by Ted Clarke | Jan 23, 2018 |
This specially-designed stroke ambulance now in use in Edmonton is equipped with a CT scanner to provide remote testing for patients showing signs of a stroke. (CBC News photo) Alberta tests stroke ambulance equipped with CT scanner By Dave Dormer, CBC News A piece...
by Ted Clarke | Nov 21, 2017 |
Vast Majority of BC lacks 24-hour ALS helicopter coverage The primary purpose of modern EMS helicopter programs is to bring definitive medical care (typically a specialized doctor and or flight nurse or ALS paramedic) as quickly as possible to the location of the...
by Ted Clarke | Oct 27, 2017 |
BC’s ambulance model flawed; MLAs doing nothing to change it The most striking and deadly dysfunction of BC’s chosen EMS model is that BC has a law which legally prevents doctors, nurses, police, fire rescue, and search-and-rescue personnel from providing...
