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Friday, November 6, 2009

Department Tests Paramedic Response System

Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada) Fire Department will spend the remainder of the year testing a new system to stop fully trained paramedics from attending low-priority emergency calls. Those paramedics also will stop attending high-priority scenes in ambulances, instead riding on fire trucks, reports Fort McMurray Today. Until 2009, paramedics will only be sent to the Charlie, Delta and Echo 911 calls, which require advanced life support. All other calls will be handled by firefighters who are trained EMTs. “I think it was necessary to provide a better service to our citizens with limited resources,” Tom Klein, assistant deputy ...

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