Ambulance offload delays putting patient safety at risk
A Star review of ambulance offload times has found that in major urban centres across the province, patients continue to experience significant delays
Source: stcatharinesstandard.ca
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A Star review of ambulance offload times has found that in major urban centres across the province, patients continue to experience significant delays
The Ottawa Hospital is asking for $4.5 million in new funding to boost the offload nurse program in hospital emergency rooms, as paramedics experience longer waits to transfer patients to hospitals.
The union, which represents about 1,400 paramedics in Toronto, has been raising the alarm on the lack of paramedic resources for years, issuing almost 2,500 code red alerts in 2022 and 1,139 the year before.