BC Emergency Health Services

• Okanagan officials welcome new paramedic staffing models

  Sixty rural communities throughout B.C. will switch to one of three new models that will improve 911 response times.

  Health

  Nov 11, 2023
  
• Fewer 911 calls to Surrey supportive housing building after launch of on-site clinic

  A new on-site paramedic clinic at a supportive housing site in Surrey, B.C. has saved the health-care system an estimated $450,000 in one year.

  Health

  Nov 1, 2023
  
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• Kelowna, B.C. emergency crews respond to multiple overdoses on Tuesday

  Halloween proved to be a much a busier than normal day for emergency crews in terms of overdose calls across Kelowna.

  Health

  Nov 1, 2023
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• 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.

  Traffic

  Aug 28, 2023
• 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.

  Traffic

  Jun 29, 2023
• 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.

  Health

  Apr 14, 2023
• 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, 2023
• 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
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• 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
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• 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