| Another shot at life: early CPR plays critical role in patient survival | <img alt="Hands-on-chest CPR" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/CPR%20HandsOn%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Another shot at life: early CPR plays critical role in patient survival | The 911 caller reported that a person had died. He wasn’t breathing. The caller was hesitant to approach the apparently dead body lying on the ground. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/another-shot-at-life-early-cpr-plays-critical-role-in-patient-survival | | 2019-03-06T08:00:00Z | | |
| Lifesaving CPR and defibrillator training for high school students | <img alt="Students learning CPR" src="/PublishingImages/students-learning-cpr.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Lifesaving CPR and defibrillator training for high school students | The ACT Foundation recently launched the ACT High School CPR and Defibrillator Training Program in several public secondary schools in Surrey and North Vancouver. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/lifesaving-cpr-and-defibrillator-training-for-high-school-students | | 2019-02-11T08:00:00Z | | |
| Palliative care training for paramedics | <img alt="Community paramedic at work" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Ucluelet%20CP%20Rachelle%20Cole%20and%20Stephen%20Winpenny%20-%2001%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Palliative care training for paramedics | BC Emergency Health Services has received close to a million dollars in funding to train paramedics in palliative care. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/palliative-care-training-for-paramedics | | 2019-01-29T08:00:00Z | | |
| Smudging ceremony ushers the 'negative' out of Port Hardy ambulance station | <img alt="Maria Patskovsi, Tim Lee, Len Nelson, John Sukow, Salla Sukow, Nat Potage, Kathy Wilson, Jayce Charlie, Dean Wilson, Mike Aubie" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Port%20Hardy%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Smudging ceremony ushers the 'negative' out of Port Hardy ambulance station | Nat Pottage is a unit chief in a remote ambulance station on Vancouver Island. He says he was open to finding a way to address the “amount of bad that we see with all the good that we do.” | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/port-hardy-smudging-ceremony | | 2019-01-24T08:00:00Z | | |
| 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 | | |
