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Socialized health care, like we have here in Canada would be better than what the US has now. Socialized health care, like we have here in Canada would be better than what the US has now.

Has anyone heard anything about the status of Bill 60? My understanding is that the bill will change the titles used in Alberta to PCP, ACP, etc.

Dusty, Try asking the families of the four RCMP members who were murdered in the line of duty in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, if they were real police officers. Or the families of the other 170 plus members who paid the ultimate price.

The Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors was a document on its website regarding MTC's, but it only deals with BC, not Alberta. www.cagc.ca/safety/20070330072111.pdf

They can keep the store managers. In my hometown most of the corner stores are owned by Koreans anyway.

At the risk of offending my American neighbours, the best way way to increase professionalism in US EMS would be to simply drop your National Standard Curriculum for FR, EMT, EMT-I and EMT-P levels and adopt our Canadian PAC National Occupational Competancy Profiles for EMR, PCP, ACP, and CCP levels. Before anyone complains that I am wrong, I have trained in Buffalo, NY as an EMT-Basic (NYS and NREMT certified) and in both Ontario and Alberta as a Canadian EMR. Even though my EMR course was only 80 hours, I learned some things that were not covered in the US course (137 hours), such as applying a 3 lead ECG, and setting up an IV set. How many others on this forum can say that they trained in both systems? The problem with the US EMS education system as far as I can see, is in what material is taught, and how it is taught. Many Canadian EMR courses use US EMT-Basic textbooks (my Alberta course used Mosby's The Basic EMT). Many PCP/EMT courses in Alberta use Mosby's EMT-Intermediate/99 textbook, so the problem can't be the textbook used. The problem can't be the length of the course, either. Professional Medical Associates, in St. Albert, Alberta runs a CMA accredited PCP/EMT program that consists of only 240 hours of classroom didactic instruction. Yet even with such a short program, this program is rated as one of the best in Alberta. And it is short enough that even volunteers can take the time to take the program.

According to the Medtronic website, the Lifepak CR Plus is available in a fully automatic model. www.medtronic-ers.com/products/LPCRPLUS.cfm

Federal Twinsonic.

For those working out of MTC 4x4 ambulances out in Western Canada in the oil fields, which are the best MTC manufacturers? Crestline Demers Code 3 Horizon CargoBody ASR Are there any manufactures that I have missed?

What are the main differences between the OEC program, the WEMT program, and the EMT-RM program?

I have been told that the reading level of EMT-Basic textbooks is at the Grade 8 level. What is the reading level of the latest editions of EMT-Intermediate and Paramedic textbooks? How about the Brady/Pearson Canadian PCP/ACP textbook?

Why does the MOH still use the term AEMCA? Why not do away with it entirely, and use the PCP/ACP/CCP terms on the certificates?

Here is the information website (on the MOH equivalency FAQ page) http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public...equiv_qa.html#5 RN's with 450 hours 911 ambulance experience can challenge, and RN's with ER and ICU experience can use that experience for up to 330 hours of the 450 hours required. Physicians trained outside of Canada are specifically mentioned. I emailed the MOH equivalency liaison myself and asked if Ontario doctors can do the same. I was informed that they can, under guidelines for equivalency established by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. I was also told to contact them for those guidelines. PCP and ACP from a province that signed the Agreement on Internal Trade complete a AIT written exam and 4 practical scenarios. If successful, they automatically receive the AEMCA certificate; they do not have to take the AEMCA exam. I assume it was done because of a shortage of paramedics(7000 paramedics for a population of 12 million, compared to 80000 nurses in the province). The MOH equivalency liaison can provide further details. Email - mohequivalency@sdsx.moh.gov.on.ca Phone- (416) 326-1561

Recently, the MOH changed its equivalency process to allow doctors and RN's to challenge the AEMCA exam. Does anyone know if any have done so? How do Ontario paramedics feel about the province allowing MD's and RN's on Ontario 911 ambulances?

There is already a cuffed oropharyngeal airway (COPA). here is a photograph of one: http://www.adair.at/eng/museum/equipment/s...ay/object01.htm