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Province allocates AHS $550 million funding increase Date: April 07, 2009 EDMONTON, AB - Today's provincial budget allocated Alberta Health Services a $550 million funding increase for the 2009/10 fiscal year. This includes a general base operating increase of six per cent plus an additional increase of $122 million as a result of taking over responsibility for ground emergency medical services, for a total 7.7 per cent operating increase. Total operating funding for Alberta Health Services will be approximately $7.7 billion for the current fiscal year (April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010). AHS is now awaiting a comprehensive budget briefing from the Department of Health and Wellness and will then assess the budget and consider its implications in detail before commenting further. Following this briefing, Alberta Health Services' 2009/10 proposed allocated budget will be reviewed by the Board's Audit and Finance Committee and at board meetings in Grande Prairie on May 28, 2009. At its March 25th meeting, the AHS Board approved an interim expenditure plan allowing AHS to spend for the next three months (April - June) at the same rate as the last three months of fiscal 2008/09 (January - March). "It's important that AHS deliver on our commitments and this interim expenditure plan allows us to do just that as we work through the process of determining how today's provincial funding announcement will be allocated throughout the organization," said Dr. Stephen Duckett, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Over the last five years, health care spending in Alberta has increased by an average of 10 per cent annually. Today's announcement underscores the fact that we can't afford to pretend it's going to be business as usual," said Dr. Duckett. "We have a responsibility to manage within our resources by developing a financial plan that balances increased demand for patient care with available resources allocated by government. It's up to us to make the choices and set the priorities for our spending." Alberta Health Services is the provincial health authority responsible for planning and delivering health supports and services for more than 3.5 million adults and children living in Alberta. Its mission is to provide a patient-focused health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans.

If you click on the link at the bottom of this post from AHS it takes you to another site thats states that this is a Suburban Rural Operations. Meaning this is a posting for outside the Edmonton city or Metro Area. So I believe this will be for Parklands old area and then start adding in Medicares areas

When the province takes control on April 1, each city, town or what ever has what ever ambulance they have and they tell them how many of them are staffed. Well those ambulances now have to be staff at all times and are under the control of the province, so if that ambulance is needed else where then they will move it to cover the area. This is a problem for fire services as most will have there cross trained members doing dual jobs they are there to work fire and ambulance. So if you pull one of the fire bases ambulances out of town to cover another town then they are short 2 firefighters. So the province told the intergrated services that they needed to ask their paramedics/emts do they want to be ems or fire. So alot of the guys are goin fire

Well IHAS's contract was turned down by AHS(yes i know they don't exist till April 1) because they didnt like the new wages that were offered to the employees. Our union was getting wages inline with other services in the area. AHS said if IHAS employees exept the contract that it will not be good for us as employees in the future because they will lay us all off and we would have to go through a hiring process with the province. So the province is already stepping on what unions can negotiate with their members in good faith.

To teach EMT's in the province you have to be on ACP's approved program list.

If you look closer CCEMS is registered, it is not accredited. They have their site visit in December, which means it still has more hoops to jump through. Just because there name is on the CMA list doesn't mean that they are accredited. All EMT courses in Alberta have to be going through the CMA process to keep teaching

If you can stay awake and understand it. Transition book for EMS http://www.health.alberta.ca/public/EHS_EM...Handbook-08.pdf

Here in Alberta we are all PCP's now. We became that when we took our GAP training. On top of that schools have been teaching to the CMA standard for years now with the added Alberta stuff. So here in Alberta if you are hired as an EMT-A then they are hiring you as a PCP. But still here in Alberta just because you are hired as a PCP it doesnt mean that you get to use those skills right away. With some services you have to pass their exams to do the skills. Are you in Alberta? If you are what does ACP stand for in Alberta?? Advance Care Paramedic or does it stand for Alberta College of Paramedics?? So as i see it the College needs to eather change its name or stick with the titles it has

Make sure you have some, if not alot of ALS experience. So I would say be working full time with an ALS service. If you can't then make friends with some paramedics that you can go to if you have questions that need to be answered right away. You have to remember this is a distance learning so alot of time studying and learning on your own without alot of pointers day to day. You must be self motivated and make sure you have a schedule for yourself and to stick to it. Its a good program if your looking for a way of going to school and being able to pay your bills at the sametime. I'm sure theres people that will tell you different but what ditance program you pick is up to you.

