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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch 2 s7 H) m0 U( H+ O' M
Last updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST6 g; p& `' q. N. s) @, d9 T
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There's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year." b7 m! ^: g# G9 j$ V
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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.
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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. c, O( g2 q& H& h* U
7 b3 G- [) D- V2 wEMS 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.
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$ I1 [2 k: A" i% i8 @9 b& h"We're doing everything we can, but the system is falling apart – really and truly – it's not working," Littlechild says. 0 P# ?; U9 T' _3 }9 o( g
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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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9 L& m" w h7 VCapital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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