Grey's expanded community paramedicine program 'vitally important': Fullerton
Article content During Friday’s announcement that Grey County’s community paramedicine program will be expanding, paramedic Rick Trombley shared a story illustrating how the initiative achieves its goal of helping patients remain in their homes and avoid a trip to hospital. An 82-year-old patient, who lives in a farmhouse about 20 kilometres from the nearest hospital, called Trombley, complaining about a bad cough that had not improved over three days. The woman has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is on home oxygen and has limited mobility. We apologize, but this video has failed t...