after $3 million project approved Global News A new $3 million project in Frontenac County will see a new paramedic station built. Preliminary work is underway for the new facility, which will be built on the existing Frontenac County Administration Campus on Battersea Road in Gelnburnie. READ MORE Nova Scotia paramedics want better pay and they want it now CBC News The union that represents paramedics in Nova Scotia wants the provincial government to give its members what it handed continuing care assistants last February — an immediate and substantial raise. READ MORE Halton paramedic noticed 'alcohol-smelling odour' from driver charged in Oakville crash that killed woman and her dog, court hears Inside Halton A man charged with impaired driving causing death in a crash that killed an Oakville woman and her dog while they were out walking, had “an alcohol-smelling odour” coming from him, testified the Halton paramedic who examined him after the incident. 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