| BCEHS and Helijet give Santa a “lift” to bring Christmas cheer to kids in hospital | <img alt="An elf, Santa Claus and a paramedic waving, while standing next to a BCEHS Helijet helicopter" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/elf%20santa%20paramedic%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BCEHS and Helijet give Santa a “lift” to bring Christmas cheer to kids in hospital | Vancouver, B.C. – Santa Claus is back in the air again today to bring smiles and the joy of Christmas to courageous children in hospital pediatric units at this time of year and to the dedicated front-line health care workers who look after them. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bcehs-and-helijet-give-santa-a-lift | | 2022-12-13T08:00:00Z | | |
| A proud moment: Unit chief position passes from mother to daughter | <img alt="Paramedic mother and daughter Joy Wilson and Tina Basarab" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Joy%20Wilson%20and%20Tina%20Basarab%20art.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | A proud moment: Unit chief position passes from mother to daughter | Joy Wilson served as unit chief on Galiano Island for 23 years. This fall, she passed the torch to the station’s new unit chief – her daughter, Tina Basarab. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/a-proud-moment | | 2022-12-05T08:00:00Z | | |
| Extra service - BCEHS reflections on serving in the military | <img alt="Paramedic in honour guard uniform at a shrine to the unknown soldier" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Catharina%2011.2020%20honour%20guard%20art.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Extra service - BCEHS reflections on serving in the military | It’s a well-known fact that our paramedics and dispatch staff are dedicated service-providers. But what many may not know is that dozens of BCEHS employees currently serve or have previously served in the military. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/extra-service-bcehs-reflections-on-serving-in-the-military | | 2022-11-09T08:00:00Z | | |
| BCEHS paramedics replace Halloween costume after young patient hit by vehicle | <img alt="Two paramedics with a boy dressed as a firefighter" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/firefighter%20costume%20article.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BCEHS paramedics replace Halloween costume after young patient hit by vehicle | It was a sweet moment after a scary one on Halloween. A 12-year-old boy was hit by a truck at a Vancouver intersection and paramedics Quinn and Lisa presented him with a new costume at BC Children's Hospital after they needed to cut his off at the scene. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bcehs-paramedics-replace-halloween-costume-after-young-patient-hit-by-vehicle | | 2022-10-31T07:00:00Z | | |
| Progress report reviews a year of challenges & change | <img alt="Mosaic of images of paramedics, dispatchers, call-takers, ambulances etc." src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/progress%20report%20feature%20image%20article.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Progress report reviews a year of challenges & change | To look ahead as an organization, BCEHS reflects on last year’s activities, accomplishments and difficulties during our reporting period of April 2021 to March 2022. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/progress-report-reviews-a-year-of-challenges-change | | 2022-10-24T07:00:00Z | | |
| First BCEHS Electric Vehicle Arrives | <img alt="BCEHS electric car" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/car%20article.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | First BCEHS Electric Vehicle Arrives | BC Emergency Health Services is taking the first step towards converting its ambulance vehicles to electric, with the arrival of the first of six Ford Mach-E response vehicles. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/first-bcehs-electric-vehicle-arrives | | 2022-09-29T07:00:00Z | | |
| Blood on board program expands to the Interior | <img alt="Two smiling paramedics carrying a red bag, standing by a BCEHS helicopter" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Stn%20370%20paramedics%20art.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Blood on board program expands to the Interior | Every second counts when a patient is bleeding heavily. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/blood-on-board-program-expands-to-the-interior | | 2022-08-23T07:00:00Z | | |
| Help us help: how to keep 911 for serious emergencies | <img alt="911 dispatcher with headset at a computer" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Dispatcher%20photo%20art.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Help us help: how to keep 911 for serious emergencies | BC Emergency Health Services is receiving more 9-1-1 phone calls in its dispatch centres than ever before. In the past five years there has been a 28 per cent increase in 9-1-1 calls for an ambulance. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/help-us-help | | 2022-07-29T07:00:00Z | | |
| Paramedic referrals connect people to support after overdose | <img alt="Social worker and paramedic smiling while wearing masks" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/arnason%20and%20barden%20article.png?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Paramedic referrals connect people to support after overdose | BC paramedics are helping to address the ongoing toxic drug crisis by connecting people at risk to important health-care services through a new initiative with the regional health authorities. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/paramedic-referrals-connect-people-to-support-after-overdose | | 2022-07-12T07:00:00Z | | |
| Vancouver resident honoured for saving neighbour’s life with CPR | <img alt="Marc Downes with Vicky, whose life he saved." src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/vitallink%20article.png?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Vancouver resident honoured for saving neighbour’s life with CPR | Vancouver resident Marc Downes did not have any emergency training, but when he discovered a woman unconscious and floating in the hot tub of his residential building last March, he sprang into action. | http://www.bcehs.ca/about/news-stories/stories/vancouver-resident-honoured-for-saving-neighbour’s-life-with-cpr | | 2022-06-28T07:00:00Z | | |
