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“Crisis? What Crisis?” AHS EMS Caught in Another Blatant Lie in Edmonton
The Alberta EMS system is totally fine. Everything is fine. In fact, if you listen to AHS, it’s actually thriving. Ignore the ambulance...
ambulanceman4
Apr 130 min read
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AHS EMS Priorities: Staffing? No. Patient Care? No. Fancy Chairs? HELL YES.
Gather ‘round, folks, because we’ve got a doozy for you. Ever wonder what EMS managers say when they think no one’s listening? Turns...
ambulanceman4
Feb 269 min read
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Central Zone EMS: Running on Fumes, Prayers, and Excuses
Ah, Central Zone—where AHS EMS has somehow managed to fail harder than a paramedic’s last nerve. Nearly 1,800 ambulance shutdowns in a...
ambulanceman4
Feb 2510 min read
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Edmonton’s EMS Staffing Plan: Cross Your Fingers and Pray
If AHS had a dollar for every time they lied about "investing in staffing," they might actually be able to afford a functioning EMS...
ambulanceman4
Feb 1616 min read
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🔥 Let’s Expose AHS EMS’s Financial Dumpster Fire 🔥
AHS EMS has never met a pile of taxpayer cash they couldn’t set on fire. While ambulances sit empty and paramedics keep quitting in...
ambulanceman4
Feb 113 min read
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Podcast: AHS is in Shambles.
We also begin our campaign: 'March Out for Overtime'. Paramedics, Please take care - of yourselves and your families.
ambulanceman4
Feb 81 min read
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Jingle Bells, Staffing Smells, AHS Laid an Egg
If only it could be Merry Christmas from AHS EMS! But, you didn’t get the memo? Turns out, holiday magic is best left to the pros—because...
ambulanceman4
Feb 57 min read
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From Bad to Worse: Why Cutting EMS Funding at the Drop-In Centre is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
Welcome to the latest episode of "Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?!" starring the province of Alberta! This time, we’re diving into the...
ambulanceman4
Jan 284 min read
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Why Fire-Based EMS Leaves AHS EMS in the Dust
To avoid us getting into trouble we added the text to this, it is not the original from the City of Edmonton. If AHS EMS were a dating...
ambulanceman4
Jan 276 min read
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Chasing the Overtime High: AHS EMS's Never-Ending Overtime Bender
🎉 We’re Back! 🎉 After the holiday break, we’re kicking things off by saying THANK YOU! In just over a month, we’ve gained 1,000+ new...
ambulanceman4
Jan 219 min read
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Transparency Time: Here's Where Your Donations Went
Wow, what a year. We’re closing 2024 with a bang, a few cease-and-desist letters, and a lot of FOIP requests. Thanks to your generosity,...
ambulanceman4
Jan 13 min read
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'Twas the Shift Before Christmas: All Through the Province, Chaos Was Stirring
We wanted to do a proper Christmas post—you know, something festive, witty, and lightly seasoned with our signature sarcasm. But here’s...
ambulanceman4
Dec 22, 20245 min read
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Four Horsemen: The Organizations Failing Alberta’s EMS
I say this without malice, just with a great deal of sorrow. It’s not that these organizations have done nothing but none of them have...
ambulanceman4
Dec 21, 20244 min read
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Dude wheres my staff: A Culture of Fear: How Lateral Violence and Bureaucracy Are Breaking Alberta's Paramedics
We've shared a lot of "Why I Quit" stories—each one raw, painful, and damning in its own way. But every so often, a story comes along...
ambulanceman4
Dec 17, 20245 min read
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Strike Teams and Shutdown Dreams: How AHS EMS Set Fire to the North Zone (and Your Tax Dollars)
Ever wonder what happens when you combine epic leadership fails, a dash of corporate gaslighting, and enough financial mismanagement to...
ambulanceman4
Dec 9, 202410 min read
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The EMS-811 Shared Response Program: The Fix That Never Was
They say you can’t polish a turd, but AHS EMS leadership seems determined to prove otherwise. Enter the EMS-811 Shared Response program,...
ambulanceman4
Dec 5, 20246 min read
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APA AGM - Dec 6, 2024
Forging New Paths - Working with the Alberta Paramedic Association. The Ambulanceman will be hosting a ‘meet & greet’ at CENTRAL SOCIAL...
ambulanceman4
Dec 2, 20244 min read
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South Zone Leadership: If They Don’t See the Problem, Does It Really Exist?
Imagine you're in one of Alberta's many towns in the South Zone—Oyen, Cardston, Fort Macleod, or Brooks. There’s an emergency, and you...
ambulanceman4
Nov 28, 20249 min read
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Christmas and New Years... Will it be any different?
Last year, Alberta Health Services EMS gifted us all with their favorite New Year’s resolution: "We swear we’ve got this under control!"...
ambulanceman4
Nov 26, 20243 min read
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Introducing: The HQCA’s Impressive Waiting Game
Ah, the Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA)—the plucky little agency tasked with making healthcare in Alberta less of a hot mess. On...
ambulanceman4
Nov 19, 20245 min read
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