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Manitoba.ca
The province is now accepting applications for members of a transitional council that will guide implementation of a college of paramedics as part of the move toward paramedic self-regulation in Manitoba, Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced today, Nov. 3.
“We want to make sure paramedics have the opportunity to use their personal and professional experience to guide the development of a college to regulate paramedics in Manitoba,” said Goertzen. “I want to encourage paramedics from across the province to apply for this exciting opportunity to help us shape the future of their profession.”
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PAC
Casting is underway for Season 6 of The Amazing Race Canada, and they are excited to start the search for incredible teams from around the country! The theme for Season 6 is HEROES. The Amazing Race Canada is seeking courageous Canadians — paramedics, first responders, community leaders, mentors, athletes and other everyday heroes with a story to tell — to join the Race for Season 6 and be a part of an adventure that could change their lives forever.
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PAC
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Assiniboia Times
Donna Fiset was honoured at a community gathering to mark her retirement from a 37-year EMS career on Oct. 15.
“We would like to celebrate Donna’s 37 years of service from her retirement from paramedic services,” said Kathy Kennedy, owner of Hutch Ambulance. The gathering brought together both present and former colleagues at Hutch Ambulance, members of emergency services such as firefighters and the RCMP, nurses, friends and family and many others with whom she interacted with on a daily basis.
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CJME
A Saskatoon paramedic is echoing concerns many are expressing this week over a lack of safety on a stretch of Highway 5 between Saskatoon and Humboldt.
The conversation was reignited after a 28-year-old Saskatoon man was killed on the icy roadway near the Clavet turnoff Wednesday morning.
The road is known for being very narrow, having a lot of hills and no shoulder for drivers to pull over.
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Global News
A recent set of changes to ambulances in the city has some Winnipeggers concerned about response times.
Global News previously reported that Winnipeg’s Station 26 ambulance would be moving to a station in the north part of the city, but that isn’t the only change that has happened. Seven other stations had their ambulances relocated, switched away from a 24 hour availability system, or altered in some way on Oct. 14.
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CTV News
The BC Ambulance Service will answer questions about its paramedics resuscitating pets, but has decided to muzzle its staff when it comes to most serious incidents involving people.
It’s a head-scratching strategy that the agency said was supposed to be about making this easier for its overworked dispatchers. A document obtained by CTV News, however, shows BCAS hid its principal rationale.
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British Paramedic Journal
An uncomplicated, self-limiting epileptic seizure in a patient with an established diagnosis of epilepsy usually requires only first aid, but in the UK it is estimated that 75 per cent of these patients are transported to hospital and many are discharged without review or follow-up with an epilepsy specialist. Alternative care pathways have the potential to reduce unnecessary conveyance to hospital and to improve rates of epilepsy specialist follow-up, and thereby increase the quality and cost effectiveness of care.
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Medavie Blue Cross
For the third consecutive year Medavie Blue Cross is recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2018. Mediacorp, the country's largest publisher of employment periodicals, cited Medavie Blue Cross for providing strong employee recognition programs, an inclusive health benefits plan and its active investment within the community. The panel also commended Medavie Blue Cross for keeping employees connected to the business through informational video blogs, open conversations with senior leaders and strong employee engagement activities.
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CTV News
A spike in staff absences at Ornge over the summer left the air ambulance service struggling to keep bases open across the province.
Data obtained by CTV News Toronto shows that between July 1 and Sept. 30, a number of bases were forced to shut down on 186 occasions due to a lack of staffing.
The minimum staff required to run a fully operational base involves two pilots and two paramedics. If just one of the two pilots is absent, the helicopter is not flyable.
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Kings County Advertiser/Register
Chris Renaud has received a medal honouring his emergency work as a paramedic in Halifax.
Renaud’s roots are in Digby, where his career started at 17 with a job at the local ambulance service owned by his father, Michael Renaud.
Now, 22 years later, he’s received the Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Services medal from the province for his work, and credits his success to learning the ropes in his hometown.
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Standard-Freeholder.com
The City of Cornwall’s adoption of paramedic response times for 2018 last month gave us the opportunity to do a pulse check.
Things look OK at the moment, but if there aren’t investments in this critical emergency service, the quality of pre-hospital care in Cornwall and SDG will suffer. As our population has been aging, it’s proven that medical-emergency call volumes are increasing.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler says the government will continue to fund pilot training to ensure that its Lifeflight Air Ambulance service is not jeopardized.
The NDP Opposition and the pilot's union had raised concerns that the government had not scheduled required training that would allow ambulance pilots to maintain their licences.
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KenoraOnline
A Kenora paramedic has been provincially honoured.
Ornge, Ontario’s provider of air ambulance and related services, offers congratulations to Kenora-based Advanced Care Flight Paramedic Robert Marshall for receiving the Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Award for 30 years of service to Ontario’s patients.
The award was presented in a ceremony at Queen’s Park by Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, to Ontario paramedics who have provided 30 or 40 years of exemplary service.
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Global News
The head of the BC Ambulance Service is calling for “interventions” amid statistics that show nearly 85 per cent of drug overdose deaths are happening to people who are alone.
“We need people to stop using drugs alone and we will be there, we’re not there to judge, we’re there to help,” said Linda Lupini, executive vice-president of BC Emergency Health Services, said.
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Calgary Herald
By painting 100 portraits of paramedics in 100 days, a Calgary first-responder is hoping to paint a broader canvas she hopes will raise awareness about the physical and mental fatigue faced by paramedics.
Calgary paramedic Naomi Fox has spent the last six months recovering from hip surgery, one of the many injuries she’s sustained working the high-stakes job over the last nine years, and is set to undergo surgery on her left wrist.
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