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AMO Email: Hamilton Paramedic Service to be Disbanded, Merged into a Super-Sized Paramedic Service

By Joey Coleman, Editor | April 16, 2019

Ontario’s Paramedic Chiefs are holding an “emergency meeting” in response to news that the Progressive Conservative provincial government is planning to merge local paramedic services together to create 10 paramedic services across Ontario.

Academic Study Finds Power Stretchers Significantly Decreases Paramedic Injuries

By Joey Coleman, Editor | April 17, 2017

An academic study lead by a University of Waterloo graduate student shows the implementation of powered stretcher and load systems significantly decreases stretcher-related musculoskeletal injuries among paramedics, and the increased costs of power stretchers can be expected to be fully recovered over a seven-year period.