Well I would presume that they thought the scene was safe cause the cops were there. So I would ask who was on scene first? How did the call come in? Did the call come in as my friend has fallen and can't get up? And since this was dealing with RCMP how big is the community?? Was it a single officer responce or was there more then one on scene? There is to many questions to answer and only the police and EMS personal can answer what was going on that day. SO lets just remember to be careful and remember that any scene can turn dangerous

ACP has nothing to do with it. Alberta Health has nothing to do with it cause MTC's are not aload to transport with out a reg. Number on the unit

I thnk thats the right site. You just need to find the list thats states what level training you need for how many employees. Then somewhere on that list it should tell you what kind of first aid kit you need for that work site. As for a strict list like they have for ambulances I'm not sure they actually have that. But I've know to be wrong once or twice in my life. hahaha Well Merry Christmas and hope your not stuck out on a lease researching this

So who's titles do we want to use?? You don't like the EMT title and want to use PCP, ACP, CCP where does ICP fit into these titles? CMA I believe uses the three above (PCP,ACP,CCP). So which province or regulation group should we follow. Oh and one other thing, if we switch titles what does ACP stand for in the province of Alberta? Adavance Care Paramedic or does it stand for Alberta College of Paramedics? As posted in above post "I just wrote my ACP exam" so does he mean his Advanced Paramedic Exam or does he mean his Alberta College of Paramedics exam. Oh and yes I do know what he means

http://www.collegeofparamedics.org/acp_dow...cy/aocp_EMT.pdf This is what an EMT/PCP needs to know to work in Alberta. I'm presuming you have the CMA standards cause you are training to be an ICP. (ICP-Not sure what that is, but I could guess) All schools are teaching to the CMA level here in Alberta and should be going through the process if they haven' already gotten their acceditation As for protocols you would have to go to the individual services cause each service has a medical director that approves them

Call the downtown YMCA and they can give you a run down of the FCA. Theres an obstical course, stretcher carry and a sorenson test

When did Calgary switch to Zoll?

Ya the only really good way to figure out what its like is to talk to past and present employees. The problem is the company isn't gonna let you talk to someone that is mad at them no matter who the company is. Plus the other problem is that if they don't work there anymore then that means they probably don't have anything good about the company. So once again research research research, but as you found out in this case sometimes you just have to end up going out and seeing if its the company for you. The problem with the labour board is that you are still listed as new employee or probationary, which usually means they don't need a reason to fire you. As for the BBB they probably have no record of the company cause of the amount that are coming about because of the Oil Field. So if no complaints from an past employees then the BBB wouldn't have it on there radar. As for me I can't comment on Redstar cause I've never worked for them, but I have worked for other Industrial companies and know what some of them do to their employees, both good and bad. Well I hope you have better luck on the next company you choose. But my next question is why have you decided to work industrial and not work on ambulance? I personally found that I can't handle sitting in a truck all day watching people working.

One of the biggest problems is that alot of people have started there own business trying to cash in on the Oil Field. All I can suggest is talk to a few industrial companies and see what they can offer you to go work for them. -Days on Days off -Pay scale- day rate, over time, travel expenses, hours working, meal sub -Do they guarantee your time out point -Units/equipment -Medical director -Do you have contact with someone to answer questions and how soon will they answer these questions/messages -Camp jobs/in and out jobs -Protocols/SOP's These are just a few of things that come to mind at this time of night All these questions above should be able to be answered right away in my opinion

Actually ACP (Alberta College of Paramedics) still has us listed as EMR, EMT-A and EMT-P(Paramedic) So there are still EMT's in Canada. We do train to CMA's levels, but our governing body still hasn't changed the titles

But this still doesn't answer the question I asked. So you would put the person in the KED while they are standing, then strap them to the long board? If so why would you?? Also if you do this wouldn't it be the same as taking a short spine board putting it on the patient then putting them on the long board?? Why wouldn't you just do a standing take down. As stated with other people, the KED was used to extricate stable patients out of cars. Why would you use the KED on a patient that is out and walking around the scene. I believe in the covering your ass, but shouldn't one also tie that in with the Mnemonic "KISS" (Keep It Simple Stupid)

I'm confused now!! Can anyone tell me why if your patient is already out of the vehicle and walking around, why you would put the KODE 2 device on?? Why don't you just do the standing take down without the KODE 2 on. You are going to do the take down anyways. It just seems to me that your adding more time and using extra equipment when not needed

Everyone believe in him a little cause everyone when they are dieing want to talk to two people.... 1. Mom 2. God

you need to go to your supervisors boss and discuss this with him. You were hired there as the Medical response person right??? Well if you are hired there as such then you are responsible for treatment. If your not aloud to assess and treat people there then what were you hired for?

I think no matter where you go you will have EMS personal that are, as you say a cookbook medics. But you will also find them in all careers in the world. Protocols are put together to point us in the right direction and know that we are doing what the medical director would be doing. Then from there it should make us think what we are doing for the patient and why we are doing that. So my belief is that they have to say what to do for a unconscious/unresponsive patient cause we do have medics that don't really know what to do and need to be able to follow the book page by page. They are unable to really think of why the body is doing what the body is doing. When giving a drug follow the simple rule of "The 6 Rights" 1. Right patient 2. Right time 3. Right route 4. Right drug 5. Right dose 6. Right documentation