Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch

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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch  
# w5 |1 ]5 Q7 \$ ^Last updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST
/ x3 F+ |7 n% w4 Z% k& K& yCBC News
There's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.
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- ~* `3 K  ?. q) Z! [: ~$ Z5 W. ["Red alert" is the Emergency Medical Services term for the situation when there are no available ambulances in the entire city.
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: Y. Y: O8 L# ^9 s  f/ u- KLast 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.

2 c3 y" f3 |7 t* T: i7 {EMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.
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Randy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.

+ I7 P2 d: E" a- B, }"We're doing everything we can, but the system is falling apart – really and truly – it's not working," Littlechild says.
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) e3 j" h6 Q" E; }" W6 m. SHe says it has come to the point where there has to be an increase of rooms and beds in Edmonton hospitals.

1 i. Z2 F8 J- CCapital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system.

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"Red alert"是EMS( Emergency Medical Services )的术语,指当整个城市一辆救护车都不可用的状况.上周,由于一次"Red alert"使得Capital Health 不得不承认医院已经跟不上了--救护车必须在紧急情况的时候等待医院是否有能力接受病人.EMS说去年有36次"Red alert",目前为止今年就有九次--有两次是周一下午.医院职员的代表人说事态已经变的更差,他说尽管每个人都在努力,但是整个系统已经支离破碎,无法工作.他认为爱城医院的病床和病房的数目必须增加.Capital Health 则说部分系统将会改变.

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