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05/21/2018

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/first-aid-training-indigenous-youth-1.4670047

Five young Indigenous people from across Canada have been learning first aid and CPR in Ottawa. It's part of a pilot project aimed at spreading First Aid skills to Indigenous communities. The program is funded through private donations but organizers hope Ottawa will take notice.

05/18/2018

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/paramedics-held-hostage-by-hospitals-spent-37000-hours-waiting-to-transfer-patients-to-er-last-year?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook =1526593211

Paramedics in Ottawa are being held hostage by hospitals that take way too long to transfer patients who arrive at emergency rooms by ambulance, a senior city bureaucrat charged Thursday.“The…

04/12/2018

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-changes-rescue-breathing-opioid-overdoses-1.4608089

The Ontario government is making a controversial change in the fight against opioid overdoses by asking bystanders to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to victims, CBC News has learned.

12/02/2017

Wash your hands, get a flu shot and don’t panic.That is the advice from Ottawa Public Health on invasive group A streptococcal infections.

11/24/2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42095861

Australian ambulance workers give a terminally ill patient one last trip - to go to the beach.

11/20/2017

11/20/2017

Drive safe and take care this winter!

One of Canada's high-profile weather forecasters is warning Canadians across the country to brace for a whole lot of snow this winter.

08/03/2017

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ottawa/michael-nolan-renfrew-paramedic-ultrasound-1.4233084

Renfrew County paramedics used ultrasound devices the size of a cellphone to diagnose victims of Tuesday's major crash east of Pakenham, Ont.

08/01/2017

Carp Dentistry staff keeping things fun while they keep up to date with their CPR/AED training.

07/27/2017

Be careful with those brushes you are using on your BBQ's!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bbq-brush-bristle-lodged-throat-carleton-place-man-1.4222436

A Carleton Place man is adding his name to the growing list of people urging grillers to throw out their wire-bristle barbecue brushes or risk being seriously injured.

07/23/2017

After eight years of research, paramedic Lynea Finn has published a 182-page hardcover book, Paramedicine in Ottawa 1845-2001: A century and a half of saving lives in the nation’s capital.

07/21/2017

http://www.heartandstroke.ca/get-healthy/recipes/meatless-main-dishes/tomato-basil-zucchini-pasta?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Healthline_EN_July_2017&utm_campaign=HealthlineNewsletter_NewsAndUpdates

This pasta is perfect for those hot summer nights! Spiralize your favourite green or yellow zucchini and toss with this easy tomato and pesto sauce.