Ambulance

• Vancouver firefighters to proceed with plan limiting responses to some medical calls

  Starting Tuesday, firefighters will only respond to life-threatening calls, overdoses, burns, hazmat emergencies, motor vehicle crashes and technical rescues.

  Health

  Jul 26
  
• B.C. island residents worry lack of emergency ferry service putting lives at risk

  Quadra Island residents say BC Ferries used to transport ambulances at any hour in an emergency, but that a new system using helicopters or water taxis is putting lives at risk.

  Health

  Jul 21
  
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• Coaldale looking to change ambulance services amid high call volumes

  With strain being placed on its volunteer fire department as it responds to calls where ambulances cannot, the Town of Coaldale is looking to revert to its old EMS system.

  Health

  Jul 19
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• Vancouver firefighters may stop responding to many medical calls

  Vancouver firefighters could soon only respond to life-threatening calls, overdoses, burns, hazmat emergencies, motor vehicle crashes and technical rescues.

  Health

  Jul 12
• Woman, 91, dies on balcony after waiting 7 hours for ambulance in Montreal

  Officials with Quebec's ambulance service providers are offering condolences to family members of a 91-year-old woman who died after waiting 7 hours for an ambulance to arrive.

  Health

  Jul 11
• Paramedics to deploy ‘pressure tactic’ protest against working conditions, union says

  The union of paramedics of Urgences-Santé, which covers the territories of Montreal and Laval, will apply pressure tactics on Monday to protest against working conditions.

  Health

  Jul 11
• N.S. to hire 100 more EHS transport operators to relieve pressure on ambulances

  Nova Scotia has announced Emergency Health Services will hire 100 more transport operators across the province, more than doubling the amount of operators currently working.

  Health

  Jul 6
• ‘That day I really wanted EMS’: Parents of 3-year-old taken to hospital in fire truck speak out

  A family visiting Calgary is going public after their toddler was seizing. They called 911 but instead of being rushed to hospital in an ambulance, she rode in a fire truck.

  Health

  Jun 28
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• Ambulance took 36 minutes to arrive at scene of Gimli skydiving accident: Shared Health

  Those who witnessed a tragic skydiving accident in Gimli, Man., on Saturday had to wait 36 minutes until an ambulance arrived — a time span beyond Shared Health's standards.

  Health

  Jun 8
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• London, Ont. man charged after displaying replica firearm in ambulance

  On Saturday, officers responded to the intersection of Hamilton Road and Rectory Street after a man displayed a replica firearm while being transported in an ambulance.

  Crime

  Jun 6