Registered nurses to help with low-severity, non-urgent EMS calls in Alberta
The Opposition called the move “tinkering around the edges rather than hiring and retaining” EMS workers, pointing to calls from paramedics to get off shift on time and improving harm reduction to reduce drug poisoning calls.
“The fact that there were no paramedics at the government’s press conference today speaks volumes to me about their adversarial relationship with front-line health-care workers,” Edmonton-City Centre MLA David Shepherd said in a statement.showing red alerts — instances in which ambulances are unavailable — increased from an average of 40 per month in April 2019 to 400 in October 2022.
“AHS is seeking provider of transfer services to address the needs of the patients and ensure safe, timely and cost effective transport,” the expression of interest reads.
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