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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch # Y# p6 o: ^( [7 L$ D( L+ K5 G
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.' n( O( g9 r3 j% a
' q, f5 E: R% r% d' i8 h"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.& ]5 S8 N* ?3 [: M) a' s* c
! w3 r: `/ |6 p* n. b2 N8 XEMS 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.4 ], o7 t' L9 r" |3 w4 H% B
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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. 8 ~$ x8 Z* N4 N- D
! w7 i1 [& M ]0 wHe 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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Capital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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