NS Health Care Workers Need Assurances On Safety Equipment Five unions representing health care workers providing care during the COVID-19 pandemic are calling on government and employers to sign onto a safety protocol that would ensure these frontline workers feel protected and supported during this unprecedented time. The NSGEU, NSNU, CUPE, Unifor and IUOE jointly …
COVID-19 NOTICE MARCH 16, 2020 As the situation caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) quickly evolves, we want to assure you that we are doing everything we can to keep our employees, counterparts and the community safe. Until further notice, these safety measures will dictate a change to how we maintain and provide services from this …
First Annual Maritime Paramedic Union Conference takes place Halifax, Nova Scotia – On Wednesday, Paramedic and Dispatcher Unions from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI met for the first time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to discuss issues paramedics and dispatchers are facing in their provinces. Ambulance services in each of these provinces are …
The Nova Scotia government is preparing to do a system-design review of EHS as the union representing paramedics continues to sound the alarm about understaffed ambulances and service shortages around the province. The union released data this week collected during July that shows increasing numbers of ambulances are either out of service or not …
During a 20-day period in July, there were 34 ambulances that went unstaffed in Nova Scotia. The union representing the province’s paramedics is warning that backlogs in Nova Scotia’s health-care system are trickling down to the availability of emergency care. See Link for Full Article: Paramedic Staffing Strain
There’s probably no single solution,’ says interim head of emergency medicine at NSHA central zone Health-care officials are grappling with the problem of ambulances being tied up at larger hospitals across Nova Scotia. Offloading patients has become a slow process when hospital beds are at or near capacity. Those working in the system say …
HALIFAX—After more than a year of nurses, paramedics and doctors pointing to problems in emergency health care in Nova Scotia, the province is looking for someone to take a critical look at one part of the ailing system. https://www.thestar.com/halifax/2018/08/02/nova-scotia-paramedic-union-says-emergency-health-services-review-long-overdue.html
The union representing Nova Scotia paramedics has been tweeting for five months using #codecritical to raise awareness about ambulance availability. It’s hoping the province will come up with ways to fix administrative delays in offloading patients at hospitals. But that hasn’t happened yet. CBC News Union urges province to fix Ambulance availability issues
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From the office of Terry Chapman, Business Manager and Spokesperson for the Union representing Nova Scotia Ground and Air Ambulance Paramedics and RN’s. Hospital closures in Cape Breton, announced by the Liberal Government on June 25th, in this spokespersons opinion, are simply another overacted and under-thought action creating uncertainties and greater …
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Today marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day honours and remembers Survivors of residential schools, their families and communities, and the children who never came home. 1/3
It’s Medic Monday! Today and every day we celebrate and recognize Nova Scotia’s highly skilled, trained and dedicated paramedics. Thank you for all you do for our communities!
ATTN: The first day of fall marks the end of summer hours for paramedics… oh wait – there are no summer hours! Our paramedics are working 24/7/365 in a system that physically, emotionally and mentally drains them. 1/2
