The Advanced Life Support Patient Care Standards (ALS PCS) has been updated to v4.9 and has an “in-force” date of February 1, 2022. This version contains a group of Medical Directives that were updated based on the Ontario Base Hospital Group (OBHG) Comprehensive Medical Directive Review process. The changes to this batch of updated directives…
Click the link below to see the article from the North Bay Nugget! https://www.nugget.ca/news/paramedic-climbs-through-window-to-rescue-injured-dog-groomer
Paramedic Kudos On December 22nd, 2021, an off-duty HSN employee noticed a gentleman, possibly inebriated, having a difficult time walking downtown. It was -20 C that day. While the HSN employee was attempting to cross a busy intersection to assist, a Greater Sudbury Paramedic crew stopped their ambulance and inquired if the gentleman needed help….
Health Sciences North Centre for Prehospital Care 2021 Fall Rounds Sessions have been completed. Kudos to the Paramedic Practice Coordinators: Eric Levasseur, Luc Simard, Marty Pilkington, and Cory Sohm for having completed 77 Fall Round Sessions combined and providing in-person Skills Review to over 720 paramedics in the Northeast!!
Congratulations to the paramedic students from College Boreal for participating in the Run to Remember! Link: https://twitter.com/ParamedicRene/status/1457419131083534337
Congratulations to Deborah Gauthier on her retirement! Deborah retired from Algoma Paramedic Services on October 29th, after 38 years of dedicated service. Starting as a volunteer ambulance driver in her early days, Deborah later obtained her AEMCA and worked as a Primary Care Paramedic and also as a group leader in the town of Wawa….
Congratulations to Katie Kirkham on your new position of becoming the first woman Paramedic Chief in Sault history! Katie has over 24 years of experience in the field and we wish her the best in this new chapter!