BC Emergency Health Services

• 4 people seriously injured after multiple-vehicle crash near Tsawwassen

  Footage from the scene shows a car flipped upside down on the highway and first responders rushing patients to ambulances in stretchers.

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  Aug 28
  
• Safety board to investigate accident at private-flight airport in Delta, B.C.

  BC Emergency Health Services says it was notified just before noon, but paramedics did not care for or transport anyone to hospital.

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  Jun 29
  
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• Former B.C. paramedic gives advice on the 7th anniversary of the overdose crisis

  B.C. was the first jurisdiction in Canada to declare a public health emergency over increasing overdoses on April 14, 2016, after overdose deaths reached 474 in 2015.

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  Apr 14
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• B.C. woman told to get to hospital on her own amid ambulance shortage

  A Cranbrook woman who was told to get to the hospital on her own after being seriously hurt in a fall says the ambulance service is not up to par in her community.

  Health

  Jan 26
• Kelowna, B.C. man receives BC Emergency Health Services award for saving a life

  Last year Charlie Tucker performed the CPR that helped save Tasia Strauss. Tucker was recognized with the Vital Link Award from BC Emergency Health Services on Monday.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2022
• Nakusp ambulance service job fair nets zero candidates

  ‘Unfortunately, no members of the public attended, possibly due to other local events that same day.’

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2022
• Advanced life support unit leaving Vernon, B.C. after two years

  Vernon's advanced care paramedic unit was quietly moved out of the area after a resource review done by BC Emergency Health Services.

  Health

  Dec 10, 2022
• Vernon, B.C. Zamboni driver honoured for lifesaving aid

  "It was intense. The guy on the phone with 911 was trying to give me instructions...and the whole team was standing around me," recalled Zamboni driver Jonny Rockall. 

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2022
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• Kelowna, B.C. residents may wait longer for an ambulance as services reduced

  Kelowna residents could soon be seeing longer response times for emergency health services. The number of ambulances in the city has been reduced by 30 percent.

  Health

  Nov 9, 2022
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• ‘Heartbreaking loss’: B.C. agency looks into ambulance call after infant death report

  BC Emergency Health Services says it has opened a review and will work with the patient care quality office to reach out to the family and address any questions or concerns.

  Health

  Aug 29, 2022