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WHERE IS MY AMBULANCE


"Taking care of our people" Should we laugh or cry?
There’s a satirical Instagram page called Worst Responders that humorously portrays life as a paramedic. Recently, they’ve been sharing...
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Jun 3, 20242 min read
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Unveiling AHS's EMS Crisis: The Truth Behind Calgary's New Years Eve Paramedic Shortage
There's a tenuous relationship with the truth and AHS EMS. https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-paramedics-experiencing-burnout-as-shifts-g...
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May 7, 20243 min read
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How AHS Became the 'Lost Medic' of Training and Preparation: Failing at Every Turn While Others at least try to Excel
Before Alberta Health Services took over the responsibility for EMS in the province there existed a sense of pride in the profession....
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Apr 15, 20243 min read
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Code Blue to Belly Laughs: Navigating Low Paramedic Morale with more managers
Recently I came across a tweet that I think helps set the tone for this discussion perfectly. Moral in EMS is not down, it’s in the...
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Apr 4, 20246 min read
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Smoke and mirrors
Within Alberta Health Services ranks, paramedics have joked about the former Chief Paramedic's notorious use of the idea that the closest...
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Apr 2, 20244 min read
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Out of service
In the years since COVID there has been a new problem that has been repeatedly plaguing the EMS system, vacant Ambulances. There has been...
ambulanceman4
Mar 28, 20242 min read
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The borderless fallacy.
In recent years representatives of Alberta Health Services have been touring the rural areas of Calgary Zone, and of those meetings there...
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Mar 28, 20242 min read
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Non-Emergent Transfers for Emergency Ambulances
On December 21st 2022 the government of Alberta made public a plan to reduce the number of acute care Ambulances transporting patients...
ambulanceman4
Mar 28, 20243 min read
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