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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch 3 Q/ z" U( ]% l+ H
Last updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST
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There's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.7 ]# f( ~- o! @& ]
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"Red alert" is the Emergency Medical Services term for the situation when there are no available ambulances in the entire city.* E; V, ]8 }! B# c: T5 N
& I' g/ h: M j# d' c6 ?# u8 SLast week, a red alert led Capital Health to admit that hospitals can't keep up, meaning ambulances have to wait at emergency until the hospital can take the patient.# u5 x9 U- M- L0 F3 c$ n
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EMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.+ \5 ^; y5 E8 ~" K! B; m
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Randy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.
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"We're doing everything we can, but the system is falling apart – really and truly – it's not working," Littlechild says. 4 A0 d ^, b1 F) a- p
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He says it has come to the point where there has to be an increase of rooms and beds in Edmonton hospitals.
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6 S4 D! f" F0 Z4 uCapital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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