| A family reunites with paramedics to thank them | <img alt="Angela Couldwell-Torres and her son Alejandro thank the paramedics and dispatchers who helped them" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Family%20with%20paramedics%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | A family reunites with paramedics to thank them | For Angela Couldwell-Torres, August 4, 2016 was the worst day of her life. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/family-reunites-with-paramedics-to-thank-them | | 2019-01-17T08:00:00Z | | |
| Winter weather brings increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning | <img alt="Paramedic specialist Jodi Butterman holds up a portable carbon monoxide monitor" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Jodi%20CO%20monitor%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Winter weather brings increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning | As the cold starts to move in, people use their stoves, furnaces and gas appliances more often. This increases the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/winter-weather-brings-increased-risk-of-carbon-monoxide-poisoning | | 2018-12-07T08:00:00Z | | |
| Community paramedicine closing gaps in health care | <img alt="Community paramedic with patient" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/CP%20video%20still.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Community paramedicine closing gaps in health care | BC’s community paramedicine program is improving access to health care in rural and remote communities by enhancing the role of qualified paramedics. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/community-paramedicine-closing-gaps-in-health-care | | 2018-11-28T08:00:00Z | | |
| Honours and awards for BCEHS staff | <img alt="Paramedic specialist Jennie Helmer is congratulated by Amit Sobti, Executive Director of Provincial Programs at BCEHS" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Helmer%20award%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Honours and awards for BCEHS staff | The BCEHS Long Service and Excellence Awards celebrate the significant milestones and outstanding achievements of our employees from across the province. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/honours-and-awards-for-bcehs-staff | | 2018-11-15T08:00:00Z | | |
| Paramedic warmed by kindness and brownies | <img alt="Handmade thank you cards on cork board" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Thank%20you%20cards%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Paramedic warmed by kindness and brownies | When the landline phone rang at the Port Moody ambulance station, unit chief Daniel Earl assumed it was a telemarketing call. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/paramedic-warmed-by-kindness-and-brownies | | 2018-11-08T08:00:00Z | | |
| From lunch to lifesaving, thanks to PulsePoint app | <img alt="Person giving CPR" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/CPR%20on%20person%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | From lunch to lifesaving, thanks to PulsePoint app | Michael Lee was having lunch with his family at a restaurant in Prince George. Just as the food arrived, he heard a noise coming from his phone—one that he hadn’t heard before. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/from-lunch-to-lifesaving-thanks-to-pulsepoint-app | | 2018-11-07T08:00:00Z | | |
| How World Restart A Heart Day was honoured in Tsawwassen | <img alt="BCEHS director of strategic programs Peter Thorpe, cardiac survivor John Harrison and paramedic Jamie Rodgers" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Pay%20it%20Forward%20Image.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | How World Restart A Heart Day was honoured in Tsawwassen | Carol Harrison wrote a letter to her local paper to thank the people, including paramedics, who saved her husband’s life. The result was “the ultimate pay-it-forward.” | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/how-world-restart-a-heart-day-was-honoured-in-tsawwassen | | 2018-10-17T07:00:00Z | | |
| BC Ambulance paramedics discover missing plane 10 months after disappearance | <img alt="Plane wreckage site, Glacier National Park" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Plane%20Wreckage%20Site%20Glacier%20National%20Park.JPG?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Ambulance paramedics discover missing plane 10 months after disappearance | For people who spend a lot of their time moving at a cruising speed of 230 kilometres an hour, it may seem strange that their discovery came down to a split second of time. Or, maybe not. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-ambulance-paramedics-discover-missing-plane-10-months-after-disappearance | | 2018-09-27T07:00:00Z | | |
| Carbon monoxide monitors and well-trained paramedics save the day | <img alt="Paramedic Brad Fraser wears a carbon monoxide detector on his uniform" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Brad%20Fraser%20article%20image.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Carbon monoxide monitors and well-trained paramedics save the day | The right equipment and the right training meant that two Kelowna-area paramedics got everyone out of an Okanagan home alive last month. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/carbon-monoxide-monitors-and-well-trained-paramedics-save-the-day | | 2018-09-12T07:00:00Z | | |
| Teaching kids about 9-1-1 can save lives | <img alt="Paramedic unit chief Marilyn Oberg teaches a child about calling 9-1-1" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Kid%20calling%20911.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Teaching kids about 9-1-1 can save lives | Would your children know what to do in an emergency situation? | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/teaching-kids-about-9-1-1-can-save-lives | | 2018-09-05T07:00:00Z | | |
