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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch
8 F5 B% O! \( I5 i% e0 \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./ ~8 o/ }( s: T& ?: ?
" {; b% Q! ~4 h' C. ?: {/ E# l9 {"Red alert" is the Emergency Medical Services term for the situation when there are no available ambulances in the entire city.% Q: K# D/ ]: g
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Last 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./ B, j/ m9 B: U
; L( T' d1 E* |EMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.
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& L( N& |9 Z @+ r0 j% B/ O$ w6 [& dRandy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.9 j r* z* e7 q5 G# R& R( ~
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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. ' e& P0 o: V [+ R$ G- [: `5 }
, I! n9 n! s5 D$ e# \He says it has come to the point where there has to be an increase of rooms and beds in Edmonton hospitals.% U, x3 E! N( o$ p6 o
; p8 c1 D& n! S1 B' eCapital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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