| Two weeks after getting her PCP licence she responded to her first overdose | <img alt="Paramedic Michelle Cowan stands in front of a BC Emergency Health Services ambulance" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Cowen%20QA%20Pic%20art.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Two weeks after getting her PCP licence she responded to her first overdose | Paramedics have been on the frontlines of the opioid crisis since it began more than five years ago. BCEHS paramedics now regularly respond to more than 100 overdose patients every day in B.C. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/overdose-awareness-day-2021 | | 2021-08-30T07:00:00Z | | |
| '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 | [Article updated October 8, 2021]
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 | | |
| BCEHS, Helijet and Santa continue annual tradition of flying toys to children in hospital during holiday season | | BCEHS, Helijet and Santa continue annual tradition of flying toys to children in hospital during holiday season | | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bcehs-helijet-and-santa-continue-annual-tradition | | 2020-12-22T08:00:00Z | | |
