| 'People Who Help Others' receive special blessing | <img alt="Indigenous woman smiles during a ceremony at Vancouver's Downtown Eastside ambulance station for Indigenous People's Day" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Indigenous%20Day,%20Smiles%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | 'People Who Help Others' receive special blessing | On a noisy Vancouver street, standing next to an ambulance bay which most days has continuous sounds of lights and sirens, Indigenous elder Shane Point quietly spoke a Coast Salish word to describe paramedics. He translated it as ’people who help others.’ | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/people-who-help-others-receive-special-blessing | | 2021-06-21T07:00:00Z | | |
| Hundreds of new paramedic positions introduced to stabilize ambulance staffing | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/stave%20lake_%20credit%20PCP%20Shawn%20Benner_Jan%202021%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Hundreds of new paramedic positions introduced to stabilize ambulance staffing | BCEHS is making important changes across the province to improve services to patients and stabilize paramedic staffing, especially in rural and remote communities. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/hundreds-of-new-paramedic-positions | | 2021-05-19T07:00:00Z | | |
| Community paramedics are shining | <img alt="Community paramedic vaccinates patient" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/20210315_Immunization%202_2411%20art.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Community paramedics are shining | If there is such a thing as a good match for COVID, it might be community paramedics. And not just because they both start with “C.” | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/community-paramedics-are-shining | | 2021-05-06T07:00:00Z | | |
| It's about the bike | <img alt="Paramedic bike squad members in front of Waterfront Station" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Waterfront%20-%20Bike%20Crew%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | It's about the bike | Certainly, paramedics are drawn to BCEHS bike squads because they love cycling. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/its-about-the-bike | | 2021-04-22T07:00:00Z | | |
| Invisible responders: Recognizing the reassuring voices on the other end of a 9-1-1 call | <img alt="BCEHS dispatcher Jas Khandal" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Jas%20Khandal-%20BCEHS%20-%20Virtual%20Way-1%20art.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Invisible responders: Recognizing the reassuring voices on the other end of a 9-1-1 call | Emergency call takers and dispatchers are the first point of contact for British Columbians who use the 9-1-1 emergency number. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/invisible-responders | | 2021-04-08T07:00:00Z | | |
| What3words technology reduces the obstacle of locating patients for BC Emergency Health Services | <img alt="What3words app desktop screen showing remote landscape" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/What%20three%20words%20desktop%20screen%20art.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | What3words technology reduces the obstacle of locating patients for BC Emergency Health Services | In a medical emergency, identifying precisely where a patient is located is critical in order to get resources to the scene quickly. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/what3words-technology-reduces-the-obstacle-of-locating-patients | | 2021-04-07T07:00:00Z | | |
| A provincial service focused on patient care and the patient journey | <img alt="Patient transfer services helicopter" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/heli-bcehs.jpg?RenditionID=2" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | A provincial service focused on patient care and the patient journey | Learn more about how the Provincial Patient Transfer Strategic Operation Committee at BC Emergency Health Services is addressing patient transfer issues across the province and plays a critical role in responding to COVID-19 in B.C. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/provincial-transfer-service-focused-on-patient-care | | 2021-03-18T07:00:00Z | | |
| Overdose calls increased across the province in 2020 | <img alt="BCEHS re-enactment of paramedics attending an overdose" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Overdose%20birds-eye%20view%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Overdose calls increased across the province in 2020 | Paramedics in B.C. responded to more overdoses in 2020 than ever before. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/overdose-calls-increased-across-the-province-in-2020 | | 2021-01-19T08:00:00Z | | |
| The tale of paramedics and a violin bow | <img alt="Wally with BCEHS paramedics, from left, student paramedic Vihn Pham, paramedic Daron McDonald and paramedic Gavin Aimoe" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Paramedics%20and%20Wally.jpeg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | The tale of paramedics and a violin bow | It wasn’t the first time paramedics had been to this home. They reckon they respond to the independent seniors home in Victoria about once a week for medical emergencies. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/the-tale-of-paramedics-and-a-violin-bow | | 2020-11-10T08:00:00Z | | |
| Bike paramedics return to Vancouver’s downtown streets | <img alt="BCEHS' Vancouver Bike Squad with their bikes and equipment" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/team%20shot%202%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Bike paramedics return to Vancouver’s downtown streets | After a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BCEHS’ Vancouver Bike Squad has returned to the downtown core this fall. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bike-paramedics-return-to-vancouver’s-downtown-streets | | 2020-09-16T07:00:00Z | | |
