Quebec Paramedics

• West Island ambulance response times higher than other areas in Montreal

  It takes an ambulance an average of 14 minutes and seven seconds to show up in Kirkland. Some experts argue the ideal response time is under eight minutes.

  Health

  Feb 27
  
• Paramedics strike at 40 Quebec ambulance services to demand pay increase

  The union representing paramedics is asking for the same salary and retirement conditions as other health-care workers in the province.

  Canada

  Jul 1, 2022
  
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• Paramedics stage protest, block access to SAQ distribution centres in Montreal, Quebec City

  Paramedics used bails of hay and ambulance trucks to block the main gates of the province's liquor board distribution centres as part of a protest.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2022
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• Urgences-santé defends controversial directive to reduce treatment for patients who flatlined

  Urgences-santé argued the protocol was necessary to protect not only paramedics, but the health system as a whole, explaining that if paramedics became infected with the virus or died of the illness it would have a direct impact on patients.

  Health

  Nov 24, 2020
• John Abbott College gets new tool for paramedic care program

  The ambulance is the second one in the program and it replaces an older vehicle. 

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2019