Ambulance Response Times

• Nova Scotia’s ambulance service says response times improving in 2024

  The head of Nova Scotia’s ambulance service says response times have improved across the province since January.

  Health

  Sep 11, 2024
  
• No ‘silver bullet solution’ to address ambulance response times: Ambulance NB

  Ambulance response rates in many rural areas remain bellow target, even as the province continues to pay out bonuses to its ambulance service provider.

  Health

  Sep 21, 2023
  
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• Alberta accepts recommendations to improve ambulance response times

  The province and an independent committee have released their recommendations to improve Alberta Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response times

  Health

  Jan 16, 2023
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• N.B. ambulance offload delays projected to be 600 per cent higher than 2017

  Officials say the increase in delays is caused by other issues within the health-care system and there's little they can do to alleviate them.

  Health

  Sep 8, 2022
• Concerns raised on social media over ambulance response to Eastern Passage fire

  While the Deputy Chief of Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency acknowledged there was no ambulance on stand-by while crews fought the inferno, he wasn't concerned that any lives would be endangered due to a potential medical emergency.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2018
• Urgences-Santé paramedics agree to end pressure tactics

  More than a year after failed negotiations, the union representing paramedics announced an end to pressure tactics on Sunday.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2015
• Code reds called Monday in Calgary and Edmonton: AHS

  Alberta Health Services said heavy call volumes in both Calgary and Edmonton lead to code reds being called in both cities on Monday.

  Canada

  May 4, 2015
• Code Red: A blog from ‘one utterly frustrated EMT’

  'Mike' is an Edmonton area EMT featured in Global News' Code Red series. Here, in his own words, Mike shares why he felt the need to speak out about the current issues facing provincial ambulance services.

  Health

  Jan 19, 2015
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• Code Red Part 1: Paramedics warn of lengthening response times

  AHS says ambulance response times have remained stable across the province since it took over EMS from the cities in 2009, but some paramedics disagree.

  Health

  Jan 19, 2015