BC Emergency Health Services
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Pilot program credited with helping Okanagan man survive heart attackDoug Bigelow of Vernon was moving firewood on his farm on a Saturday afternoon when he began experiencing chest pain.HealthMar 3
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Ambulance crews scramble to cover spike in overdose calls in B.C. InteriorB.C. Emergency Health Services says crews responded to 37 overdose calls on Wednesday, up from 23 on Tuesday and 12 on Monday.CanadaFeb 17
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B.C. paramedics, dispatchers responded to record-setting 35,525 overdose calls in 2021Surrey saw the greatest increase in overdose calls with 3,764 calls in 2021, a leap of 50 per cent from 2020, according to BC Emergency Health Services.HealthJan 12
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Paramedics sound alarm in Okanagan about access to medical care amid OmicronAmbulance paramedics in the Okanagan have long been calling for more resources, but the current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is again renewing those calls.CanadaJan 11
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‘Degrading’: 95-year-old waits six hours for ambulance on Vancouver apartment floorBC Emergency Health Services confirmed it received a 911 call about the fallen senior at 3:28 p.m. on Tuesday and paramedics arrived to pick him up at 9:16 p.m.HealthJan 5
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B.C. paramedics respond to 50 hypothermia, frostbite calls in four daysThere were nine exposure calls on Christmas and 13 on Boxing Day, according to B.C. Emergency Health Services.HealthDec 29, 2021
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1 dead, one injured in ATV crash in Lake Country: Kelowna RCMPKelowna RCMP said Tuesday Lake Country officers received a report on Sunday about two missing people who were ATVing in the Oyama Lake area.TrafficDec 7, 2021
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Changes to B.C. 911 procedure ‘temporary,’ E-Comm clarifies, as union raises alarmA newly-announced change to the 911 transfer process in B.C. is raising alarm bells with the union representing more than 500 E-Comm staff in the province.HealthDec 2, 2021
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B.C. 911 operators can now hang up on callers waiting for ambulancesA new call transfer process announced by E-Comm allows its 911 operators to hang up while their callers wait to be connected with an ambulance.HealthDec 1, 2021
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Head of BC Emergency Health Services leaving her positionDarlene MacKinnon faced calls to resign for the agency's management of the BC Ambulance Service in the wake of the province's deadly heat wave.HealthNov 26, 2021
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