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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 13 2018 FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON / UNION REPRESENTING NOVA SCOTIAS PARAMEDICS and LIFEFLIGHT NURSES. The issue of long wait times caused by delays in patient transfer of care at Nova Scotia Emergency Departments that has been recently highlighted by the Paramedics Unions Code Critical Campaign is, in …
We were made aware at approx. 0930 today that there was a #codecritical in the Eastern region of EHS. Only one ambulance available for calls for all of the CBRM. #NSPOLI @CTVAtlantic @CBCNS — IUOE Local 727 (@ParamedicsUnion) February 11, 2018 As the union representing NS Medics & LF Nurses we need to bring attention …
