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Prov of MB Media Release<\/p>\nProv of MB Media Release<\/p>\n
The Manitoba government is strengthening emergency care across rural and northern Manitoba through the introduction of advanced care paramedics (ACPs) throughout the province, announced Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re expanding the scope of paramedicine in the province, starting with clinical service leaders stationed in communities throughout rural and northern Manitoba,\u201d said Asagwara. \u201cThe previous government denied paramedics the opportunity to enhance their training outside of Winnipeg. This is one step we’re taking to ensure that when there\u2019s an emergency, a trained health-care professional can respond on site as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clinical service leaders (CSLs) with ACP training are the first Shared Health paramedics to practice at the ACP level. Fourteen clinical service leads (CSLs) have been strategically located in seven rural and northern areas of the province \u2013 Portage la Prairie, Flin Flon, Dauphin, Ashern, Neepawa, Swan River and Lac du Bonnet \u2013 noted the minister. CSLs respond to medical emergencies in rapid response vehicles; they do not transport patients but their advanced training and skills provide more definitive pre-hospital care on the scene, added Asagwara.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe introduction of ACPs in rural Manitoba is a very exciting initiative that provides patients in more remote and less populated parts of the province with enhanced care before they get to a hospital, while helping our emergency response system to be more nimble and responsive at the same time,\u201d said Scott Noble, executive director of emergency medical services operations, Shared Health. \u201cEqually important is that this initiative supports paramedics who have told us about their long-standing desire to practise at this level and to have better opportunities for career advancement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an exciting time to be a paramedic in rural Manitoba,\u201d said Bryan Collier, advanced care paramedic and clinical service leader, east zone, emergency response services, Shared Health. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen the needs of the public continue to grow so having a higher scope of care and the ability to provide the type of care people would receive in an emergency room to our communities is vitally important.\u201d<\/p>\n
The introduction of ACPs to rural Manitoba will also support ongoing efforts to recruit and retain paramedic staff, providing primary care paramedics with opportunities for career advancement, noted the minister. Paramedics with an ACP designation will have the opportunity to practise at the ACP level, enabling them to fully utilize their skills for the benefit of rural and northern Manitobans, added Asagwara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prov of MB Media Release The Manitoba government is strengthening emergency care across rural and northern Manitoba through the introduction of advanced care paramedics (ACPs) throughout the province, announced Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara. \u201cWe\u2019re expanding the scope of paramedicine in the province, starting with clinical service leaders stationed in communities throughout […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-39918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}