Posts By: Brie MacIsaac

Paramedics Shouldn’t Lose Pay Due to COVID-19 Nova Scotia’s paramedics have been working in unimaginable conditions for years – long before the COVID-19 pandemic turned many of our lives upside down. They’re some of the most highly trained, highly skilled paramedics in North America, and yet they are among the lowest paid.  Now, on top …

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Today, the Government of Nova Scotia in partnership with EHS announced a new program where non-paramedic employees would work as drivers on Patient Transport Units (PTUs). Patient Transport Units are ambulances used for the transportation of patients from one facility to another, or from a facility to their home.  For years, we have been asking …

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We became aware of an incident that occurred over this past weekend at St. Francis Xavier University while paramedics were on scene to respond to a call. In a video shared on social media, two men can be seen climbing on top of the ambulance while a crowd of onlookers cheer them on. We strongly …

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We recently revived the #CodeCritical campaign, which has been running on and off since February 2018. Back then, we started the campaign because paramedic availability and working conditions were at the point of crisis. Today, over three years later, health care in this province is in a state of disaster. On July 28, we saw the …

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You may have seen that we brought back our #CodeCritical campaign. For anyone interested and looking to learn more, we created this document!  What is a #CodeCritical situation? #CodeCritical applies when there are fewer than 2 paramedic crews in a given county.  What are the causes of a #CodeCritical? The four main causes of these …

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